Tigers rebound for win in 12th


CLEVELAND (AP) — Ryan Raburn singled in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and finished with three hits, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night.

Jose Veras (4-2) walked Placido Polanco and Clete Thomas to open the 12th before striking out Miguel Cabrera and getting Carlos Guillen to foul out to third.

Raburn, who came in batting .167 in his last 13 games, lined a 1-1 pitch to right, scoring Polanco. Veras then balked home Thomas to make it 4-2.

It was a difficult end to a trying week for the Indians, who fell 18 games under .500 with the loss on Victor Martinez bobblehead doll night. Martinez was traded to the Boston Red Sox on Friday in the latest deal for the rebuilding Tribe.

Bobby Seay (2-2) worked a scoreless 11th for the win and Zach Miner gave up a run in the 12th before finishing for his first career save.

Cleveland’s rally against Miner fell just short. Jamey Carroll had a one-out single and Trevor Crowe followed with a double to the gap in left-center. Carroll scored on a groundout by Wyatt Toregas and Miner got Grady Sizemore to pop out on the next pitch to end it.

The AL Central-leading Tigers’ second win in six games kept them 11‚Ñ2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. Detroit lost 6-5 to Cleveland in 13 innings Friday night.

A crowd of 31,353 showed up for Martinez bobblehead night and to watch Sandy Alomar Jr. go into the Indians’ Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony. Former owners Bill Veeck and Richard Jacobs and right-hander Wes Ferrell were inducted posthumously.

It was a surprising turnout considering the negative fan reaction stemming from a series of trades this week that sent away first baseman Ryan Garko, reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee and three-time All-Star catcher Martinez.

Rick Porcello allowed one run and four hits over eight innings against Cleveland’s depleted lineup. He came in with a 1-3 record and 9.16 ERA in his last four outings.

Jhonny Peralta singled in a run in the first for Cleveland but Adam Everett hit a sacrifice fly off Jeremy Sowers in the fifth and Cabrera gave Detroit the lead with an RBI single in the sixth.

Peralta tied it at 2 with a broken-bat sacrifice fly in the ninth against Fernando Rodney, who blew a save for the first time in 22 chances this season.

Sowers allowed two runs and four hits over six innings. He was replaced by right-hander Justin Masterson, acquired in the Martinez deal. Masterson fanned the first batter he faced, Everett, and allowed two hits over three scoreless innings.

The teams wore replica jerseys of Negro League franchises that played in the two cities 70 years ago.

Toregas lined a single to left in his first career at-bat in the third inning.