Tigers take another from Tribe

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Prince Fielder hit a two-run double in the 14th inning as the Detroit Tigers won their 11th straight, 6-5 on Wednesday night over the Indians, who fell six games out of first place in the AL Central and maybe left rookie Danny Salazar in for one too many pitches.

After the Tigers put two on against Bryan Shaw (2-3), Fielder lined his double off Marc Rzepczynski into the gap as the Tigers beat the Indians for the 11th time in 12 games and improved to 12-3 against their nearest division rival.

Jeremy Bonderman (2-3) pitched three innings in his first appearance for the Tigers since Oct. 1, 2010.

Joaquin Benoit gave up a two-out RBI double to Michael Bourn and wild pitch before striking out Drew Stubbs with the tying run at third for his 14th save.

A four-game sweep of the Indians wouldn’t even be possible if not for Miguel Cabrera’s two-out, two-run homer in the eighth off Salazar to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.

Yan Gomes homered for the Indians, who suffered another demoralizing loss and again failed to close the gap on the defending AL champs.

Jackson hit a solo homer in the sixth for Detroit, now 24-7 since July 2.

Making his second major league start, Salazar pitched brilliantly — he struck out 10 in 72/3 innings — but made one major mistake and Cabrera made him pay.

With Detroit trailing 3-2 in the eighth, the slugger belted Salazar’s first pitch over the center-field wall for his 33rd homer — a 449-foot, no-doubt-about-it shot.