Dirks Works

Yes, Miguel Cabrera hit the two run homer that gave the Tigers a 5-3 lead in the seventh. 

One batter before him, the left-handed hitting Andy Dirks drove in the tying run with a single off Angels' lefty Hisanori Takahashi.

Without Dirks' hit, since the Angels got one in the ninth, Cabrera's homer only ties the game. (Final: Tigers 5, Angels 4; extra disappointment for the 31,000 fans who came out to watch Cowboy Joe call balls and strikes.)

Andy Dirks, since his recall from Toledo in May, has been one of the more useful, under-noticed Tigers. In the outfield, at DH, or pinch-hitting, he always seems to get a hit when one is needed, and make the fielding play when one is needed to end an enemy rally.