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DETROIT -- The lineup Justin Verlander was facing barely resembled the Cleveland team that clinched the AL Central title the night before.The ace right-hander took full advantage.Verlander struck out a season-high 12, and the Detroit Tigers routed the Indians 12-0 on Tuesday night to pull within a game of the American Leagues second wild card. Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in five runs in the first two innings.The Indians clinched the division on Monday night in Detroit, and their lineup Tuesday was without Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor, Mike Napoli and Jose Ramirez.Its actually kind of tough that way -- a bunch of guys in there I dont know at all, Verlander said. Just trying to figure it out on the fly when Im out there and kind of read swings and stuff.Verlander (16-8) went 7 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and a walk. The Tigers are now a game behind Baltimore for a wild card.Mike Clevinger (2-3) lasted only two innings, allowing Cabreras two-run double in the first and his three-run homer in the second.I wasnt mentally ready for this game, and thats embarrassing, Clevinger said. Ive made so much progress in about my last ten outings, and then I gave a lot of it back tonight. Some of that is baseball, but I felt like I could have controlled some of it.Justin Upton added a three-run homer in the seventh, and Andrew Romine hit a two-run shot in the eighth.Cleveland is 14-3 against Detroit this season, but the Tigers did exactly what could be expected against this unique version of the Indians. Cabreras double made it 2-0 before the Tigers made a single out, and it was 5-0 after his drive over the wall in center an inning later.Cabrera now has 35 home runs and 102 RBI on the season.Ian Kinsler hit an RBI single in the fourth, and Uptons 29th homer made it 9-0.The Tigers began clearing their own bench late in the game. They used five pinch hitters in the eighth, and Romine -- the only batter in that frame who wasnt a pinch hitter -- had come on earlier as a defensive replacement. His drive to right put the Tigers up 12-0.Detroit hit for the cycle that inning with consecutive batters on a double by Nick Castellanos, a triple by Tyler Collins, Romines homer and a single by Steven Moya. Kansas City accomplished the same feat against the Tigers to start the game Sunday.PLAYING IT SAFEVerlander looked eager to keep pitching in the eighth, but manager Brad Ausmus took him out after 110 pitches. Verlanders next scheduled start is Sunday in the regular-season finale at Atlanta.We have a potential game in five days that could mean a lot, and hes going to be the guy pitching, Ausmus said. So Im certainly not going to run his pitch count up today in a game when we have a commanding lead.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: Castellanos (left hand) was activated from the DL before the game, and he flew back to Michigan in time to enter in the eighth. He had been at the instructional league. He played this morning in an intrasquad game, had a number of at-bats, got a couple hits, Ausmus said. Followed that up by flying to Detroit and getting a double down the third-base line, so he looked good.UP NEXTIndians: Cleveland might have its regulars back in the lineup Wednesday night against the Tigers, but it could be another adventure on the mound. Zach McAllister (3-2) makes only his second start of the season. 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Garth Tander and Warren Luff have claimed a famous Sandown 500 win, holding steady to defy Shane van Gisbergen and a failing car to win the Supercars endurance race.The Holden Racing Team pair crossed the line ahead of the Red Bull Racing driver on a dramatic day in Melbourne.With 20 laps remaining, the mud guard in Tanders car blew out, barely clinging to the Commodore through the races final stages.Race officials decided against penalising the former series winner for an unsafe car, but Tander still needed to fend off a rampant van Gisbergen.He did so by less than a third of a second - the second-closest margin in the races history.An exuberant Tander jumped on the car to celebrate.The car was really nice until the guard fell of it. Then it was really hard work, he said.I wanted this one on the CV, I didnt have it yet.Van Gisbergen, who competed with Alex Premat, suggested there would be no appeal from Red Bull after the race.Im glad they let it run ... it wouldnt have been right to win that way, he said.Will Davison and Jonathan Webb claimed third.From the first lap to the last, the Enduro Cup opener was spectacular.James Goldings lap one crash brought the first red flag and restart in the 500-kilometre classics history.On his first Supercars start, the 20-year-old hit the tyre wall at 149km//h in his Volvo but walked away unhurt.dddddddddddd.The remaining 25 cars fought out a battle royale with such carnage, the track and cars resembled a scene from Mad Max.Degraded tyres and muck from many trips into the grass showed the tough conditions.Occasional rain gave team bosses headaches all afternoon, messing with the best-made strategies and throwing cars from the track.While van Gisbergen, who overcame an early double stack and might have wished for a few more laps to close the gap, the result puts him on top of the championship standings.Jamie Whincups unfortunate day ended with him finishing 13th, giving his teammate a seven-point series lead.Whincup and Paul Dumbrell were poised to challenge for their third Sandown crown together until the changeover of drivers.Dumbrell slipped his arm out early from his seatbelt and was served a drive-through penalty.Mark Winterbottoms title fight was also hit by a mistake by co-driver Dean Canto, who produced an otherwise sterling drive.Canto started 22nd but surged to fourth place by refusing wet tyres in the drizzle, only to slip off the track one lap before he was due to hand over to Winterbottom, who finished 24th. 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