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Live Tigers blog: Big inning gives Tigers lead in 7th

Bottom 7th: Tigers 4, Royals 2

Tyler Collins, who caused some controversy earlier this season when a certain gesture to the Tigers crowd, returned in a big way with a big blast to right field to tie the game at 2-2.

After James McCann popped out to second to start the inning, Collins went up and got a hanging pitch from Luke Hochevar and hit it out of one of the deepest part of the ballparks in right center field.

The Tigers didn't stop there.

Jose Iglesias notched a one-out single back up the middle of the diamond and Ian Kinsler laid down a bunt for a base hit to put two men on for Cameron Maybin, who drew a walk of his own off of new reliever Joakim Soria to load the bases for Miguel Cabrera.