Top 8th: Blue Jays 7, Tigers 1
Steve Pearce delivered his third hit of the game with a one-out single to left field off of Blaine Hardy. After walking Kevin Pillar, Hardy bounce back to strike out Darwin Barney. The Tigers' reliever then walked Jose Bautista, and with the bases loaded, gave a free pass to Russell Martin that added a tally to the Toronto lead at 5-1.
Hardy was able to get ahead of Josh Donaldson with the bases loaded, but after putting the Jays' slugger in an 0-2 hole, Donaldson worked the count full before delivering a two-run single to left field that puts Toronto up 7-1.