Cabrera, Grossman combine for 8 hits, help Tigers avoid sweep in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh — Lose three straight games to a Pirates team that is in full rebuild and fighting to avoid triple-digit losses? Miguel Cabrera decided that wasn’t going to happen on his watch.

Cabrera banged out four hits, driving in single runs with his first three, and sparking the Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Pirates in the finale of the three-game set at nearly-empty PNC Park Wednesday night.

Cabrera doubled in a run with two outs in the first inning, singled in another with two outs in the third and ripped a one-out single to score a third run in the fifth. They were all well-struck — with exit velocities off the bat of 103.6 mph, 103.9 mph and 108.2 mph.

His seventh-inning single brought his hit…