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- Updated: May 17, 2016
DETROIT — One night after the Tigers put up an eight-run opening inning and had to rally late, Miguel Cabrera’s first triple in 365 days sparked a seven-run seventh inning to lift Detroit to its third straight victory with a 7-2 win over the Twins on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.
Phil Hughes, who outpitched former Twins teammate Mike Pelfrey in an unlikely pitching duel, exited with a 2-1 lead after Cabrera tripled and scored on a Victor Martinez sacrifice fly. The Tigers pounced on Minnesota’s bullpen for seven hits in the next eight batters, including back-to-back home runs from Ian Kinsler and J.D. Martinez.
Joe Mauer and Miguel Sano hit solo home runs off Pelfrey, who delivered 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball for the second consecutive start. Jose Iglesias pulled the Tigers ahead for good with a two-run single off Trevor May’s first pitch.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDUpton erupts: Justin Upton entered Tuesday in a 5-for-41, 22-strikeout slump over his previous 11 games, and was robbed on a highlight catch from Danny Santana in the fifth. Upton’s drive to deep left-center would’ve earned him the game-tying RBI had it not …
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