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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4, Seattle 2
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 30419

Miguel Cabrera celebrated his 27th birthday with a three-run home run and the Detroit Tigers salvaged the final game of a three-game series with a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Max Scherzer (1-1), facing Seattle for the first time in his career, threw six innings and allowed six hits and two runs. Jose Valverde earned his third save in four opportunities by working the ninth.

Cabrera, who leads the Tigers in batting at .370, hit Ian Snell’s pitch over the left-field wall in the third inning after Austin Jackson and Johnny Damon singled for the 3-1 advantage.

Casey Kotchman homered in the fifth, pulling the Mariners to 3-2, but Jackson had an RBI single in the eighth for the Tigers.

Snell (0-2), allowed five hits with four walks and four strikeouts in five innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Seattle
Max Scherzer Player Ian Snell
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 5
3.00 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Detroit   Seattle
Austin Jackson Player Casey Kotchman
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
5 TB 5
.600 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 9 1 17 .265 33 6 4 9 0 0
Seattle 7 1 12 .233 11 7 2 4 0 1