Minnesota 6 at Detroit 9 - Recap

DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera drove his 33rd home run of the season off the top of the railing on the wall in deep left center to break a tie with one out in the seventh inning Wednesday night and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Cabrera drove a 1-2 pitch by Ryan Pressly (6-7) toward the flag pole in the Minnesota bullpen in left-center, and it glanced off the top of the yellow padding on top of the wall into the bullpen to give the Tigers a 7-6 lead. Cabrera has 91 RBIs.

The victory went to Shane Greene (5-4) for pitching a scoreless seventh. Bruce Rondon worked the eighth, and Francisco Rodriguez gained his 42nd save for a run-free ninth.

Detroit added two unearned runs in the eighth. James McCann reached on a passed ball charged to catcher Kurt Suzuki while striking out. He was bunted to second, stopped at third on a single to left by Jose Iglesias and scored on a bloop single to center by Ian Kinsler, who collected his fourth hit of the game. Iglesias scored on reliever Michael Tonkin's wild pitch.

Brian Dozier smoked an RBI double to left to chase Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez and tie the score at 6 in the fifth.

Andrew Romine's ground RBI single to center started a four-run Tigers rally in the fourth. Triples by Kinsler and Cameron Maybin tied the score at 5 and chased Twins starter Tyler Duffey. Cabrera greeted reliever J.T. Chargois with a single to right-center, putting Detroit on top 6-5.

Minnesota exploded for five runs in the fourth after Sanchez retired the first nine Twins in order, the first four by strikeout.

Dozier hit the first pitch of the fourth for his 41st home run of the season, extending his career best hitting streak to 18 games and cutting Detroit's lead to 2-1.

The Twins' Kennys Vargas tied the score at 2 with a sharp ground RBI single to right. Suzuki lined an 0-1 pitch into the left field seats for his eighth home run, a three-run shot that made it 5-2.

Kinsler gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead with a ground RBI single to center with two outs in the second. Detroit scored first, on doubles by Kinsler and Maybin to open the first inning.

NOTES: Tigers RHP Jordan Zimmermann, who has made just two starts since the end of June due to injuries, threw an 80-pitch simulated game Wednesday. However, no decision is expected on whether he starts again this season. ... With his double and homer Wednesday, Twins 2B Brian Dozier is three extra-base hits shy of tying OF/DH Tony Oliva for the club record of 84 in a season. ... Detroit 3B Nick Castellanos took a few feeble swings against Zimmermann before stopping due to lingering pain in his still-sore left hand. Manager Brad Ausmus isn't ready to say Castellanos won't be able to return this month but noted, "We're getting closer, for sure, but there's no reason to stop progressing him until we run out of time." ... Twins 1B Joe Mauer was out of the starting lineup for the fourth consecutive game due to a sore quad.