Cabrera saves Tigers from disaster vs. Kansas City, 7-6

**Admin** Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:31 pm

Miguel Cabrera homered and had a go-ahead two-run single in the 9th inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Cabrera now has 25 homeruns and 108 RBIs in his career against Kansas City.

Detroit's closer Francisco Rodriguez (3-3) picked up the victory, despite blowing a save in the 8th inning when Paulo Orlando hit a two-run single to give KC a 6-5 lead.

Still tied in the 2nd AL wild card spot with Baltimore, the Tigers (73-61) will look to continue improving their standings in the pennant race when the take on the Royals again this Saturday night at 7:15 pm.

MAGIC NUMBER COUNTDOWN
AMERICAN LEAGUE
19 - Texas (West)
25 - Cleveland (Central)
27 - Boston/Detroit/Baltimore (Wild Card)
28 - Toronto (East)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
13 - Chi. Cubs (Central)
18 - Washington (East)
27 - L.A. Dodgers (West)
27 - San Francisco/St. Louis (Wild Card)