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Young Tigers rejuvenating Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez

Detroit — The scene was pretty comical.

As the Tigers came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday, Miguel Cabrera, who would hit fourth that inning, ducked into the clubhouse for a cup of coffee to warm himself.

Victor Martinez was already in there, doing his between at-bats preparations.

Both looked up at the monitor when they heard the crack of Dixon Machado’s bat.

“When I got the first coffee drink, I see Machado hit a home run and I was like jumping here in the clubhouse,” Cabrera said. “Victor looked at me and said, ‘What are we going to do?