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Detroit Tigers' hit parade clips Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-10, in Game 1

At PNC Park, Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

What happened: Jeimer Candelario scored a career-high five runs and finished a triple shy of the cycle to lead the Detroit Tigers in a 13-10 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of a straight doubleheader ... It was the Tigers' first win over a team over .500 this season ... The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a leadoff home run by Leonys Martin and an RBI double by JaCoby Jones. ... The Tigers scored five runs — a home run by James McCann, two-run double by Miguel Cabrera and two-run home run by Nicholas Castellanos — in the fourth to take an 8-6 lead.