ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera ended a season-long slump in night games with a two-run homer and two singles and the Detroit Tigers also got homers from Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Martinez in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.Cabrera entered batting just .158 with no homers and one RBI in 57 at-bats at night - he's hit .471 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in 68 at-bats by day. Manager Brad Ausmus called those numbers an "anomaly" before the game. 
Cabrera hit his 399th career homer and third in two games in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm.Tigers leadoff man Anthony Gose had three hits and an RBI.Jhonny Peralta and Jason Heyward hit two-run homers in the late innings for Cardinals.Cespedes hit his fifth homer off Carlos Martinez (3-2) in the second and added a two-run double in the ninth. Gose tripled and scored on Ian Kinsler's sacrifice fly in the fifth and added two singles, giving him seven hits the last two games.Martinez struck out with the bases loaded to end the St. Louis second. Mark Reynolds fanned on a pitch in his eyes with two on to end the fifth with Detroit leading 2-0.Martinez matched his season best with eight strikeouts but was lifted after the Tigers got two hits to open the sixth.
Cabrera hit his 399th career homer and third in two games in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm.Tigers leadoff man Anthony Gose had three hits and an RBI.Jhonny Peralta and Jason Heyward hit two-run homers in the late innings for Cardinals.Cespedes hit his fifth homer off Carlos Martinez (3-2) in the second and added a two-run double in the ninth. Gose tripled and scored on Ian Kinsler's sacrifice fly in the fifth and added two singles, giving him seven hits the last two games.Martinez struck out with the bases loaded to end the St. Louis second. Mark Reynolds fanned on a pitch in his eyes with two on to end the fifth with Detroit leading 2-0.Martinez matched his season best with eight strikeouts but was lifted after the Tigers got two hits to open the sixth.
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