The Detroit Tigers had an unexpected layoff, and it seemed to energize their offense.
Detroit pulled out a wild 17-13 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday in the first game of a weekend series. The Tigers will look to keep their offense firing in the middle game of the three-game series on Saturday.
A handful of their players had multi-hit games and five of them also knocked in multiple runs, paced by leadoff hitter Niko Goodrum, who finished with five RBIs.
Detroit was playing its first game of the week. Its four-game series with St.