Toronto trailed 2-1 through eight innings but Jose Reyes singled off Tigers closer Joe Nathan to begin the ninth, then stole second before advancing to third on Melky Cabrera's fly ball to right. Jose Bautista was intentionally walked to bring up Dioner Navarro, who grounded a tying single past a diving Miguel Cabrera at first base.
Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the sixth on a two-out double by Victor Martinez, but Toronto cut the deficit to one in the bottom half on a two-out double by Cabera.
Blue Jays rookie right-hander Marcus Stroman rallied after allowing a season-high five runs in a loss at Houston last week. Stroman allowed two runs and four hits in a career-high nine innings. He walked three and struck out four.
Corey Kluber pitched four-hit ball for a superb six innings and Jose Ramirez hit his first career homer as the Cleveland Indians ended a four-game skid with a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees.
Michael Brantley also homered and had three hits for Cleveland, which won at Yankee Stadium for the first time in eight games. Ramirez hit a two-run drive in the second inning and had three hits.
Derek Jeter had an infield single in the sixth inning to pass Honus Wagner for sixth on the career list with No. 3,431.
Caleb Joseph homered in his fifth consecutive game, Nelson Cruz hit his 30th and Delmon Young also went deep as the AL East leading Batlimore Orioles beat John Lackey and the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3.
All three home runs came with a man on against Lackey (1-1), making his second start since coming from Boston in a July 31 trade. The right-hander gave up nine runs and 13 hits in five-plus innings.
At Milwaukee, Mike Fiers held the Los Angeles Dodgers to three hits in his first big league start in more than a year, and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-1 win.
Fiers (1-1) struck out five in eight strong innings, as the Dodgers mustered only a solo homer by Adrian Gonzalez into the second deck in right field.
Fiers won the duel with former Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave up Gomez's homer off the left-field foul pole that made it 3-1 leading off the sixth.
Elsewhere, Jon Singleton drove in three runs, and the Houston Astros handled Yu Darvish again in an 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers to stretch the streak against their in-state rival to seven victories in a row.
Also Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays shut-out the Chicago Cubs 4-0, the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0, the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 and the Miami Marlins had a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
