DETROIT -AP- Michael Fulmer pitched eight strong innings and J.D. Martinez drove in five runs as the Detroit Tigers went on to an 11-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
Nicholas CastellanosMiguel Cabrera and Martinez homered for the Tigers.
Fulmer (10-6) won his fourth straight start, giving up one run and two hits while walking one and striking out three.
Kendrys Morales had a clean single in the second inning, but the Blue Jays didn't get another hit until Troy Tulowitzki's infield single in the eighth.
 
 
Fulmer, J.D. Martinez lead Tigers over Blue Jays 11-1
 
 
Francisco Liriano (5-5) took the loss, allowing five runs, three hits and four walks in two-plus innings. He struck out two.
Castellanos gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the first with his 11th homer, and Jose Iglesias made it 2-0 with an RBI single in the second.
Liriano lost the strike zone in the third. He started the inning by walking Castellanos, Justin Upton and Cabrera, then went 2-0 on Martinez before coming out with neck tightness.
Mike Bolsinger entered the game, and Martinez hit his first pitch for a two-run single. Mikie Mahtook made it 5-0 later in the inning with a sacrifice fly.
Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays led off the fourth with a walk, took second on a wild pitch and scored on groundouts by Russell Martin and Josh Donaldson.
The Tigers regained their five-run lead in the sixth when Upton's groundout scored Iglesias. Cabrera followed with a two-run homer to left, making it 8-1.
Martinez hit a three-run homer off Aaron Loup in the eighth.
 

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