Tigers 7, Athletics 3
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera broke out of a slump with four hits, including a pair of home runs, and Jordan Zimmermann won for the fourth time in as many starts as the Detroit Tigers topped the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Monday at Comerica Park.
Cabrera, who was batting .206 with one home run entering the game, drove in four runs as Detroit ended a four-game losing streak.
Zimmermann's franchise-record of 24 1/3 scoreless innings to start the season ended in the sixth on Billy Burns' RBI single. Zimmermann (4-0) gave up three runs, one earned, on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Oakland starter Kendall Graveman (1-2), who surrendered both Cabrera home runs, allowed six runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
The A's needed some luck to end Zimmermann's streak, which occurred with the Tigers up 6-0. Center fielder Tyler Collins failed to locate Marcus Semien's routine fly ball and it dropped in for a double. Left fielder Justin Upton had trouble picking up the ball and Semien advanced to third on the error before Burns brought him in.
Collins made an obscene gesture toward the crowd after his misplay.
Upton's sacrifice fly in the sixth gave Detroit a 7-1 lead. Oakland scored two runs in the seventh on Yonder Alonso's RBI double and pinch-hitter Mark Canha's run-scoring single.
Graveman struck out the first two batters before Cabrera hit a 3-1 pitch the opposite way for his first home run since the home opener on April 8.
The Tigers made it 2-0 in the second when Nick Castellanos reached on an infield single, advanced on his first stolen base since 2014 and scored on Mike Aviles' RBI single. Aviles had just one hit in his first 12 at-bats prior to the run-scoring single.
Cabrera was left stranded after a one-out double in the third but took care of that himself in the fifth. His second home run off Graveman, following singles by Jose Iglesias and Upton, also flew over the right-field fence. That gave him 34 career multi-homer games and his first since May 15 last season against Minnesota.
Victor Martinez followed with his third homer of the season over the right-center wall for a 6-0 lead.
NOTES: The Athletics recalled RHP Andrew Triggs from Triple-A Nashville and optioned LHP Eric Surkamp to Nashville on Monday. Triggs, who was claimed off waivers from Baltimore on March 13, was 2-1 with a 5.14 ERA with Nashville. Surkamp started on Sunday and was battered for six runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings against Toronto. ... Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler was a late scratch after experiencing flu-like symptoms. Kinsler is tied for first in the American League with nine multi-hit games. ... Detroit recalled RHP Jose Valdez from Triple-A Toledo and optioned LHP Matt Boyd to the Mud Hens on Monday. Valdez made five relief appearances for Toledo and was 0-0 with a 3.00 ERA. Boyd pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for Detroit on Sunday. ... A's LHP Rich Hill, who recorded 10 strikeouts against the New York Yankees in his last start, will oppose RHP Mike Pelfrey on Tuesday.