Miggy’s hitting tear a catalyst for surging Tigers

ATLANTA — Miguel Cabrera will have stretches when he seemingly cannot be stopped as a hitter. When they’re early in the season, such as 34 swings without missing over a week and a half in May, they’re a sign of the hitter he is. When they’re late in the year, like when he won the batting title with a groin tear in 2013, or played through a broken foot in 2014, they’re a reminder of what Cabrera can do when the moment is biggest.

The Tigers have seen it so often by now that it has become routine. But they know what it means.

“Miguel being Miguel,” third baseman Nick Castellanos said after Friday’s 6-2 win over the Braves in which Cabrera hit two home runs. “It doesn’t matter if it’s Spring Training and we’re taking live BP on the back fields, or if it’s the World Series. Miggy’s Miggy, man.”

Friday’s game at Turner Field was a reminder that Cabrera’s in one of those stretches. The win that put the Tigers within a half-game of the Blue Jays for the American League’s second Wild Card was a reminder of the importance.

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