DETROIT (Interstat) — Hao-Yu Lee doubled and tripled during a seven-run eighth inning, and the Detroit Tigers rallied for an 11-7 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park. Detroit improved to 69-79. Colorado fell to 55-93. The game drew 32,019 and took 3 hours, 20 minutes.

The Rockies had a chance in the first when Hunter Goodman walked and TJ Rumfield doubled, but Cole Carrigg struck out on a foul tip to end the threat. Detroit put a runner on in the bottom half when Kevin McGonigle singled, but Hao-Yu Lee struck out and Colt Keith lined out to center before Riley Greene struck out swinging. Colorado went down in order in the second on a flyout, a strikeout and a groundout. Detroit also failed to score in the second despite Eduardo Valencia’s leadoff double. Max Clark flew out, Spencer Torkelson singled Valencia to third, and Brett Callahan walked to load the bases, but John Peck grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Colorado broke through in the third. Jake McCarthy was hit by a pitch, Connor Norby singled, and Hunter Goodman hit a three-run homer to left field. TJ Rumfield and Cole Carrigg then flew out. Detroit’s answer came quickly. McGonigle homered to right-center, Lee flew out, Keith flew out, Riley Greene singled, Eduardo Valencia singled Greene to third, and Max Clark singled Greene home before Spencer Torkelson flew out.

Colorado added a run in the fourth when Jordan Beck bunted for a single, Adael Amador doubled to right, and Beck scored as Amador advanced to third on a fielding error by catcher Eduardo Valencia. Amador was stranded when Ezequiel Tovar struck out and Jake McCarthy popped out. Detroit tied it in the bottom half. Brett Callahan doubled, John Peck struck out, McGonigle struck out, but Lee doubled Callahan home and Keith singled Lee home. Riley Greene struck out to end the inning.

Colorado threatened in the fifth. Connor Norby hit a ground-rule double, Hunter Goodman struck out, TJ Rumfield singled Norby to third, but Cole Carrigg and Kyle Karros popped out. Detroit put two runners on in the fifth when Eduardo Valencia walked and Max Clark doubled, but Spencer Torkelson flew out, Brett Callahan struck out and John Peck flew out to right in foul territory.

Colorado moved ahead in the sixth. Jordan Beck walked, Adael Amador was hit by a pitch, and Ezequiel Tovar sacrificed both runners into scoring position. Jake McCarthy singled to left, scoring Beck and Amador, and McCarthy advanced to second on a throwing error by left fielder Riley Greene. Connor Norby singled McCarthy to third, but Hunter Goodman grounded into a double play. Detroit put two runners on in the bottom half on walks to McGonigle and Lee, but Gleyber Torres struck out, Riley Greene flew out and Eduardo Valencia grounded out.

Colorado kept pressure on in the seventh. TJ Rumfield singled, Cole Carrigg sacrificed him to second, and Kyle Karros singled Rumfield to third. But Jordan Beck struck out and Adael Amador grounded out. Detroit’s seventh included a bunt single by Max Clark, a popout by Spencer Torkelson, a strikeout by Ben Malgeri, a single by John Peck, and a lineout by McGonigle.

Tovar’s homer in the top of the eighth pushed Colorado’s lead to 7-4. The call was reviewed and upheld. Jake McCarthy flew out, Norby struck out and Goodman flew out. Then Detroit’s offense erupted.

Lee opened the bottom of the eighth with a double. Gleyber Torres doubled home Lee. Riley Greene singled home Torres. Eduardo Valencia singled, Max Clark walked, Spencer Torkelson walked to force in the tying run, and Ben Malgeri walked to bring home the go-ahead run. John Peck followed with a sacrifice fly, and Lee capped the inning with a 12-pitch at-bat that ended in a two-run triple. McGonigle lined out sharply, and Torres grounded out, but Detroit had turned a three-run deficit into an 11-7 lead. Lee finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs. Goodman was 1 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for Colorado. Tovar was 1 for 3 with a home run and an RBI. McGonigle was 2 for 5 with a home run and an RBI. Clark was 3 for 4 with an RBI.

Colorado tried to answer in the ninth. Kyle Karros was hit by a pitch, but Jordan Beck struck out on a foul tip to end the game. The Rockies finished with 12 hits, while Detroit had 18. Colorado made two sacrifice hits.

Beau Brieske earned the win in relief for Detroit. He improved to 1-0 after pitching 1 2/3 innings, allowing two hits and one earned run with two strikeouts. Jaden Hill took the loss for Colorado and fell to 1-4. Detroit starter Andrew Sears worked 4 1/3 innings, yielding seven hits and four earned runs while striking out five. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts for the Tigers. Brennan Bernardino gave Colorado two scoreless innings with two strikeouts, and Juan Mejia added a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Colorado pitchers combined for 11 strikes, 50 balls and 11 balls in play. Detroit pitchers combined for 12 strikes, 64 balls and 12 balls in play.

Detroit had won the series opener 6-2 on Friday. The Tigers have taken the first two games of the weekend set and will go for a sweep Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park. Colorado will continue its road trip before returning home to face San Diego. Detroit is scheduled to visit Toronto next week.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit 4, Colorado 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Detroit with a 67.9 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 18 went under the over/under line of 8.