The Tigers open a three-game series Monday against the Twins at Comerica Park (7:08, FSD/97.1), returning home from a ghastly 2-5 road trip.
Sunday’s 6-5 victory over the Orioles offered a reprieve from a horrendous stretch where the Tigers had lost 11 of 12 going in. The game turned on a checked swing call in the eighth with two strikes on J.D. Martinez, which went the Tigers slugger's way and enabled him to deposit a Darren O’Day offering over the left-center wall for the game-tying home run. Miguel Cabrera followed suit with the go-ahead blast.
Aussie reliever Warwick Saupold was credited for keeping it a one-run game going into the pivotal eighth inning.