The Detroit Tigers won their 12th straight game and Max Scherzer became baseball’s first 17-game winner besting the Cleveland Indians 10-3.
Scherzer (17-1) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. Scherzer threw 100 pitches, and left with a 2.84 ERA this year.
The Tigers have won 12 in a row for the first time since Sept. 2-14, 2011.
Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs as the AL Central leaders completed a four-game sweep and opened a seven-game lead over the Indians.
Cabrera drew a bases-loaded walk during a six-run third and hit a two-run single in the fifth, giving him 105 RBI this season.
