Tigers stun O’s with J.D., Miggy back-to-back HRs

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BALTIMORE — J.D. Martinez and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back home runs off reliever Darren O’Day in the eighth inning as the Tigers avoided a four-game sweep with a 6-5 win over the Orioles on Sunday afternoon.

Detroit had lost 11 of 12 games and was poised for another setback after Manny Machado’s two-run homer in the fifth off starter Michael Fulmer put Baltimore up, 5-4. O’Day (2-1) nearly struck out Martinez to end the eighth, but the home-plate umpire ruled Martinez checked his swing on a 2-2 pitch. Martinez hammered the next toss over the center-field wall. One pitch later, Cabrera popped his sixth home run. Ian Kinsler also went deep for Detroit in the fourth inning.

Jonathan Schoop had two …

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