Cabrera to miss a week with a broken face

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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera will miss at least a week after being struck in the right eye by a hard grounder.Cabrera received eight stitches, but Tigers President and general manager Dave Dombrowski said Tuesday that Cabrera's vision is "perfect" and he won't go on the disabled list."We'll know a lot more in a week," Dombrowski said. "If he wants to go relax he can go home, and he's always welcome here (in Lakeland)."Cabrera said he's not in pain after being hit on Monday off a hard one-hop shot by Philadelphia's Hunter Pence. He was wearing sunglasses for one of the first times in his career."Thank God, I had my sunglasses on," Cabrera said. "It just took a bad hop and I was unlucky. I am confident I can play on opening day."Cabrera is moving from first base to third after the Tigers signed Prince Fielder as a free agent. Dombrowski said there were imprints from the ball on the sunglasses."It's part of the game," Cabrera said. "I can see out of my eye."

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