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 The runs came off Cubs right-handed reliever Pedro Strop, who loaded
the bases with none out.
The Cubs (67-50) suffered their second straight loss while the
Tigers (57-61) won their third in five outings.
Martinez's sacrifice snapped a 6-6 tie and drove in center fielder
Anthony Gose. Third baseman Nick Castellanos scored second baseman
Ian Kinsler and first baseman Miguel Cabrera for a 9-6 lead.
Gose made it 10-6 in the ninth, coming home on Kinsler's one out
sacrifice to center.
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo drove in left fielder Kyle
Schwarber with a ninth inning fielder's choice and second baseman
Chris Coghlan scored from third on a error by catcher James McCann
to make it 10-8.
But the Tigers right-hander struck out third baseman Kris Bryant to
end the game.
Strop, the sixth of seven Cubs pitchers, allowed three earned runs
on three hits, walked two and struck out a pair in one inning and
fell to 1-6.
Tigers right-hander Al Albuquerque (3-0) pitched one-third inning in
the seventh for the victory.
Kinsler, Martinez and Gose each homered for an early 5-2 Tigers lead
before the game was delayed 2 hours and 17 minutes by severe
weather.
Schwarber narrowed the lead to 6-5 with a three-run homer in the
fifth.
Rizzo tied the game at 6-6 in the seventh with a two-out RBI double
to drive in center fielder Dexter Fowler.
The tie got Cubs starter Jason Hammel off the hook for a loss. He
had allowed five runs on nine hits, struck out six and walked one
through three innings, his shortest outing of the season.
Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez left with a lead after 2 1/3 innings
with a runner on second base and was replaced by left-hander Tom
Gorzelanny when the game resumed at 10:29 p.m. CT.
Detroit grabbed a 3-0 first inning lead off Hammel. With one out,
Kinsler sent a 2-2 pitch to the left-field basket for his seventh
homer and a 1-0 advantage.
Cabrera then launched a first pitch to left that was caught by a fan
in front of a concrete barrier, but beyond the left-field basket. An
initial home run ruling was overturned and Cabrera settled in at
second with a ground-rule double.
Cabrera promptly came home on the next pitch when Martinez homered
to center for his team-high 31st of the season.
The Cubs got two runs back in the bottom of the first on second
baseman Chris Coghlan's 14th homer. The two-run shot to left came on
a 3-1 pitch with one out and brought home Schwarber, who had walked.
The Tigers clubbed their third homer with one out in the second.
Gose sent a two-run shot to left that brought home shortstop Jose
Iglesias for a 5-2 lead.
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A storm front -- including heavy rain, lightning and high winds --
arrived with one out in the bottom of the third and resulted in a
2-hour, 17-minute delay.
When the game resumed, Sanchez was also finished after working 2 1/3
innings. He allowed two runs on three hits, walked one and struck
out a pair.
Detroit added a run for a 6-2 lead in the fourth when Kinsler scored
on a two-out infield single by Tyler Collins.
Schwarber prevented another Tiger run in the fifth when he fired to
catcher Miguel Montero to tag Detroit shortstop Jose Iglesias at the
plate following a two-out single from Kinsler.
In the bottom of the frame, the Cubs left fielder slammed a two-out
homer to right -- his ninth of the season -- to score shortstop
Addison Russell and center fielder Dexter Fowler and cut the Tiger
lead to 6-5.
That also marked the end for right-handed reliever Buck Farmer, who
worked 1 1/3 innings.
NOTES: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera entered Tuesday with 406 career home
runs, one shy of tying Duke Snider for 51st place all-time and six
from matching Alfonso Soriano to reach the top 50. ... Cabrera also
made his second straight start at first base and third start since
coming off the disabled list last Friday. ... J.D. Martinez was in
Tuesday's lineup in right field and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said
there was no ill effects from a heel contusion suffered on Sunday.
... Playing in a National League park meant Detroit designated
hitter Victor Martinez was not in the lineup Tuesday but was
available to pinch hit. ... Detroit and Chicago split two games at
Comerica Park on June 9-10. The Tigers sent LHP Daniel Norris (2-2,
4.24 ERA) against Clubs LHP Jon Lester (8-8, 3.21 ERA) in
Wednesday's series wrap-up. ... Cubs pitchers entered Tuesday with a
collective 1,006 strikeouts this season, second in the NL behind the
Dodgers (1,016). RHP Jake Arrieta leads with 163 followed by Lester
(149). ... Chicago has two scheduled inter-league games remaining --
both makeups: Cleveland (Aug. 24) and Kansas City (Sept. 28).
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