Forceout

His problem: Witt drilled it down the third base line, where Ke’Bryan Hayes made a spectacular backhand stop and turned to throw to second base for a forceout in the sixth inning.

After Reynolds drew a full-count walk to load the bases, Oneil Cruz grounded into a forceout at second base but beat De La Cruz’s throw to allow Suwinski to score and cut it to 5-3.

But he got Turner to ground into a double play and JT Realmuto to ground into a forceout to prevent any damage.

Donahue was intentionally walked to create a forceout option.

Third baseman Jared Triolo threw to second base to beat Edwards for the forceout, and Gonzales fired it to shortstop Williams covering third to get Fortes.

Bautista hit a hard grounder to third baseman Johan Camargo, who got a quick forceout.

Mikie Mahtook grounded into a forceout at second, allowing Nicholas Castellanos to score Detroit’s fourth run, and Grayson Greiner’s RBI single made it 6-5 with the tying and winning runs on base.

In the seventh, Pettitte hit Luis Gonzalez with a pitch before Sanders grounded into a forceout.