Detroit — Already, Tigers skipper AJ Hinch is getting tired of the "Little Engine That Could" narrative.
How about the "Little Engine That Did?"
The Tigers were down to their final strike Sunday when Jeimer Candelario blasted his second home run of the game, a two-run shot off reliever Andrew Kittredge to tie the game 7-7 in the bottom of the 10th.
After Kyle Funkhouser put up a zero in the top of the 11th, with the help of a run-saving sliding, backhand play by second baseman Harold Castro, Robbie Grossman drew a bases loaded walk of reliever J.