Collins, called up earlier in the day with Justin Upton on the bereavement list, evened the score with a 406-foot drive, per Statcast™, off Luke Hochevar. Former Tigers closer Joakim Soria nearly kept it at that with a bases-loaded strikeout of Miguel Cabrera, but Martinez's comebacker deflected off him and rolled into the hole between second and first, sending Jose Iglesias and Ian Kinsler home.
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The Verlander nightmare: Among those hitters who have faced Verlander 30 or more times, no one has hit him better than Perez, who came into the game with a .