Longtime Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera joins baseball’s 3,000-hit club

• Tigers star becomes seventh player with 3,000 hits and 500 HRs
• Cabrera, 39, is first player from Venezuela to reach milestone

Tigers star Miguel Cabrera delivered the 3,000th hit of his decorated career Saturday, becoming the 33rd major leaguer to reach the mark and the first player from Venezuela to accomplish the feat.

Still an imposing presence at 39, Cabrera made history by grounding an opposite-field single to right through the shift in the first inning of Detroit's game against Colorado.