Sweeps / QB And The Prince

One swing, Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer in the ninth, saved the Tigers from yet another embarrassing 3-2 loss, this one to the American League's most helpless team.

The sweep at Minnesota, and the Indians' three weekend losses in Chicago, leaves the third place Tigers four in back of the Tribe. It also leaves the White Sox, who did the sweeping at US Cellular, in second place one-half game out. 

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The first baseman still known as Prince went 9 for 12 over the weekend, raising his average to .317 and silencing the toughest critics in town, the regulars in the game story Reader Comment sections of the News and Free Press. 


Quentin Berry isn't Austin Jackson, but has nonetheless been The Man since his call-up from Toledo to replace the disabled Tiger center fielder. He's hitting .381, 8 for 21, and made a nice running catch in today's eighth inning to keep the Tigers close. Discarded by four teams, he might stick when Jackson, eligible to come off the DL in five days, returns to the roster. If he does, someone (Rugburn, he of the .151 batting average?) has to go.