The New York Yankees made an extremely controversial decision Thursday in their game against the Detroit Tigers, intentionally walking Miguel Cabrera in the eighth inning, even though he was sitting at 2,999 career hits.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Detroit Tigers earned their most exciting win of the season Thursday night, scoring five runs in the final inning to steal a game from the St. Louis Cardinals. Game situationThe Tigers trailed the Cardinals 3-1 heading into the seventh and final inning of the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader. St. Louis held a 3-2 lead with runners on second and third and no outs. Shildt’s decisionHere’s where it got weird: Shildt decided to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera to load the bases for Jeimer Candelario.