Cabrera gets 3,000th hit

Tigers’ star is first Venezuelan-born player to reach mark

Miguel Cabrera achieved another major milestone as the Detroit Tigers ruled the day.

Austin Gomber and the Colorado Rockies won the night.

Cabrera needed only one at-bat Saturday to deliver his long-awaited 3,000th career hit, quickly reaching the mark as the Tigers routed the Rockies 13-0 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Gomber tossed six scoreless innings as the Rockies spoiled the major league pitching debut of Beau Brieske with a 3-2 victory in the nightcap.

Cabrera became the 33rd player in major league history and first Venezuelan-born player to reach the 3,000-hit mark when he grounded a first-inning single into right field. The hit came against fellow Venezuelan Antonio Senzatela and set off rousing cheers and chants at Comerica Park.

“I think I’m still dreaming,” Cabrera said. “To be able to see 3,000 up there, pretty special.”

Cabrera added a bases-loaded, two-run single in the sixth, then was pulled for a pinch-runner and drew another huge ovation. He had a first-inning single in the nightcap and finished the day with 3,002 hits.

The 39-year-old Cabrera became the seventh player with 500 home runs and 3,000 hits.

Cardinals 5, Reds 0: Dakota Hudson pitched 62⁄3 innings of one-hit ball, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs with a sixth-inning double, and St. Louis beat Cincinnati, the 11th straight loss for the injury-plagued Reds. Hudson (1-1) entered the game with a 7.71 ERA, but had little trouble with Cincinnati’s hitters, limiting them to two hits while striking out four and walking four.

Blue Jays 3, Astros 2: George Springer hit a leadoff homer in the first game against his former team, and Santiago Espinal homered for the second straight game to lift Toronto to a win over Houston. The Astros lost their fourth in a row.

Brewers 5, Phillies 3: Willy Adames stole home, Hunter Renfroe homered and Adrian Houser tossed six solid innings to lead Milwaukee to a win over Philadelphia. The Brewers bullpen kept the game in check for Houser — Trevor Gott struck out two in a scoreless seventh, Devin Williams got Bryce Harper to hit into an inning-ending double play in the eighth, and Josh Hader earned his seventh save.

Rangers 2, Athletics 0: Brad Miller hit a key single in the eighth inning that drove in two runs after a replay review initiated by the umpires, and Texas beat Oakland. The winning rally started when Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun chased Frankie Montas (2-2) with consecutive one-out singles. After Domingo Acevedo retired pinch-hitter Jonah Heim on a groundout, Miller lined a 1-1 pitch to left.

Twins 9, White Sox 2: Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had four hits, helping Dylan Bundy and Minnesota beat banged-up Chicago. The White Sox lost their sixth straight game, and this one was particularly costly. Outfielder Eloy Jimenez was carted off with a hamstring injury after trying to beat out a ground ball in the second.

Giants 5, Nationals 2: Alex Wood pitched five effective innings and San Francisco’s bullpen closed it out, leading the Giants to a victory over Washington. Wilmer Flores and Joc Pederson each had two hits for San Francisco, which won for the third time in four games. It beat Washington 7-1 in the series opener Friday night.

Cubs 21, Pirates 0: Alfonso Rivas had three hits and five RBIs, and Chicago stopped a four-game slide by pounding Pittsburgh. Rivas, who was recalled Friday from Triple-A Iowa, capped Chicago’s eight-run second with a three-run homer. He tacked on RBI singles in the fourth and fifth.

Marlins 9, Braves 7: Pinch-hitter Garrett Cooper’s bases-loaded, goahead single in the seventh drove in two runs and Miami beat Atlanta. Trailing 7-6, the Marlins rallied with three runs against Braves hard-throwing rookie Spencer Strider (0-1), who gave up two hits and two walks without recording an out. The Braves’ bullpen gave up six runs. Atlanta’s Ian Anderson gave up three runs, two earned, on six hits and three walks in five innings.

Note: Orioles left-hander John Means needs Tommy John surgery, ending the season for Baltimore’s opening day starter.

Katelyn Mulcahy / Getty Images Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers hits a single, the 3000th hit of his career, during the first inning in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies at Comerica Park on Saturday in Detroit. He added a hit later in the game and had another in Game 2 to finish the day with 3,002 hits.