Tigers rally against Miller for victory

JaCoby Jones homered and doubled, and the Tigers rallied against Andrew Miller during a five-run seventh inning to beat the Indians, 9-8, on May 15.

The Indians led 4-0 and 8-4

before Detroit’s breakthrough seventh for its third straight win. Miller (1-2) allowed two inherited runners to score, then allowed two runs of his own.

He faced six batters, giving up two doubles and three walks while getting one out.

Louis Coleman (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning, and Shane Greene, pitching for the fourth straight day, worked the ninth for his ninth save. Nicholas Castellanos also homered for Detroit.

After Dan Otero gave up a run and left two on for Miller in the seventh, Jones and Pete Kozma hit back-to-back RBI doubles before walks by Victor Martinez and Niko Goodrum loaded the bases with two outs. Miller then walked John Hicks to force in the ty-

The Indians loaded the bases with no one out in the eighth against Daniel Stumpf, but Brandon Guyer struck out and Jason Kipnis hit into an inning-ending double play.

Guyer hit a first-pitch fastball into the Tigers bullpen for his first career

grand slam in the first inning off starter Francisco Liriano.

Jones led off the bottom of the inning with his third homer, the 14th hit off Josh Tomlin this season, but Erik Gonzalez made it 5-1 with a home run in the second.

Liriano left with runners on the corners and one out in the fifth, and Zac Reininger got Guyer to hit into a double play.

Hicks pulled the Tigers within 5-2 with an RBI single in the fifth, and Jose Iglesias’ run-scoring groundout made it a tworun game.

Davis, though, hit a tworun double off Reininger in the sixth to give Cleveland a 7-3 lead, and he scored on Ramirez’s double off Hicks’ glove at first.

Castellanos homered in the sixth to make it 8-4 and end Tomlin’s night.