Live blog: Tigers pour it on in 8th

Bottom 8th: Tigers 9, Pirates 0

John Hicks drew a leadoff walk from new Pirates reliever Daniel Hudson. After giving up another free pass to Romine, Hudson appeared to have a double play ball off the bat of Jose Iglesias, but John Jaso and Jordy Mercer couldn't get on the same page as Mercer dropped the ball and everyone was safe. Well, Ian Kinsler poured it on with a three-run double to left-center that cleared the bases and put the Tigers up 9-0.

Top 8th: Tigers 6, Pirates 0

Francisco Cervelli struck out swinging, Starling Marte struck out looking and Adam Frazier grounded out back to the mound as Justin Verlander continues to dominate the Pirates.

Verlander's pitch count is up to 113.

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