The Detroit News · May 17, 2017
Tigers squander J.D. Martinez blasts, lose in 13
(Photo: Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)Detroit – J.D. Martinez was saying before the game that he felt an eruption coming, an offensive eruption.
“You guys have seen it; you know what it looks like when we’re all clicking, we’re all hitting,” he said. “I look around and this team is like a ticking time bomb right now, just waiting to go off.”
It went off. There were actually two eruptions. But it didn't matter. The Tigers rallied from a 7-0 deficit early and an 11-8 deficit in the 12th inning. For naught.
The Orioles prevailed. Chris Davis, who had homered in the 12th inning, hit a two-run home run off Francisco Rodriguez in the 13th to give the Orioles a wild, 13-11 win.