Marcus Thames hit two of Detroit's four homers Friday, both of them two-run shots, powering the Tigers past Milwaukee 10-4 in a game shortened by rain. The contest was halted with one out in the bottom of the seventh after Thames had hit his second homer of the night.

Alexis Gomez thought it was a joke when Jim Leyland told him at a morning workout in the hotel that he would start in Game 2 of the American League championship series. When it comes to baseball, the Detroit Tigers manager isn't kidding around.