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Tigers 6 - Twins 0: Joe Mauer timed a 1-and-1 curve from a tiring Anibal Sanchez and lined it through the middle, a foot above the hurler?s head, spoiling the no-hit bid with 1 out in the 9th on his 121st pitch. Sanchez fanned the last 2 men for 12 Ks, a career-high 130 pitches, and his 4th career 1-hitter. Since his 2006 debut, he leads the majors with 5 regulation CGs of 1 hit or less; Matt Cain has 4 in that time, Verlander and Dickey 3 each. Sanchez allowed 5 hits in his 17-K game last month.

Sanchez threw just 103 times in his 2006 no-no. Tonight, he walked 2 of his first 6 men, then set down 18 straight (8 Ks) before a 3rd walk.
Jered Weaver no-hit Minny last May.
Victor Martinez left 5 men on base while making the last outs in the 1st and 3rd innings. Detroit is last in DH runs and HRs (13 and 2), 13th in OPS.
1 for 4 for Cabrera, a 2-RBI single; also struck out with 2 aboard. Forget it, he?s done.
Silly oddity: Cabrera has fanned 10 times on an 0-2 count this year. All were 3-pitch Ks; none had an 0-2 foul.
from HighHeatStats
 
Anibal Sanchez joins Bob Feller as the only pitchers since at least 1916 to post 5 games w/
1 hit-or-fewer in first 155 career games. #tigers
 
Miguel Cabrera has at least two RBIs in each of his last five games. If he has a multi-RBI game Saturday, he will tie a Tigers record that dates back to 1940.

The Tigers are 48-18 at Comerica Park since July 4, 2012, the best mark in the baseball in that stretch.

Cabrera has 27 career home runs against Minnesota, his second most against a single team. He's hitting .324 lifetime against the Twins.

Doug Fister is 3-6 in his career against the Twins, but owns a 3.13 ERA. He has struck out 49 and walked 10 in 60 1/3 innings.
 
Anibal Sanchez dominant in Detroit.
From Elias Sports: Anibal Sanchez went the distance in Detroit tonight, striking out 12 batters while allowing only one hit, a ninth inning single to Joe Mauer, in a 6-0 victory for the Tigers over the Twins. Tonight was the second time in Sanchez's career that he struck out at least 11 batters while allowing fewer than two hits in a complete game shutout; Sanchez K'd 11 hitters in a one-hit shutout for the Marlins in Pittsburgh on September 10, 2011.

Only four other pitchers since 1900 have thrown complete game shutouts with no more than one hit allowed and more than 10 strikeouts for multiple teams. The others to do so are Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina, Hideo Nomo, and Nolan Ryan (Ryan did so for four teams - the Mets, Angels, Astros, Rangers).
 
1968 World Series Champion Tigers speak with the media prior to today's pre-game celebration. #Tigers https://vine.co/v/bVrVu2KejFP

Members of the 1968 World Series champ #Tigers talk to media before Saturday's game http://www.tout.com/m/pr33lt?ref=twhrf5x1

Mickey Lolich said he never thought it would be Sanchez who broke his single-game #Tigers strikeout record.

Lolich: "At first, I thought it would be Jack Morris, then Verlander, then maybe had to lean toward Scherzer."

Lolich said he didn't realize that Sanchez was in the process of breaking his record until after. He was loading his car to return from Fla.
 
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