The Tigers padded their lead in the top of the eighth inning.
J.D. Martinez singled to start the inning before Justin Upton strike out on a slider well outside the strike zone. Casey McGehee singled through the hole between shortstop and third base, putting two on with one out. Martinez and McGehee advanced on a wild pitch that appeared for a second to have hit the batter, Jarrod Saltalamacchia — who struck out to complete the at-bat. Andrew Romine followed with a two-run single, advancing all the way to third on a bad throw home from Twins right fielder Max Kepler.