DETROIT -- Despite bone-chilling temperatures, the Tigers had just enough heat to outlast the Orioles on Tuesday night. Backed by a solid start from Francisco Liriano and a two-run home run from Victor Martinez on his three-hit night, Detroit won, 4-2, to take the first game in a three-game series over Baltimore.
Liriano was sharp for much of the evening. Despite the cold and a pair of two-out singles in the first, he kept the Orioles' hits limited in the first four innings, allowing only two singles in the first and a solo home run to Trey Mancini in the third.