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J-Up busts out in big way with mammoth HRs
- Updated: August 21, 2016
DETROIT — As Justin Upton simmered over the 420-foot double he hit off the center-field wall Saturday night, denied a game-tying home run by inches in his first game back in the lineup, he was asked if he could still take positives out of his return.
“I try to take positives out of every day,” he said early Sunday morning.
Hours later, as he rounded the bases on his second three-run home run to a loud ovation, helping the Tigers to a 10-5 win over the Red Sox, it was easier.
“I haven’t heard that much,” Upton said. “It was great. It was a good day.”
It wasn’t just the fans. The reception he received from his teammates showed how much they’d ridden the ups and downs of this challenging season with him. They had seen the positive attitude he maintained for his team, even as he endured an individual nightmare of a season.
“I continue to let him know he’s the kind of guy that can carry a team,” Cameron Maybin said. “Not to put any pressure on himself, but he’s that type of talent. We’re going to need him to do things like that, that he’s capable of doing. And it’s something to watch when he does.
“When he gets them, he gets …
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