Tigers power to win; Tribe’s magic number 7

CLEVELAND — Tempers ran high on Sunday within a rivalry that has been decisively one-sided in the Indians’ favor this season. This time around, the Tigers got the best of the Tribe in a 9-5 victory at Progressive Field, where a series of errant pitches had Detroit’s blood boiling.

The Tigers assured that they would at least hold their place three games outside the American League Wild Card hunt, pending the outcome of the Blue Jays’ game in Anaheim, while Cleveland’s magic number held at seven for clinching its first AL Central title in nine years.

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Justin Upton’s two-run home run helped power a six-run showing by the Tigers against an erratic Trevor Bauer, who tied a club record by hitting three batters in a game. Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez were each hit by the right-hander. Warnings were later issued by home-plate umpire Jordan Baker after Tigers lefty Daniel Norris fired a pitch behind the back of Rajai Davis at the outset of the third inning.

J.D. Martinez, who finished a triple shy of a cycle, opened up the game for Detroit with a three-run homer off Indians rookie Joe Colon in the ninth.

Norris was charged with four runs (one earned) on five hits in his five innings, in which he struck out six and walked one. A pair of errors by Detroit’s defense led to the trio of unearned runs. Two of those runs came in the fifth, after Kinsler misplayed a grounder up the middle from Cleveland’s Jason Kipnis.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDLosing control: Bauer worked around a few baserunners in the first two innings, but his command went missing in a 33-pitch third. The first four batters of the inning each reached via a pair of …

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