Nick Castellanos hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning as the Tigers avoided a humiliating loss Monday night, beating the Minnesota Twins, 10-8, in Detroit.

The Tigers led, 8-0, after one inning with AL ERA leader Jordan Zimmermann on the mound, only to see the Twins come back to tie the game in the seventh. Detroit manager Brad Ausmus was ejected in the middle of the rally for arguing a called third strike. During the argument, he took off his sweat shirt and used it to cover up the plate.

Castellanos homered off Pat Dean (0-1) in the bottom of the seventh to put Detroit back in front. Dean had entered the game in the first inning and threw 90 pitches in 5? innings.

J.D. Martinez, whose dropped fly ball allowed the tying run to score in the seventh, homered in the eighth to give the Tigers a two-run lead.

Zimmermann (6-2) had only allowed eight earned runs in his seven starts this season, but gave up seven more, plus an unearned run, on 11 hits in seven innings. He struck out nine without walking a batter. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 10th save.

‘‘It wasn’t the prettiest game I’ve ever pitched,’’ Zimmermann said. ‘‘It was crazy, but we survived.’’

Ian Kinsler gave the Tigers a lead on the first pitch of the first, driving it into the left-field stands for Detroit’s first leadoff homer of the season. The next two hitters walked, and Castellanos made it 2-0 with an RBI single.

Twins starter Jose Berrios continued to struggle to find the plate, walking Cameron Maybin to load the bases and Jarrod Saltalamacchia to give the Tigers a three-run lead. Jose Iglesias followed with a three-run double to make it 6-0 and end Berrios’s night after nine batters.

Kinsler greeted Dean with an RBI double, and Martinez made it 8-0 with another double. It was Detroit’s biggest first inning since they scored 10 at Kansas City on Sept. 23, 2006.

Kurt Suzuki homered in the second and Miguel Sano’s homer cut the margin to 8-3 in the third. Trevor Plouffe added another run for the Twins when he stole third and scored on Saltalamacchia’s throwing error in the fourth.

Things kept going right for the Twins in the inning, including a slow hopper up the middle that hit second base and two more infield singles. By the time Zimmermann struck out Byung Ho Park to end the inning, Minnesota was within 8-7.

Ausmus was ejected in the fourth after Castellanos struck out.

Rays 13, Blue Jays 2 — Curt Casali hit a three-run homer, Tim Beckham and Steve Pearce each hit two-run blasts, and visiting Tampa Bay had four homers while routing Toronto.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was ejected by plate umpire Mike Winters for arguing a called third strike in the fourth. It was the third ejection of the season for Gibbons and his second in two games — he was one of eight tossed in a game Sunday against Texas that included Rougned Odor’s punch to the jaw of Jose Bautista. Toronto has lost three straight.

Desmond Jennings also homered, and the Rays set season highs in runs and hits (17).

Jennings and Steven Souza each had three hits in the opener of an eight-game, three-city trip.

Drew Smyly (2-4) allowed one run and four hits in five innings to win for the first time in four starts. The Rays roughed up Blue Jays lefthander J.A. Happ (5-1).

Indians 15, Reds 6 — Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and had four RBIs, and host Cleveland rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Cincinnati.

Marlon Byrd hit a two-run homer in a five-run sixth and the Indians erased a 4-0 deficit while recording season highs in runs and hits.

Cincinnati scored four times in the first three innings, but Cleveland tied it with a four-run third and added three in the fourth.

Francisco Lindor, who was 3 for 5, Jason Kipnis, and Mike Napoli all had two RBIs for the Indians, who had 19 hits.

Kipnis’s two-run single broke a 4-4 tie and helped the Indians take a three-run lead in the fourth. The Reds cut the lead to one in the fifth, but Gomes, homering for the third straight game, and Byrd, who had three hits, unloaded off Layne Somsen.

Gomes, who came into the game batting .167, was 2 for 4 and had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Tommy Hunter (1-1) pitched 1? innings for the win. John Lamb (0-1) couldn’t hold the early lead. The lefthander allowed seven runs in four innings.

Pirates 8, Braves 5 — Matt Joyce homered among his three hits and drove in three runs, Gregory Polanco had three hits and three runs scored, and Jon Niese pitched six effective innings to lead host Pittsburgh over Atlanta.

Joyce stepped into the starting lineup and played right field as left fielder Starling Marte was placed on the paternity list before the game after his wife gave birth to a daughter in the morning. Polanco moved from right field to left to take Marte’s spot.

Niese (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits with six strikeouts and two walks. It was just Niese’s third quality start in eight outings this season, though the Pirates are 6-2 in the games he has pitched, and he improved his career record against the Braves to 10-6.

Marlins 5, Phillies 3 — Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour hit solo homers, Adam Conley threw six effective innings, and visiting Miami beat Philadelphia for its third straight win.

Conley (3-2) gave up one run and eight hits, striking out five. A.J. Ramos allowed a run in the ninth but earned his 12th save in as many tries.

Philadelphia’s Jerad Eickhoff (1-6) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He’s winless in his last six starts.