Tigers slugger Cabrera hits 500th career home run
TORONTO – Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera became the 28th major league player to hit 500 home runs, reaching the milestone in the sixth inning Sunday against Toronto.
The 38-year-old Cabrera connected on a 1-1 pitch from lefthander Steven Matz, sending the ball over the scoreboard in rightcenter field. Measured at 400 feet, the homer tied it at 1. Cabrera, who won the Triple Crown and the first of back-to-back MVP awards in 2012, is the first Venezuelan to hit 500 homers. He is hoping to become the first hitter to reach 500 homers and 3,000 hits in the same season.