By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Miguel Cabrera passed two superstars with a homer Saturday night, and JaCoby Jones hit a two-run shot in the ninth off Raisel Iglesias, rallying the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Jones snapped a 4-4 tie with his homer into the Reds' bullpen in center field off Raisel Iglesias (0-1), who set a Reds record for a reliever with 12 losses last year.
Cabrera salvaged his four-strikeout day with a seventh-inning, two-run home run that lifted Detroit to a brief 4-3 lead and broke a tie with Adrian Beltre for 30th place on the career home run list.
Cabrera now has 478. Hall-of-Famer Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff are tied for 28th with 493 each.
The two RBIs boosted Cabrera past Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and into 25th place on the career RBI list with 1,696. He needs three to tie another Hall-of-Fame inductee, Jim Thome.
Reds starter Luis Castillo reached double figures in strikeouts for the 10th time in his four-year career, fanning 10, including Cabrera swinging all three times in three appearances. The 2019 All-Star allowed six hits and one run with one walk in six innings.
Year 18 for @MiguelCabrera. -- pic.twitter.com/YGubgMfoL5
— MLB (@MLB) July 25, 2020.@jacobyjones23 FOR THE LEAD.#DetroitRoots pic.twitter.com/UOu7s3SbVw
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 25, 2020All three runs allowed by Detroit starter Iván Nova came on home runs, Joey Votto's second in two days in the first inning and Freddy Galvis' two-run shot in the second. Nova allowed just one other hit in five innings.
Buck Farmer (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win. Joe Jiménez gave up a walk in the ninth while getting his first save.
TRAINING ROOM
Tigers: Right fielder Cameron Maybin left the game after seven innings with a cramp.
Reds: The Reds placed infielder Matt Davidson on the 10-day injured list after he tested positive for COVID-19 and put catcher Tucker Barnhart on the three-day paternity list. Outfielder Aristides Aquino and right-hander Tejay Antone were recalled.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Spencer Turnbull (3-17 in 2019) makes his first career start against the Reds.
Reds: RHP Trevor Bauer (combined 11-13 in 2019 with Cleveland and Cincinnati) makes his 20th career start against Detroit. He is 11-9 in his career against the Tigers.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
