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Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of an interleague baseball game on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Detroit. Duane Burleson, Associated Press
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Pittsburgh Pirates starter Kevin Correia pitches against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of an interleague baseball game on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Detroit. Duane Burleson, Associated Press
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Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen (22) avoids right fielder Jose Tabata, left, to make the catch on a fly by by Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young in the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Detroit. Duane Burleson, Associated Press
By Associated Press

DETROIT — Max Scherzer struck out 15 — the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years — and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday.

Scherzer (3-3) threw 115 pitches in seven innings and was done for the day when the Tigers came back from a 2-1 deficit while he was still the pitcher of record. Alex Avila hit a two-run single through a drawn-in infield to put Detroit ahead.

Pittsburgh scored a run in the ninth off Joaquin Benoit, but he held on for his first save this season.

Kevin Correia (1-5) allowed three runs in six-plus innings.

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Mickey Lolich had 15 strikeouts for the Tigers in a 1972 game and set the club record of 16 in 1969.

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