"Everything went all right," Verlander said. "I was a little erratic, worked on some stuff, but overall, pretty good. I don't think you'll ever see me throw five or six changeups in a row like I did to lead off the second inning. There's just kind of some points of emphasis. I'll throw enough fastballs to get that dialed in."
The Tigers were scoreless on six hits through their first 11 innings of Grapefruit League play before Romine, Kinsler and Martinez pounced on reliever Edison Frias. Martinez's drive deep down the right-field line gave the Tigers a 4-0 lead before Frias' ensuing curveball hit Miguel Cabrera on the arm, leading to an immediate ejection from home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.