Kansas City, Mo. — It wasn't the three hits that had him fired up after the Tigers' closed out a hard-fought 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals Thursday night as much as it was his daring sprint home in the second inning.
"Woooo," Miguel Cabrera said. "Did you see that?! Speedy Gonzalez."
Cabrera tagged on a medium-depth fly ball to left field by Harold Castro and challenged the arm of left fielder Andrew Benintendi. He lost the race — the ball beat him to the plate — but Cabrera slid to the back side of the plate and avoided the tag of catcher Salvador Perez.