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CLEVELAND -- Other than the first inning, Max Scherzer was flawless. Nike Air Max 2015 Mens Sale . At the perfect time for the Tigers. Scherzer retired 22 straight after giving up two hits and a run in the first and Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, leading Detroit to a 5-1 win over Cleveland on Tuesday night to stop the Indians winning streak at five and trim their lead in the AL Central. Scherzer (6-0) gave up two singles -- one a broken-bat bloop -- in the first before shutting down baseballs hottest team for eight innings. The right-hander walked just one and struck out seven, including the final four he faced. Scherzers 118th and last pitch was his fastest -- a 98 mph heater to fan Drew Stubbs. "He knew that was going to be it for him," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "He really cranked it up. That was pretty impressive. He did a terrific job." Cabreras laser shot in the sixth inning, his 12th homer and fourth in two games, off Corey Kluber (3-3) helped the Tigers win for just the second time in six games. The defending AL champions also moved within 1 1-2 games of the first-place Indians, who have won 18 of 23 since April 28. "That was a dominant performance," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "His last pitch was 98, and when youre up around 115 or 120 pitches and you have that left in the tank, thats saying a lot." Scherzer gave the Tigers a much-needed outing and set the stage for Cy Young winner Justin Verlander, who will pitch Tuesday night. Andy Dirks hit a solo homer in the sixth and had two RBIs as Detroit won the first game of the short, showdown series. In the first, Scherzer was touched for a leadoff single by Michael Bourn, a one-out base hit by Asdrubal Cabrera and a hard-hit sacrifice fly by Michael Brantley before he made the Indians look silly. He mixed his pitches, had Clevelands hitters off-balance and grew stronger as the game went on. "He had his good stuff all the way around from his fastball, a good slider and a good changeup," Bourn said. "He came out and dominated." Scherzer, who won five straight starts before getting a no-decision in his last outing against Houston, didnt get much support but was so good he didnt need it. He struck out seven of the last 12 batters, and felt better on his last pitch than the previous 117. "I definitely had the adrenaline going in that situation," he said. "You know thats your last inning and you throw the ball as hard as you can." Before the game, Francona said theres a danger in trying to pitch around Cabrera because Detroit has plenty of other dangerous hitters in its lineup. "I guarantee you if you pitch around him all day, theyre going to score," he said. Kluber went right at Mr. Triple Crown his first two times up, and retired Cabrera on a grounder to third in the first and routine fly to centre in the fourth. But in the sixth, Cabrera, who homered three times in a loss at Texas on Sunday, did what he does best. Dirks opened the inning with his fifth homer, a drive into the right-field seats to tie it 1-all. Torii Hunter followed with a double that one-hopped the wall in right, bringing up Cabrera with first base open. Francona elected to have Kluber to pitch to Cabrera, who rocketed an 0-1 fastball over the centre-field fence to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead. Francona said he didnt walk Cabrera because Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta could have made things worse. "Nobody out, youre asking for trouble," Francona said. "If you walk him and you have first and second with nobody out, youre putting your pitcher in a tough spot." Leyland marveled at Cabreras ability to hit Klubers pitch. "The pitch was down and away and he got extended on it," Leyland said. "There arent many guys who can do that. Thats why he is who he is." Detroit added two runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Dirks and Fielder. The Indians were missing first baseman Nick Swisher, who was placed on the paternity list before the game after his wife, JoAnna, gave birth to the couples first child. With Swisher out, Brantley batted cleanup for the first time this season and his sacrifice fly in the first gave the Indians a 1-0 lead. Bourn led off with a grounder through the box off Scherzer and raced to third on Asdrubal Cabreras broken-bat single with one out. Brantley followed with a liner to right-centre that was run down by Hunter but was deep enough to score the speedy Bourn easily. That was it for the Indians, though, as Scherzer shut them down. NOTES: Cabreras 195th homer with the Tigers moved him into a tie with Kirk Gibson for 10th place on the franchise list. ... Indians closer Chris Perez has deactivated his Twitter account following two bad outings and harsh comments from some followers. ... A moment of silence was observed before the game for victims of the Oklahoma tornado. ... Leyland said OF Austin Jackson (pulled left hamstring) will likely go on a minor league rehab assignment before he comes off the disabled list. Jackson has been on the DL since May 12. ... RHP Octavio Dotel (sore elbow) is playing catch in Florida. Hes been on the DL since April 20. ... The crowd cheered when it was announced the Cavaliers had won the NBA draft lottery for the second time in three years. Nike Air Max 2017 Sale Uk . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Nike Roshe One Sale Uk . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. 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Brandon Drury also had four hits, including a solo homer in the seventh for Arizona.In (batting practice) he exhibits more power than anybody. He hits it farther, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. Most of the year, hes hitting balls way up on that batters eye. He has it in him. I didnt think it would come this quickly.Lyles (4-5) got the first two outs of the sixth with the Rockies ahead 9-6. Then he gave up consecutive singles to Drury, Paul Goldschmidt and Welington Castillo before Tomas connected.Tomas matched his career high for hits in a game. His 29 home runs lead the Diamondbacks this season.Mitch Hanigers first major league home run also came in the Diamondbacks seventh. Randall Delgado (4-1) was credited with the win despite retiring only one of the four batters he faced in the sixth, and Daniel Hudson earned his third save.Just trying to keep it simple and swing at good pitches, said Haniger, who struck out his first three times up. That was a good comeback. We got off to a good lead early and then lost it, but it was a good finish. It shows a lot about the guys in this clubhouse.Arizona, with 16 hits on Monday, has 10 or more in 12 consecutive games against the Rockies. That makes the Diamondbacks the first NL team since the 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers to have a 12-game streak of 10-plus hits against a single opponent in one season.Daniel Descalso homered and drove in three runs, and Carlos Gonzalez doubled three times and added three RBI for the Rockies. Colorados 15 hits included four for Gonzalez and three for Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon.Arenados two-run single in the sixth gave Colorrado a 9-6 lead after Descalso opened the inning with a solo shot. Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Uk. The Rockies trailed 5-0 going into the fourth inning.Charlie and DJ (LeMahieu) have been getting on base and doing their thing most of the year if not all year, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. When they do that, Nolan and CarGo are swinging the bats and we will score some runs like we did tonight. But youve got to keep them from scoring, too.Diamondbacks starter Shelby Miller helped himself with the bat, doubling and scoring on a sacrifice that resulted in pitcher Tyler Andersons throwing error in the fourth. But the Rockies drew even at 6 in the fifth on Gonzalezs two-out, two-run double followed by a soft single by Raimel Tapia that scored Gonzalez.That was all for Miller, who started strong by getting the first nine outs in order but ended up allowing six runs and nine hits.There was a lot of high fastballs that most guys cant get on top of, that they were getting on top of and hitting very hard, Hale said. Its tough to give up the runs, but it was good to see his arm was working well.Anderson yielded five earned runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked two and failed to last five innings for just the second time in 17 starts this season.JUMPING RIGHT INArizona native Will Claye, the triple jump silver medalist at the Rio Olympics, attended the game and caught one of three pitching-machine pop flies during a between-innings break.STREAKINGLeMahieu had two hits and reached base safely for the 29th consecutive game since Aug. 9, a career high.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks OF A.J. Pollock appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from a groin strain and could return to the lineup before the season ends.UP NEXTRockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (8-7) is set to face the Diamondbacks for the fourth time this season. He has one win in those three previous outings.Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (7-13) makes his seventh career start against Colorado on Tuesday. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '