Cabrera's Double In 10th Gives Tigers 5-4 Win

Ian Kinsler opened the inning with a single off Cody Allen (3-2). Following a sacrifice, Cabrera hit Allen's second pitch off the wall in left-center, scoring Kinsler.

Justin Verlander was one out away from winning for the only the second time in seven starts, but closer Joe Nathan (4-2) blew a save for the fifth time this season when Michael Bourn's two-out single tied the score.

Phil Coke pitched the 10th for his first save.

Verlander allowed two runs in seven innings, and Rajai Davis and Kinsler homered in the sixth, giving Detroit a 4-2 lead.

Nathan threw 32 pitches in the ninth. He struck out the first two hitters, but singles by David Murphy and Yan Gomes put runners at first and third. Bourn slapped a single through the left side to tie it. Asdrubal Cabrera grounded out to end the inning.

Verlander rebounded from a stretch where he had lost five of six decisions, including three straight starts.

The former AL MVP and Cy Young winner, held the Indians to four hits and struck out eight. Verlander, who was 2-5 with a 7.83 ERA in his last seven starts going into the game, gave up a solo homer to Carlos Santana in the fourth and allowed an unearned run in the second.

Davis broke a 2-all tie with a one-out blast into the home-run porch in left field. Kinsler, whose fielding error in the second cost Verlander a run, followed with a homer into the bleachers in left-center.

Both came off Trevor Bauer, who allowed four runs in 6 1-3 innings.

The Tigers are 12-20 since May 18, but have won three straight for the first time in a month. Detroit leads Kansas City by 1 1/2 games in the AL Central.

Victor Martinez hit a solo homer in the second and tied the game in the sixth with an RBI single. His homer was a towering drive that curved inside the foul pole in right field. Cabrera doubled to lead off the sixth and scored when Martinez lined a single to center.

Santana's one-out homer in the fourth broke a 1-all tie.

Verlander had allowed 38 earned runs in 43 2-3 innings in his previous seven starts. He lost all three starts in June, when he was rocked for 19 earned runs in 18 2-3 innings.

Al Alburquerque hit Bourn with a pitch and Asdrubal Cabrera's double made it a one-run game in the eighth.

Kinsler's fielding error allowed Cleveland to tie the game in the second. Following Lonnie Chisenhall's two-out double, Nick Swisher sent a hard-hit grounder to the right side. Kinsler was playing on the cut of the grass, but the ball bounced off his chest and glove before rolling into right field as Chisenhall scored.

Kinsler's error resulted in the ninth unearned run Verlander has allowed this season.

The Indians recorded their second sellout of the season, thanks mostly to Omar Vizquel being inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony. Vizquel, who played for the Indians from 1994-04, is Detroit's first base and infield coach.

The Tigers' winning streak is their longest since they won six straight May 12-18.

Brantley, who returned after being sidelined with a concussion Monday, was 0 for 5 to end his nine-game hitting streak.

J.D. Martinez singled in the second, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, in which he's batting .429.

NOTES: Tigers LHP Ian Krol, who has a 15.75 ERA over his last five appearances, could be headed to the disabled list with a sore shoulder. He allowed two home runs un the eighth inning Friday and admitted he is "kind of going through a dead-arm period." LHP Pat McCoy, pitching at Triple-A Toledo, is a likely candidate to be called up. ... Indians C Yan Gomes threw out Davis at second base in the fifth, the sixth straight time he has caught a runner trying to steal. Gomes hasn't made an error in 35 games after committing nine in his first 29. ... Detroit OF Torii Hunter (strained right hamstring) missed his fifth straight game. ... Tigers RHP Max Scherzer (8-3) meets RHP Josh Tomlin (4-4) in the three-game series finale Sunday.

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