DETROIT -- On the night the Tigers saluted Victor Martinez for his 16-year career, they also broke their hex against Royals starter Jakob Junis. Mikie Mahtook's two-run homer off Jason Hammel put the Tigers up for good in the eighth, sending Detroit to a 5-4 win Saturday night at Comerica Park.
Martinez's 1,973rd and final Major League game lasted one inning for him, enough for an infield single -- his 2,153rd career hit -- to help fuel an opening tally off Junis. Niko Goodrum, back after missing a week with a right quad contusion, singled home Nicholas Castellanos and doubled in Christin Stewart in the third before a pair of wild pitches brought JaCoby Jones around to score a go-ahead run in the fifth.