Miguel Cabrera hits 500th career homer, Tigers beat Blue Jays 5-3 in 11

TORONTO — Miguel Cabrera became the 28th large league subordinate to deed 500 location runs, and the Detroit Tigers bushed the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 successful 11 innings connected Sunday.

Daz Cameron and Willi Castro each deed an RBI treble successful the 11th to assistance Detroit instrumentality 2 of 3 successful the play series.

The 38-year-old Cabrera connected connected a 1-1 transportation from left-hander Steven Matz successful the sixth, sending the shot implicit the scoreboard successful right-center field. Measured astatine 400 feet, the homer tied the people 1-all.

Much of the assemblage of 14,685 astatine Rogers Centre roseate for a lasting ovation arsenic Cabrera rounded the bases. After celebrating with his teammates, the Tigers slugger came retired to judge a curtain call, taking disconnected his helmet and bowing to the fans down the first-base dugout.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. broke the necktie with a two-out azygous disconnected Detroit’s Michael Fulmer successful the eighth. It was Toronto’s archetypal deed successful 26 at-bats this bid with a runner successful scoring position, but the Blue Jays couldn’t clasp connected successful the ninth.

After Willi Castro deed a two-out treble disconnected Adam Cimber, left-hander Tayler Saucedo came connected to look pinch-hitter Harold Castro, who deed a regular grounder to second. Marcus Semien bounced his propulsion to archetypal and the shot got distant from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., allowing the tying tally to score.

Detroit’s Jonathan Schoop deed a sacrifice alert disconnected Brad Hand successful the 10th but Alejandro Kirk replied with a sacrifice alert disconnected Tigers lefty Gregory Soto successful the bottommost half. Toronto loaded the bases with 2 outs but Soto struck retired rookie Kevin Smith.

Kirby Snead (0-1), Toronto’s seventh pitcher of the game, got 2 speedy outs successful the 11th earlier Cameron and Willi Castro deed back-to-back RBI doubles.

Soto (6-3) worked 2 innings for the win, and Joe Jiménez got 3 outs for his archetypal prevention successful 2 chances.

It’s the 3rd clip this play the Blue Jays person mislaid erstwhile starring aft 8 innings. Toronto has mislaid 7 of its past 9 overall.

Making his 2nd commencement aft being activated disconnected the injured database Saturday, Tigers halfway fielder Derek Hill made a terrific diving drawback to snare Smith’s liner successful the second, stranding runners astatine archetypal and second.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: RHP Ross Stripling (strained near oblique) has resumed throwing aft being unopen down for 10 days. … Semien stayed successful the crippled aft being deed connected the near manus by a transportation from José Cisnero successful the seventh.

Tigers: Detroit enactment RHP Wily Peralta (blister) connected the 10-day injured database and recalled RHP Alex Lange.

ROSTER MOVES

The Blue Jays activated right-hander Alek Manoah disconnected the bereavement database and optioned infielder Otto Lopez to Triple-A Buffalo.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: Manoah (5-2, 3.34 ERA) starts Monday successful the opener of a four-game location bid against the White Sox. RHP Lance Lynn (10-3, 2.26 ERA) starts for Chicago.

Tigers: RHP Casey Mize starts Tuesday successful the opener of a two-game bid astatine St. Louis. RHP Jack Flaherty (9-1, 2.68 ERA) starts for the Cardinals.