Slumping Cabrera hits tiebreaking single, Tigers beat Twins

<p>DETROIT &mdash; Slumping Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking single to key a five-run burst in the seventh inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Cabrera had two hits, raising his batting average to .149. The longtime star now has 2,876 hits, tied with Mel Ott for 44th on the all-time list.</p>
<p>Robbie Grossman had three hits, including a home run, for the Tigers. It was 2-all when Grossman and Harold Castro opened the seventh with singles off Tyler Duffey (0-2).</p>
<p>After both runners advanced on a groundout, Cabrera put Detroit ahead. Niko Goodrum and Jake Rogers added two-out, two-run singles.</p>
<p>Michael Fulmer (2-2) got the win with 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Starter José Ureña allowed two runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>Minnesota starter José Berríos gave up two runs in six innings.</p>
<p>After the Twins left runners on second and third in the first, Grossman led off the bottom of the inning with a line drive into the right-field stands.</p>
<p>Detroit increased its lead to 2-0 in the fourth when Nomar Mazara tripled and Goodrum doubled.</p>
<p>Josh Donaldson tied the game with a two-run homer off Ureña in the fifth, and Minnesota loaded the bases with one out. Fulmer replaced Urena and got Miguel Sano on a popout and Ben Rortvedt on a flyout.</p>
<p>The Tigers had runners on the corners with no outs in the bottom of the fifth, but Grossman broke for the plate on a line drive to center that was caught. Realizing he couldn’t beat Jake Cave’s throw, Grossman tried to go back to third, but got doubled off.</p>
<p>Donaldson’s RBI double made it 7-3 in the eighth.</p>
<p>MOVES</p>
<p>Twins: Minnesota selected the contract of RHP Derek Law from Triple-A St. Paul and optioned RHP Cody Stashak to the Saints. … OF Trevor Larnach made his major league debut, going 0 for 3 and being hit by pitch.</p>
<p>Tigers: Detroit activated Mazara from the injured list and sent OF Victor Reyes to Triple-A Toledo. Mazara had been sidelined with an abdominal strain since April 15. The Tigers also placed RHP Erasmo Ramirez (pectoral strain) on the 10-day injured list and recalled RHP Joe Jimenez from Toledo.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>The teams finish their three-game series on Sunday. Kenta Maeda (2-2, 5.02) is scheduled to start for the Twins against Detroit’s Matthew Boyd (2-3, 2.37).</p>
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