Cabrera gives Fulmer a boost in rare shaky start

Tigers 7, White Sox 5(Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)Chicago — A little plot twist Friday night.

This time, it was the Tigers who had Michael Fulmer’s back.

“What do you mean, have his back?” Miguel Cabrera said after the game, not familiar with the phrase.

This is what it means:

Fulmer has been the Tigers’ rock, especially in his most recent 10 starts, but he faltered Friday, squandering a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning against the Chicago White Sox.

The Tigers, though, answered with three runs in the seventh — they had Fulmer’s back — to take a 7-5 win on a densely humid night at U.S. Cellular Field.

And it was Cabrera who delivered the big hit.

“We’ve been searching for that big…