Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On Aug 23, 2020

Miguel Cabrera drove in a pair of runs and Isaac Paredes had three hits to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-4 win against the host Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

Detroit entered this weekend's three-game series having lost 20 straight games to Cleveland, but left winning two of the three contests.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI sacrifice fly by Cabrera, but the Indians answered in their half of the inning. They tied the game on a solo home run by Cesar Hernandez off Tigers starter Tarik Skubal, a prized prospect who was making his second career start.

Detroit quickly took a 4-1 lead in a span of three batters in the fourth inning.

Niko Goodrum started off the inning with a solo home run to right-center off Carlos Carrasco (2-3). JaCoby Jones followed with a double before Jorge Bonifacio hit his first home run of the year, a two-run blast to left-center that bounced off of the top of the wall and into the seats.

Detroit took a 5-1 lead in the sixth on another home run from Grayson Greiner, who hit a shot to left field for his first home run of the season.

The Tigers then made it 6-1 in the sixth on an RBI single by Cabrera and added another run in the eighth on an RBI single with two outs by Willi Castro.

The Indians formed a rally in the ninth off Detroit closer Joe Jimenez, cutting the Tigers lead to 7-4 on a three-run home run to right-center by Greg Allen.

Tigers reliever Jose Cisnero recorded the final two outs for his first major league save.

Daniel Norris (2-1) relieved Skubal with one out in the third and picked up the win, throwing 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. He allowed two hits while striking out four and walking none.

Every starter in the batting order had at least one hit for the Tigers, who out-hit the Indians by a 13-6 margin.

--Field Level Media