Detroit — Given that the Tigers were both desperate and determined Tuesday to somehow crack the postseason, two guesses as to which resident superstars made all the difference in a 12-0 thrashing of the Indians at Comerica Park that at least kept Detroit’s playoff dream kicking.
If your answers were, in any order, Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera, you’re a certified Tigers student who might have expected something along these lines:
Verlander: He pitched one out shy of eight innings, four hits, 12 strikeouts, one walk.
Cabrera: Two-run double up the right-center field gap in the first; three-run, 420-foot-plus homer into the forest below the TV camera nest in center field in the second.