Tigers fight back against Blue Jays

Gerald Laird and Brandon Inge drove in two runs apiece, helping the Detroit Tigers snap a season-worst five-game skid with a 7-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

Rick Porcello won a matchup with fellow rookie Ricky Romero. Porcello (13-8) gave up two runs on four hits in six innings to improve to 3-0 in his last four starts. Romero (12-8) also went six innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead on Laird's RBI single in the second, and added three more runs in the third.

Placido Polanco led off with a walk and raced to third on Magglio Ordonez's double. Miguel Cabrera followed with an RBI single, Marcus Thames drove in a run by beating out a double-play ball and Laird finished the inning with his second run-scoring base hit of the game.

Toronto got onto the board on Edwin Encarnacion's RBI double in the fourth, then cut the gap to two runs in the fifth when Aaron Hill's groundout scored Raul Chavez.

Detroit put the game away with three runs off Josh Roenicke in the eighth. With two on and two out, Aubrey Huff had a pinch-hit RBI double, and Inge followed with a two-run single.