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Yankees beat Tigers as Cabrera gets to 2,999 hits

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera had three hits to move one shy of 3,000 in the Detroit Tigers' 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night at chilly Comerica Park.

Cabrera beat out an infield hit in the second inning and singled up the middle in the fourth against Luis Severino, then grounded a broken-bat single through the shortstop hole in the sixth off Chad Green (1-1).

"I got really lucky on a couple of those hits and we lost the game, so I'm not too excited right now," he said. "This game is hard.