That was plenty for Verlander, who didn't allow a runner in scoring position after the opening inning. His 10 strikeouts marked his second consecutive game in double digits, his first such streak since 2013.
Francisco Rodriguez allowed a run in the ninth but closed out the win for his 400th career save.
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Cabrera capitalizes again: Cabrera didn't wait long to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. His drive to left-center went to the wrong part of the park for a home run, but the double to the depths of Comerica Park was enough to easily score Maybin from first base for a 1-0 lead in the opening inning.
Cabrera's RBI double
PHI@DET: Cabrera belts an RBI double to the wall
Miguel Cabrera crushes a double to the wall in left-center field, scoring Cameron Maybin to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning
Verlander gears up early: Normally, Verlander will take it easy on his fastball velocity in the early innings and build for later. Freddy Galvis' one-out double in the first, however, changed his plans. Verlander cranked up to 95 mph to strike out Maikel Franco, throwing him all fastballs, before getting Tommy Joseph to line out to short to end the threat.
Hellickson settles in after first-inning double: After giving up the Cabrera double, Jeremy Hellickson faced one over the minimum number of batters from that point through the end of the fifth inning. He had six strikeouts during that stretch. The Tigers jumped on him for two runs in the sixth.
Cabrera's RBI groundout
PHI@DET: Cabrera grounds out for his second RBI
Miguel Cabrera grounds out to third base, scoring Cameron Maybin for his second RBI of the game
Bad bounce sets up add-on runs: J.D. Martinez's sixth-inning chopper down the third-base line seemed like an easy out until the hop ate up Franco at third and sent the ball down the left-field line. The double put runners on second and third with nobody out for Cabrera and Victor Martinez, who drove in the runs to give Verlander an insurmountable lead.
V-Mart's RBI single
PHI@DET: V-Mart lines an RBI single to center
Victor Martinez lines a single to center field, scoring J.D. Martinez to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead in the 6th inning
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Cabrera's swinging strike on Hellickson's first-pitch slider in the third was his first swing and miss since last Wednesday. He had swung 34 times since then with either a ball in play, a foul ball or, in one case, a foul tip. Hellickson later finished off Cabrera for the reigning American League batting champion's first strikeout since May 13.
WHAT'S NEXT
Phillies: Aaron Nola starts the series finale on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. ET. Nola allowed a home run for the first time in more than a month his last start against Atlanta -- a pair of them, actually. Despite that, he still lasted seven innings for the seventh time in nine starts.
Tigers: Anibal Sanchez looks for his first win since April 28 in the finale of the three-game series at 1:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The veteran right-hander has put up solid outings early, but has struggled with a .341 batting average the third time through a lineup.
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Kyle Beery is a reporter for MLB.com based in Detroit and covered the Phillies on Tuesday.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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