In front of one of the bigger crowds seen at Comerica Park in many years, Miguel Cabrera’s pursuit of home run number 500 failed to bear fruit tonight. More frustrating, was the Clevelanders continuing their tradition of suddenly playing their best baseball whenever the Tigers are around. They beat the Tigers 7-4, seizing second place in the AL Central outright.
For two innings, Tyler Alexander looked like he might repeat the success he had in his outing against Cleveland last weekend. At Progressive Field, the lefty blanked them over 5 1⁄3 innings of work.