Placido Polanco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.
The Tigers completed a three-game sweep and increased their lead in the AL Central to five games over the idle Twins.
Ryan Raburn led off the Detroit 10th with a double. Rafael Perez (4-3) then intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera and issued an unintentional free pass to Magglio Ordonez. Polanco followed with a fly ball to center and Raburn scored standing up.
Zach Miner (6-4) pitched 2 1-3 hitless innings to get the win.
Detroit led 3-0 before Cleveland rallied in the eighth. Asdrubal Cabrera had a two-out RBI single off Fu-Te Ni and Shin-Soo Choo followed with a tying two-run double.
Nate Robertson pitched six shutout innings in his second start of the season for Detroit. Robertson, who spent the first part of the year in the bullpen, has a 0.90 ERA since moving into the rotation after his return from elbow problems.
Fausto Carmona allowed three runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings for Cleveland. He walked five and struck out four.
Curtis Granderson homered on Carmona's third pitch and Clete Thomas added a two-run triple in the seventh. Carmona walked Adam Everett and Granderson before Thomas' big hit.
Cleveland wasted two nice opportunities against Robertson. With runners on first and second in the third, Carroll bounced into a fielder's choice and Cabrera popped out. Grady Sizemore grounded into an inning-ending double play with runners on the corners in the fifth.
NOTES: Granderson's drive was his fifth leadoff homer of the season and No. 22 for his career. ... Everett drew a career-high three walks. ... Ordonez batted twice after entering the game as a pinch hitter, and now has 421 plate appearance on the season. He needs 36 more in Detroit's final 29 games to trigger his $18 million option for 2010.
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