Miguel Cabrera hit his 507th home run, Detroit got nine innings from its bullpen and the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.
MJ Melendez led off the game with a home run for Kansas City, and Cabrera hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. He has 1,845 RBI, moving him past Carl Yastrzemski for 12th place on the career list.
Scheduled Tigers starter Matt Manning was scratched just before game time because of arm fatigue. He doesn’t expect to pitch again this season.
Kansas City had 10 hits and six walks, but Kyle Isbel was thrown out stealing twice and the Royals left 13 batters on base.
Daniel Lynch (4-12) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Eduardo Rodriguez (4-5, 4.37) is scheduled to start for the Tigers against Jonathan Heasley (4-8, 4.87) with a day game ay 12:10.