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Live Tigers blog: J.D.'s improbable homer gives Tigers lead

Bottom 8th: Tigers 2, White Sox 1

On the first pitch he saw since mid-June, J.D. Martinez, pinch-hitting for James McCann, hit a 434-foot home run off of Chris Sale to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning.

That's magic, folks. There's no way that should have happened against the best pitcher in baseball on the first pitch a guy has seen at the big league level in nearly two months.

Top 8th: Tigers 1, White Sox 1

Tyler Saladino grounded out to second, Adam Eaton struck out and Tim Anderson grounded out to shortstop in a perfect inning for Shane Greene.