Slumbering Tigers Wake Up

Tigers 12, Mariners 8

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander struck out a season-high seven and Edgar Renteria hit one of Detroit's four homers and matched a career high with five RBIs in the Tigers' 12-8 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

Verlander (2-7) gave up one run, four hits and walked one over six innings, earning his first win in nearly a month.

Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen also homered for the Tigers, who had lost six of seven.

Adrian Beltre hit a solo home run off Verlander in the first inning, then Seattle didn't score again until the seventh inning when it trailed by 10 runs.

Detroit needed the cushion.

The Mariners scored twice in the seventh, once in the eighth and added four in the ninth, leading to closer Todd Jones coming in ahead by four runs with two on and one out.

Jones got Miguel Cairo - the only batter he faced - to hit into a game-ending double play for his seventh save in as many chances.

Carlos Silva (3-3) allowed nine hits and seven runs over four innings and hasn't won in his last six starts after beginning the season 3-0.

After chasing Silva, the Tigers roughed up Cha Seung Baek.

They hit three homers off him and scored four run, building an 11-1 lead.

Verlander looked like the pitcher he was in his first two seasons and the Tigers hit like they were projected to in what has been disappointing season.

They started the season as a popular pick to win the World Series after a busy offseason bumped their payroll up to nearly $139 million, trailing only the New York Yankees.

Detroit lost its first seven games and 10 of 12 before pulling within a game of .500 at the beginning of the month. Then, they went 3-12 to start the homestand with an AL-low 17 wins - one more than Seattle.

Notes: Granderson had a season-high three RBIs. ... Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, who had three hits, had his major league-leading 21st stolen base. ... Renteria had five RBIs for the seventh time in his career and second this season, his first in Detroit.