Abreu rises with mixed doubles

DETROIT — Bobby Abreu entered Friday night’s game 10 doubles shy of 500, a milestone that, when reached, will make the Angels right fielder only the fifth player in major league history with 2,000 hits, 500 doubles, 250 home runs, 350 stolen bases and 1,000 walks.

The others are Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Rickey Henderson and two players worthy of Hall of Fame consideration, Barry Bonds and Craig Biggio.

Abreu moved a step closer to that select group with double No. 491 in the third inning Friday night, but this one won’t make his greatest-hits list. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” might call for the tape, though.

Erick Aybar, on first base after his single, took off for second on a hit-and-run play, and Abreu hit a slow roller through the spot vacated by second baseman Scott Sizemore, who went to cover the bag.

Aybar got to second base and came to a stop, but so did the ball, which died in shallow right field before Magglio Ordonez picked it up.

Aybar advanced to third, laughing as he got to the bag, and Abreu was able to make it to second on a hit that traveled about 130 feet. Both scored on Torii Hunter’s three-run homer, which gave the Angels a short-lived 4-2 lead.

For good measure, Abreu hit career double No. 492 off the right-field wall in the seventh inning.

Depth charge

The Angels claimed utility infielder Kevin Frandsen, 27, off waivers from the Boston Red Sox to shore up an area in which they have little depth.

Frandsen, who spent parts of four seasons with the San Francisco Giants, has played in 174 major league games; Hainley Statia, Gary Patchett and Nate Sutton, who are playing middle infield at triple-A Salt Lake, have played in zero big league games.

“He can play all three infield positions and first base if he had to,” Manager Mike Scioscia said of Frandsen, who was optioned to Salt Lake. “We don’t have a lot of experience in the middle infield. He’s got some major league experience, and you always want to build depth when you can.”

Frandsen hit .367 in his final 32 games for the Giants in 2007 but appeared in one game in 2008 after rupturing his left Achilles’ tendon in spring training. He played in 23 games in 2009, batting .140 (seven for 50).

Short hops

Johnny Damon tripled and scored in the first inning Friday night, making the Tigers designated hitter the 68th player in major league history to score 1,500 runs. . . . Angels catcher Mike Napoli, who entered with a .154 average, tripled to right-center in the second inning Friday for his first extra-base hit of the season. . . . Ordonez left the game after four innings because of abdominal cramps. . . . The game-time temperature at Comerica Park on Friday night was 81 degrees. That’s 27 degrees warmer than it was in Anaheim the last time these teams met, on April 21, when the game-time temperature was 54 degrees.

mike.digiovanna@latimes.com