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Detroit Tigers rally for 8-7 win over Rays, thanks to Jeimer Candelario, Robbie Grossman

The Detroit Tigers showed another example of their resiliency Sunday.

With two outs, two balls, two strikes and trailing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jeimer Candelario demolished a slider from Tampa Bay Rays reliever Andrew Kittredge. The ball carried 421 feet, soaring over the right-field wall to tie the game at seven runs.

It was Candelario's second home run of the game.

The Tigers capitalized on his efforts in the bottom of the 11th, earning an 8-7 victory over the Rays in the series finale. Robbie Grossman ended the marathon by drawing a bases-loaded, two-out walk off J.