The old adage that you have to get to an ace early on, or not at all, held up again in this one. After two quick outs in the top of the first, Spencer Torkelson pulled a single through the infield and went first to third as Kerry Carpenter did the same. However, Miguel Cabrera grounded into a force of Carpenter as second, and the Tigers would never hold a lead in the game.
Alex Faedo faced leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu to open the bottom half, and after getting ahead 1-2, he wasted a pair of sliders that weren’t very tempting.