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Indians drop series finale, 4-3 to Tigers

They battled the first-place Detroit Tigers with everything they had for three games, and Thursday night, the Indians even turned on each other.

For manager Manny Acta, that was a great sign.

"I like it," Acta said of a heated dugout confrontation in the first inning between Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana. "It means people around here want to win."

Justin Verlander stopped Cleveland cold in the series finale, becoming baseball's first 17-game winner as the division-leading Tigers avoided being swept by Cleveland and opened a three-game lead in the AL Central with a 4-3 win over the second-place Indians.

Verlander (17-5) allowed three hits and struck out 10 in seven dominant innings to earn career win No. 100 as the Tigers ended a 13-game losing streak in Cleveland.

In taking the series finale, the Tigers kept some distance over the Indians, who did trim one game off Detroit's lead over the past three days. The teams will play 10 more times this season, including a season-ending three-game series at Comerica Park from Sept. 26-28.

"It was a great series," said Acta, who was barely audible after losing his voice. "We came in trying to shorten up the distance and we did. The goal was to sweep them, but if you can't sweep them, two out of three isn't bad.

"We played very well the whole series."

The finale started with some fireworks.

The Indians fell behind 1-0 in the first, surrendering an unearned run - an even bigger mistake against a pitcher like Verlander.

Austin Jackson led off with a routine grounder against Fausto Carmona (5-12), but third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall's throw sailed over Santana's head and into the photographer's pen. Jackson moved up on a groundout and scored when Magglio Ordonez hit a sinking liner that became a sacrifice fly.

After the third out, Cabrera and Santana went nose-to-nose in the dugout, screaming at each other before being separated by Carmona and others.

"Asdrubal confronted Carlos about not catching the throw," Acta said. "Carlos didn't like the way he talked to him. That's fire. I like it. People care. That's all I can ask for."

Cabrera didn't speak with reporters, grabbing a beverage from a clubhouse refrigerator and staying away from his locker.

Acta felt Santana should have made a better play.

"It's a catchable throw," Acta said. "He gator-armed the ball and didn't get it. He was trying to catch the ball and stay on the bag.

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