DETROIT -- Victor Martinez has hit plenty of pitches harder this year than he did David Robertson's first pitch of the ninth inning. But they didn't resound like his ninth-inning homer Saturday.
It ended up a hollow homer in the final result, a 6-4 Tigers loss to the White Sox. But Martinez's drive to right ignited a game-tying two-run ninth out of a Detroit offense that has been limited to six runs in four games, including a couple of RBI singles through eight innings Saturday. Martinez's first homer of the season came against a closer who had allowed a run on three hits with no homers in eight appearances previously this season.