The Tigers needed something big after falling Joseph Fauria Elite Jersey below .500 and facing a double-digit deficit in the AL Central.They got it from Ian Kinsler on Monday night.
One day after being ejected for throwing a bat in the direction of an umpire, Kinsler homered twice, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, as the Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4.
''It's always fun to win a game late,'' Kinsler said. ''You have to start Austin Pasztor Limited Jersey somewhere, and hopefully we can take off from here and get the ball rolling.''
Kinsler, who came into the game with three home runs this season, hit one off Seattle starter J.A. Happ in the first, and then drove a fastball from Mark Lowe over the Tigers' bullpen with two outs in the eighth. It was his first multi-homer game since Sept. 7, 2011.
Kinsler and Lowe played together in Texas from 2010-12 and remain friends.
''He's got a good fastball, he's 96, 97, and he's got a good slider,'' Kinsler said. ''He made a mistake, I got a good pitch and I was lucky enough to put enough to put a good swing on it.''
Lowe (0-1) hadn't allowed an earned run in his last 12 outings, dating back to June 14, but Jose Iglesias doubled with one out, took third on a grounder and scored on the home run.
''I threw him three straight sliders http://www.jaguarsnflofficialonline.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_ANDRE_BRANCH_JERSEY.html to make it 1-2, but he's a good low-ball hitter, so I wanted to throw a fastball up and away,'' Lowe said. ''But I didn't get it up, and it tailed right back into his swing path.''
Al Alburquerque (1-0) picked up his first decision in 60 outings, pitching a scoreless eighth inning. Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his 21st save.
Kinsler's late homer got Alfredo Simon off the hook. Simon gave up four runs, six hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings. Simon has allowed at least four runs in an AL-high six straight starts, posting a 10.25 ERA while averaging fewer than five innings per outing.
''He's had a rough five outings, and I think he can return to form,'' Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. ''There's no reason to believe he can't.''
Happ, making his first start in 11 days, allowed three runs on four hits and two walks in seven innings.
''He did a great job,'' McClendon said. ''His pitch http://www.officialjaguarsnflstore.com/Tj_Yeldon_Jersey count wasn't up, but between the layoff and Lowe doing what he has been doing, we didn't even think about sending him out there for the eighth.''
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Kinsler's high flyball to left that rode a strong breeze into the Detroit bullpen.