go-ahead RBI single in the top of the tenth inning to give the Tigers a 4–3 victory at Kansas City. August 6: Verlander tied the Yankees' CC Sabathia for the major league lead in wins with his 16th, as the Tigers again defeated Kansas City, 4–3. The game was highlighted by Austin Jackson's spectacular leaping grab over the center field wall to rob Alex Gordon of a lead-off home run on Verlander's first pitch of the game. José Valverde converted his 32nd consecutive save of the season, matching the streak that Willie Hernández achieved for the Tigers in 1984. August 11: Justin Verlander's 17th win of the season helped the Tigers salvage the third game of a series at Cleveland, regaining a 3-game lead over the second place Indians. The 4–3 victory was also the 100th win of Verlander's career. August 13: The Tigers erased a 5–1 deficit against the Baltimore Orioles with a 5-run sixth inning that featured six consecutive hits, and the 6–5 lead held up for the final score. August 15: Upon arriving in Detroit on the Minnesota Twins' team plane, outfielder Delmon Young was told he had just been traded to the Tigers for two minor leaguers. Suiting up for the other side, Young hit a home run in his Tiger debut, but he was upstaged by former teammate Jim Thome, who hit career home runs #599 and #600 in a 9–6 win for the Twins. August 20: In his first at-bat since rejoining the Tigers from the minor leagues, Brandon Inge hit a two-run homer and the Tigers drubbed the Indians, 10–1. August 21: Detroit completed a sweep of the Indians in dramatic fashion. With an 8–7 lead and José Valverde's consecutive saves streak on the line, center fielder Austin Jackson gunned down Cleveland's Kosuke Fukudome at the plate on a would-be sacrifice fly for the final out of the game. August 27: In his first game back in Minnesota after being traded to Detroit, Delmon Young collected three hits and three RBIs in an 8–1 Tigers victory. August 28: Delmon Young again victimized his former team with a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, handing Justin Verlander his 20th win of the season and ninth straight decision. The victory made Verlander the Tigers' first 20-game winner since Bill Gullickson in 1991, and the first major leaguer to win 20 before the end of August