Cabrera gets day off; Zimmer HR lifts Indians past Tigers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Miguel Cabrera got a planned day off in pursuit of his 500th career home run, and the Cleveland Indians, sparked by Bradley Zimmer’s tie-breaking home run in the seventh, defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Sunday.

Cabrera, who has 498 homers, didn’t play as part of Detroit manager A.J. Hinch’s plan to help his slugger get through the season. The Tigers are off Monday and Cabrera will return to the lineup Tuesday in Baltimore.

Derek Hill’s first major league home run in the second inning helped Detroit build a 5-2 lead, but Cleveland rallied and went ahead on Zimmer’s two-run homer off Erasmo Ramírez (1-1).

Myles Straw reached on a one-out single and Zimmer hit a 1-1 pitch to the seats in right for his third homer of the season.

Owen Miller also homered for the Indians, who scored three unearned runs in the fourth thanks to a throwing error by shortstop Zack Short.

Bryan Shaw (5-5) pitched a scoreless seventh. Emmanuel Clase pitched the ninth for his second save of the series and 16th of the season. Akil Baddoo reached on an infield hit with two outs, but Jonathan Schoop popped out to end the game.

Hill, a rookie center fielder, homered off Zach Plesac as Detroit build the early lead. The rally began with walks to Jeimer Candelario and Willi Castro. The Tigers added two runs in the third on Plesac’s wild pitch and Candelario’s RBI double.

Plesac was charged with five runs in four innings.

Short’s wild throw to second on a ground ball hit by Miller helped Cleveland’s offense in the fourth. Andrés Giménez’s sacrifice fly, Austin Hedges’ RBI single and Ernie Clement’s run-scoring double tied the game.

Tigers starter Wily Peralta allowed five runs — two earned — in five innings.

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