Miggy positively a force for Detroit’s offense

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera had a message for Tigers fans after Wednesday night’s 9-6 win over the Twins.

“Detroit, stay positive,” Cabrera said after hitting a go-ahead homer to help his club bounce back from Tuesday’s loss and move to one game back of Toronto for an American League Wild Card spot. The Tigers are still six games behind the first-place Indians in the AL Central race.

Cabrera hit a seventh-inning home run off Ryan Pressly that skipped off the top of the fence in left-center for his 33rd of the season. According to Statcast™, it had a projected distance of 416 feet with an exit velocity of 107.7 mph.

Cabrera’s home run served as a reminder that the Tigers are right in the thick of the postseason hunt as they improved to 12-3 against the Twins in the season series.

Cabrera, who is batting .326 in 12 September games with an OPS of 1.056, said things are becoming fun with the team fighting for a postseason …

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