Detroit — You never know how these things will turn out.
Miguel Cabrera seemed to twist his right knee awkwardly on a swinging third strike in the fifth inning. Harold Castro was summoned to pinch hit for him with two on and two out in the seventh against reliever Jose Cuas.
The right-hander with a funky delivery would have been a tough task for right-handed hitting Cabrera. Lefty-swinging Castro poked an RBI single down the line in left scoring rookie Ryan Kreidler with the go-ahead run in the Tigers’ 5-4 win over the Royals on Friday night at Comerica Park.