Miguel Cabrera singled in his final at-bat at Progressive Field, Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Sunday to win the season series for the first time since 2015.
Cabrera, 40, is retiring at the end of the season and was presented with a guitar by the Guardians in a pregame ceremony. The Detroit slugger was hitless in his first three at-bats before lining a hit down the right field line in the eighth off reliever Eli Morgan.
Torkelson hit a two-run homer in the first off Logan Allen , his 22nd of the season. The Tigers hit a first-inning home run in three games of the series. Akil Baddoo hit a leadoff homer in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader and Carpenter had a three-run shot Saturday. Eduardo Rodriguez allowed one run and struck out six in 6 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who improved to 7-3 against the Guardians. The teams finish the season with three games in Detroit.Allen gave up two runs in six innings, but got no help from his offense, which scored 10 runs in losing three of four in the series.
Rodriguez was sidelined from May 29-July 4 with a left index finger pulley rupture. Alex Lange pitched the ninth for his 18th save.Second baseman Andy Ibañez made a sliding catch of Laureano’s popup in shallow right field in the second. Shortstop Javier Báez made a backhand stop of Tyler Freeman’s ground ball in the fifth and recorded the out at first with a long throw.
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