Detroit — When you get a break now, you’d better take advantage. The Tigers need a few breaks, and nobody seizes them like Miguel Cabrera.
It was the bottom of the fifth but it felt like the bottom of the ninth, with rain falling and more on the way in a tie game. With one mighty swing, Cabrera untied it and essentially ended it, his three-run homer giving the Tigers a 6-3 lead over the Indians. After another delay of one hour, 12 minutes, the game was called and the critical victory was official.
So in the past two nights, the Tigers won when the Indians used all their backups after clinching the division, then prevailed with a timely blast and a timely storm.