Miguel Cabrera’s RBI single through the hole on the left side in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins' Kenta Maeda on Sunday afternoon did more than give the Detroit Tigers another baserunner.
The hit was his 2,000th as a Tiger — he had 842 hits as a Florida Marlin, leaving him 158 hits short of becoming the 33rd player to 3,000 hits — putting him in another, more exclusive club: Eight players have picked up 2,000 hits while playing for the Tigers, with the last one before Cabrera — Lou Whitaker — joining the club nearly 30 years ago.