According to data from FanGraphs, Soria hadn't given up a homer off the curve since 2008, his second season in the big leagues. In a Wednesday night marathon that kept throwing curveballs to those who watched it, maybe it was fitting, even if the Tigers were too tired to deal with irony.
They've rolled on the momentum of Miguel Cabrera's home runs in the past. His go-ahead three-run shot on Wednesday, though, had barely landed in the right-field seats when the rain picked up at Great American Ball Park and brought out the tarp, starting an one-hour and 14-minute rain delay and knocking out David Price.