Tigers score three in the eighth to beat Blue Jays 7-4
DETROIT — John Hicks had a simple goal when he got to the plate in the eighth inning on Saturday.
He just wanted to put the ball in play. Hicks had struck out in his first three-at bats, but he now had a chance to put the Detroit Tigers ahead. In a 4-4 game, Detroit had loaded the bases with one out.
Hicks fouled off five straight fastballs from Toronto Blue Jays reliever Seunghwan Oh (1-1), then looped a two-run single over the head of second baseman Devon Travis. The Tigers went on to win 7-4.
“He threw me fastballs up and in, and I was just getting enough of them to stay alive,” Hicks said. “James McCann had told me earlier in the day to try to stay back more, and that’s the only reason I got to that slider down and away.”