Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch called on Robbie Grossman in the ninth inning.
The veteran leader entered as a pinch-hitter for Harold Castro with one out, trailing by two runs against the Minnesota Twins in Monday's series opener at Target Field. He hammered a first-pitch cutter from reliever Alex Colome — who only took the mound because Taylor Rogers exited with a left middle finger sprain — over the right-field wall for a game-tying two-run home run.
But the Tigers (47-55) couldn't complete their comeback. They lost, 6-5, in the 10th inning on Max Kepler's walk-off single to score Kenta Maeda — the free extra-inning runner on second base — against left-handed reliever Gregory Soto.