DETROIT -- Jonathan Schoop remembered this kind of loud atmosphere at Comerica Park from the 2014 postseason with the Orioles. He missed it last year playing in empty stadiums and got a taste of it with limited capacity earlier this season.

But as he stepped to the plate in extra innings Saturday night, he could feel it. With a crowd of 31,624 roaring, egged on by former Tigers players watching from the suites, the current Tigers rallied against the Twins.

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“This was a really good crowd. They cheer for us, and we have to get it done for them,” Schoop said after speeding home from first base on Miguel Cabrera’s walk-off single for a 5-4 win and a doubleheader sweep.

The atmosphere was a reminder of what the ballpark can be like in good times. The Tigers’ performance was a reminder of how this team is trying to get there again.

“We get more brand of baseball like this, we’re going to earn their respect to come back to the ballpark and fill this place up,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “It’s obviously a great home-field advantage and a great energy when we play here. Our players were all talking about it. It’s a step in the right direction for the entire organization to have this environment and then deliver.”

It’s a slightly different brand of baseball than in years past. The Tigers won the first game of the doubleheader, 1-0, with a leadoff home run from Robbie Grossman and four innings of scoreless relief from a Tigers bullpen that had been roughed up by the Twins last weekend at Target Field.

Saturday’s nightcap was built on smaller ball and speed. The Tigers took a 3-1 lead on Akil Baddoo’s bases-clearing triple in the second inning, then watched the Twins whittle away at the gap. Again, Detroit’s bullpen tried holding on, giving up single runs but not the big innings that doomed it in Minnesota last week.

The Tigers billed Saturday night’s game as Detroit’s Summer Baseball Bash, and brought back several former players as well as former manager Jim Leyland for autograph signings and an on-field pregame ceremony. By the seventh inning, former Tiger Phil Coke -- whose intensity made him a fan favorite as a pitcher -- was banging on the plexiglass from the suite level and raising his hands to summon the crowd to make noise.

The crowd stayed loud after a Joe Jiménez wild pitch scored Nick Gordon, who had entered the game as a pinch-runner to begin the eighth inning on second base. Gordon stayed in the game in center field as the Tigers used their team speed to answer.

Derek Hill, whose hard-hit lineout to right in the seventh inning sent the game into extras, began the eighth on second as the potential tying run. After Twins closer Taylor Rogers struck out Baddoo for the first out, Hill took off for the third base on Rogers’ 1-0 pitch to Schoop in hopes of setting up a sacrifice fly. He stole the bag easily.

Hill has always had that kind of speed, one reason why he was a first-round Draft pick in 2014. Utilizing it on the basepaths as well as he uses it in the field has been a big progression for his offense in his attempt to claim a spot in the Tigers’ long-term outfield picture.

“We just want him to play with freedom, total confidence,” Hinch said. “He’s going to have to risk some things in order to see what he can do and how much impact he can have on the bases. But from what I’ve seen when he’s been up, it’s energy, it’s pressure.”

Hill’s steal left Schoop simply needing a ball in play. He ended up with an opposite-field single through the right side. Once Cabrera hit a two-out popup to shallow center, Schoop sped around.

“I knew they were playing deep,” Schoop said, “so I thought I’m going to run as fast as I can so if it drops, I’m going to score.”

Cabrera’s ball had a .000 expected batting average, according to Statcast. But it fell between Gordon, who was charging in from the depths of Comerica Park’s center field, and Gold Glove shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who peeled off at the last second to avoid a collision.

The crowd went wild.

“Thanks to the fans,” Hinch said. “I know they’ve been waiting a long time to come into this ballpark. We’re trying to earn their respect, but they really created a nice vibe for us.”