Clearwater, Fla. — Not often do early 8-0 leads vanish. And the Tigers didn’t botch their early splurge Tuesday at Spectrum Field, where they blasted the Phillies, 11-6.
Derek Norris, who had three hits, ripped a three-run homer into the left-field seats the third, while Chad Huffman and Niko Goodrum parked back-to-back blasts in the sixth.
Jose Iglesias had a single and two-run double, Miguel Cabrera had a single and line-drive sacrifice fly, while Dixon Machado, Mike Gerber, and Goodrum finished with a pair of hits apiece.
Mike Fiers got his first work in a Tigers uniform and had a sharp start: two innings, a single, no runs, and five ground-ball outs.