For the second time Monday, Detroit received a quality outing from a starter who took the loss. Veteran Randy Wolf labored through the first three innings but allowed just one hit after that, striking out six over seven frames in a futile effort for his first Major League win since last June.
Catcher Alex Avila's solo shot and second baseman Ian Kinsler's sacrifice fly off Johnson cut the Tigers' deficit to one in the third, but Detroit left the bases loaded in the fourth and didn't tally another hit until the ninth inning.