DETROIT -AP- For a team struggling to get above .500, the Detroit Tigers looked like a pennant contender on Friday night.The Tigers got 13 hits, including seven for extra bases, and made several key defensive plays in a 13-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Nicholas Castellanos drove in four runs and Justin Upton drove in three, while Kinsler and Alex Avila homered. 
Daniel Norris (4-4) got the win, giving up three runs on eight hits and a walk in six-plus innings."I think one walk was the key there," he said. "When I'm putting the ball in the strike zone, I can attack on a consistent basis."Erasmo Ramirez (3-2) matched a career worst by allowing 10 runs on nine hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings."That's a great lineup and I was missing pitches," he said. "That's always dangerous."Kinsler hit the 43rd lead-off homer off his career in the first. That broke a tie with Curtis Granderson for sixth on the career list and moved him one behind Brady Anderson."The only thing that proves is I've led off a lot of games," he said.Tampa Bay tied the game in the third. Peter Bourjos tripled with one out and Steven Souza Jr. followed with a grounder to third. Castellanos threw wildly to the plate, allowing Souza to take second,The Rays took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Daniel Robertson's RBI single.The Tigers took over the game at that point, scoring five runs in each of the next two innings to take an 11-2 lead.Avila led off the bottom of the fourth with his 10th homer. After a walk to Miguel Cabrera, J.D. Martinez singled and Upton lined an RBI double over the head of Smith in centerfield. Castellanos doubled down the left-field line to give the Tigers a three-run lead.Alex Presley's infield single gave the Tigers six straight baserunners to start the inning, but James McCann ended the streak with a sacrifice fly to make it 6-2.Jose Iglesias received a standing ovation after two spectacular defensive plays in the fifth. He charged a slow roller and threw out Bourjos, then sprinted straight back into left-centerfield to make an over-the-shoulder catch on Souza's pop up. The cheers continued when Upton reached over the left-field fence to rob the next hitter, Corey Dickerson, of a home run."I told Iggy that as sick as the play on Souza was, the play on Bourjos might have been better, given the way that guy runs," Norris said. "Then J-Up pulls back a homer. That's a good feeling as a pitcher."The Tigers kept hitting in the fifth, with Upton's two-run single putting them up 8-2. Tim Beckham's throwing error later in the inning allowed two more runs to score.
"That might be the best game we've played all year," Ian Kinsler said.
Daniel Norris (4-4) got the win, giving up three runs on eight hits and a walk in six-plus innings."I think one walk was the key there," he said. "When I'm putting the ball in the strike zone, I can attack on a consistent basis."Erasmo Ramirez (3-2) matched a career worst by allowing 10 runs on nine hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings."That's a great lineup and I was missing pitches," he said. "That's always dangerous."Kinsler hit the 43rd lead-off homer off his career in the first. That broke a tie with Curtis Granderson for sixth on the career list and moved him one behind Brady Anderson."The only thing that proves is I've led off a lot of games," he said.Tampa Bay tied the game in the third. Peter Bourjos tripled with one out and Steven Souza Jr. followed with a grounder to third. Castellanos threw wildly to the plate, allowing Souza to take second,The Rays took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Daniel Robertson's RBI single.The Tigers took over the game at that point, scoring five runs in each of the next two innings to take an 11-2 lead.Avila led off the bottom of the fourth with his 10th homer. After a walk to Miguel Cabrera, J.D. Martinez singled and Upton lined an RBI double over the head of Smith in centerfield. Castellanos doubled down the left-field line to give the Tigers a three-run lead.Alex Presley's infield single gave the Tigers six straight baserunners to start the inning, but James McCann ended the streak with a sacrifice fly to make it 6-2.Jose Iglesias received a standing ovation after two spectacular defensive plays in the fifth. He charged a slow roller and threw out Bourjos, then sprinted straight back into left-centerfield to make an over-the-shoulder catch on Souza's pop up. The cheers continued when Upton reached over the left-field fence to rob the next hitter, Corey Dickerson, of a home run."I told Iggy that as sick as the play on Souza was, the play on Bourjos might have been better, given the way that guy runs," Norris said. "Then J-Up pulls back a homer. That's a good feeling as a pitcher."The Tigers kept hitting in the fifth, with Upton's two-run single putting them up 8-2. Tim Beckham's throwing error later in the inning allowed two more runs to score.
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