Matt Wallner hit a grand slam to cap a five-run sixth inning and the Minnesota Twins overshadowed another milestone homer by Miguel Cabrera in a 5-3 win against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.
Wallner’s slam — his first in the majors and the ninth homer in 38 games for the rookie — erased the early deficit provided by Cabrera. Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the second for his 509th career home run, equaling former teammate Gary Sheffield for 26th on the all-time list with just his second homer of the season.
“A lot of the times, he’s been shooting home runs the opposite way on fastballs from right-handers,” Minnesota starter Bailey Ober said of allowing the homer to Cabrera. “I think that was the first one I’ve seen him really drive. I mean, it obviously looked like it was his prime swing right there, back to 2013, 2014 stuff. One of the best players of all time.”
“Leadoff walk kickstarted the momentum," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said."Obviously, nothing really went well that inning until the end we could get out of it.” “Love getting Cis in there, who’s pitched leverage the whole season,” Hinch said. “Didn’t work out. Makes you wonder what would have happened if we would have gone the other way. But I love going to our pen. We haven’t had a blowup game like that in a long time.”Before his final series at Target Field, the Twins presented Cabrera with gifts to honor his coming retirement.
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