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Live Tigers blog: V-Mart bunts, Tigers add to lead in 5th

Victor Martinez laid down a perfect bunt single to third base -- where nobody was covering -- to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning.

Now, while you collect yourself, a statistic. The bunt single was the first such attempt for Martinez in 1,757 at-bats.

The next batter, Justin Upton, smacked a double to left-center field, moving Martinez to third. After Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer was lifted for right-hander Zach McAllister, Martinez and Upton scored on a single from Alex Avila, to make it 7-1 with nobody out.

Avila took second on a wild pitch from McAllister and advanced to third on a ground ball out from Jim Adduci.