Toronto — It was getting excruciating, trudging into the ninth game since he hit home run No. 499. He had gone 4 for 31. The last three games, he hadn't hit a ball in the air, let alone out of the park.
Then, in the sixth inning Sunday at Rogers Centre, Blue Jays starter Steven Matz, after he'd gotten an ugly swing with a fastball, decided to throw a change-up and Miguel Cabrera made history off of it.
The ball left his bat at 104 mph and flew on a line 400 feet over the wall in right-center.