ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — For the first time since last September, J.D. Martinez stepped on home plate, smacked his chest a few times with his right hand and then looked up, pointing to the sky.
A few innings later, he got to celebrate all over again — a welcome sight for his Detroit Tigers.
Martinez powered up in just his second game of the season, hitting his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift the Tigers over the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Saturday night.
“I still feel like I’m just trying to feel it out,” Martinez said.