BALTIMORE, MD (WKZO-AM/FM) – Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is just one homer shy of joining the 500-club. Cabrera smashed his 499th career long ball in the Tigers’ 5-2 win over the Orioles in Baltimore, moving one step closer to the milestone. Cabrera would become just the 28th player in MLB history to reach 500 career home runs and the first Venezuelan player. The 38-year-old is also now just 50 shy of three-thousand career hits.
Tarik Skubal struck out six over six scoreless frames to get the win for Detroit, which has won three of its past four games. Matt Harvey gave up three runs in five innings for Baltimore, which has lost seven in a row.
Matt Manning gets the nod for the Tigers against Orioles lefty John Means in this afternoon’s series finale.
