Miguel Cabrera's pursuit of baseball history will last at least one more day after a controversial free pass.
Cabrera, needing only one hit to become the 33rd player in major league history with 3,000 hits, was intentionally walked in the eighth inning Thursday of the Detroit Tigers' 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees.
It was the fourth and final plate appearance of the afternoon for Cabrera, who flied out in the first inning and struck out in each of his next two at-bats.
Cabrera was slated to bat again in the eighth with two outs, but the Yankees and manager Aaron Boone opted to walk the two-time MVP intentionally, loading the bases and setting up a lefty-lefty matchup of Detroit's Austin Meadows against New York southpaw Lucas Luetge.