Detroit Tigers @tigers Max Scherzer perfect in two-inning debut vs. Braves:http://atmlb.com/161vj0s #Tigers Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More Scherzer shows perfect spring form against Braves Right-hander Max Scherzer logged two perfect innings in his start on Sunday, while Aaron Westlake belted a solo homer late in the Tigers' 6-1 loss to the Braves. Detroit Tigers @tigers · Follow Westlake's solo homer00:00:44 3/3/13: Aaron Westlake puts the Tigers on the board in the seventh inning with a solo home run to left field off Juan Jaime Twitter Facebook Email LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- B.J. Upton and Dan Uggla both hit their first home runs of the Grapefruit League season, as the Braves cruised to a 6-1 win over the Tigers at Champion Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Upton's two-run home run -- off of Doug Fister in the fourth inning -- added to the success he has experienced during the first week of the Grapefruit League season. The veteran center fielder, who was Atlanta's key offseason free-agent addition, is batting .368 (7-for-19) with three doubles and a home run through his first seven games. Uggla ended his early Spring Training frustrations when he drilled a sixth inning solo home run off of Tigers left-hander Duane Below. The Braves' second baseman had struck out in seven of his previous 11 at-bats. He has just three hits through his first 21 at-bats this year. After Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer proved perfect through two innings of work, Fister was charged with three earned runs and five hits in two innings. He surrendered a pair of doubles to Juan Francisco and a Freddie Freeman triple that preceded Upton's two-run home run in the fourth inning. Francisco opened the third with a broken-bat double to shallow right field. This set the stage Ramiro Pena to open the scoring with a one-out RBI double to deep center...
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