Pérez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Báez made it a two-run game with a leadoff homer in the seventh. Greene hit a 436-foot home run to right later in the inning, making it 7-3. Carmen Mlodzinski (1-5) allowed four runs in two innings of relief.

The Detroit Tigers enter another week still holding onto the best record in Major League Baseball with a perceived chance to build on that mark. Coming into Comerica Park this week is going to be the last place Pittsburgh Pirates,