Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee hit his first MLB home run and Spencer Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game as the Detroit Tigers avoided a series sweep with an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Torkelson tied a Tigers record by homering in five consecutive games, joining Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames.<\/p>\n
The Tigers led 2-0 after Kerry Carpenter’s bases-loaded double in the first before Cincinnati rallied.<\/p>\n
Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe homered in the second inning, going deep for the fourth time in nine plate appearances.<\/p>\n
JJ Bleday, making his Reds debut after being recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday, tied the score 2-all in the fourth with a 403-foot homer to center. <\/p>\n
Ke’Bryan Hayes tripled and scored on Matt McLain’s single to put the Reds ahead 3-2 in the fifth. <\/p>\n
After Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder escaped a jam in the second, he allowed one hit over the next three innings. Lowder gave up two runs on six hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in five innings. <\/p>\n
The Tigers regained the lead in the seventh. <\/p>\n
Lee’s pinch-hit two-run homer off Reds left-hander Sam Moll (1-1) put the Tigers ahead 4-3. Two batters later, Torkelson made it 5-3 with his fifth home run of the season off Pierce Johnson. <\/p>\n
Gleyber Torres made the score 8-3 with a two-run homer off Jose Franco in the eighth. <\/p>\n
Keider Montero started for Detroit and allowed three earned runs on five hits in five innings. He walked two, struck out five and surrendered two homers. <\/p>\n
Brant Hurter (3-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning to earn the victory for Detroit. <\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Tigers: RHP Casey Mize (2-1, 2.51 ERA) will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves in Atlanta. <\/p>\n
Reds: RHP Chase Burns (2-1, 2.57) will start Tuesday’s series opener against the visiting Colorado Rockies. <\/p>\n
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