Dozier belts 41st jack as Twins fall to Tigers

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DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera provided the latest addition to the Tigers’ late-inning rallies with a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning en route to a 9-6 win over the Twins on Wednesday night at Comerica Park.

The win moved Detroit one game back of Toronto for an American League Wild Card spot.

On a night when the teams combined for nine fourth-inning runs, with neither starter Tyler Duffey nor Anibal Sanchez recording an out in the fifth, Cabrera’s 33rd home run was the deciding tally — barely. His line drive off Ryan Pressly tested the depths of left-center field at Comerica Park, hitting off the top of the fence and bouncing over.

Until then, second basemen Ian Kinsler and Brian Dozier had either scored or driven in half of the total runs. Kinsler and Cameron Maybin hit back-to-back doubles off Duffey in the first inning to build an early lead, then belted consecutive triples in the Tigers’ fourth following the Twins’ five-run …

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