Detroit Tigers first baseman Jeimer Candelario has been on a tear since the beginning of August. On Tuesday, his bat helped clinch a game with heavy postseason implications.
He got a change-up in the seventh inning and pulled it 410 feet to right field — a two-run blast (his fifth of the year) to pad the lead. And in the fifth, he knocked a two-RBI single to give right-hander Spencer Turnbull protection.
Candelario played a key role in a five-run fifth inning to help the Tigers (19-21) secure a 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, shaking off their series in Minnesota where they lost four of five.