The Tigers scored off Matt Shoemaker on a couple of RBI singles, by Ian Kinsler in the fifth and by Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the sixth. In the ninth, Angels fill-in shortstop Gregorio Petit booted a slow roller from J.D. Martinez that could've resulted in an inning-ending double play and instead gave Detroit its third run.
The Angels, without Yunel Escobar and Albert Pujols in the starting lineup, threatened in the eighth, getting a two-out ground-rule double by Petit to put runners on second and third with two outs.