Baltimore — In the dugout after Justin Upton’s dramatic, 402-foot, grand slam home run in the eighth inning gave the Tigers a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez shared a moment.
“This game reminded me a lot of the last game in 2011,” said Verlander, who was the winning pitcher in both. “After the inning I saw Victor and he remembered it, too. It was in Cleveland and we were down by one or two runs (down 4-1) and Vic hit a grand slam with two outs.
“Kind of capped off a Cinderella year.