Nelson Cruz, J.D. Martinez, Yoenis Cespedes and Nick Castellanos all hit home runs during the Seattle Mariners' 11-9 victory over the Detroit Tigers, but the most important homer came in the eighth inning. 

Franklin Gutierrez knocked a pinch-hit grand slam to right center field, scoring Kyle Seager, Robinson Cano, and Seth Smith and giving the Mariners an 11-8 lead over the Tigers. 

"I was looking for his fastball, and he threw me a fastball," Gutierrez said. "As soon as I saw the right fielder not moving at all, I knew the ball was out."

The Tigers came back from down 5-1 and had an 8-6 lead when Neftali Feliz entered the game. Feliz was released by the Texas Rangers because he refused a Minor League assignment and was promptly picked up by Detroit. 

Feliz allowed five runs in the eighth. One run came on a wild pitch, and then the monster home run to Gutierrez accounted for the other four. Feliz later got the last out of the inning. 

"At the beginning of the season, we expected better than this, but we are where we are," shortstop Andrew Romine said. "We're still a good team, and there is a long way to go. I've seen teams come back from farther than we are right now, and that's how we have to think about this."

Romine is correct, but the Tigers need to figure something out quickly if they want to make a push to be noted as the "feared team" that they used to be. 

Shane Greene took the mound for the Tigers and struggled again. He took the no-decision, but he gave up five runs on six hits and two walks over just 4.2 innings pitched. The biggest run was a home run to Cruz that traveled 455 feet to dead center. 

"Homers are homers," Cruz said. "They're just homers."

Martinez hit his 27th homer of the season in the bottom of that inning. It traveled 467 feet, which is 12 feet further than Cruz's shot. 

In the fifth inning, Cespedes tied the game with a two-run home run. Romine knocked in a run on an infield single and Anthony Gose drew a bases loaded walk to put the Tigers ahead 7-6. 

"It's a huge park. Those guys have some pretty good power," Gutierrez said. "It was amazing."

Tigers manager Brad Ausmus had Feliz, Alex Wilson and Joakim Soria, who is the closer, left to use in the bullpen after Castellanos went deep in the seventh to make it 8-6. Ausmus wanted to save Wilson in case the game went to extra innings, so he went with Feliz. 

With the bags loaded, Feliz gave up a wild pitch and an intentional walk. After giving up the pinch-hit grand slam to Gutierrez, Feliz is now 1-3 with a 5.79 ERA after the horrid appearance. 

Wilson came in for the ninth inning and did not give up any runs, but he walked one. 

Taijuan Walker toed the slab for the Mariners but got the no-decision. Walker went 4.1 innings and gave up six runs (five earned runs) on seven hits. His ERA jumped ERA to 5.06 after a rough outing. 

Joe Beimel went 0.2 innings, but it was good enough for the win. He is now 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA on the season. 

Carson Smith got a four-out save for his eighth of the season. He walked one but improved his ERA to 1.86. 

On Wednesday night, the Tigers send righty Anibal Sanchez (9-7) to the mound to take on lefty Mike Montgomery (4-3).