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Tigers find themselves riding closer carousel.
DETROIT -- If the Tigers' closer situation is starting to feel like a soap opera to you, manager Jim Leyland can relate.
When Leyland was asked Monday afternoon how he would handle the ninth inning, he made the analogy.
"This is 'Days of Our Lives,' boys," Leyland said. "We'll find out tonight."
To call it a soap opera might be dramatic, but to call it day to day might not be. Three different Tigers relievers have tried to protect a lead to open the ninth inning. Drew Smyly faced the leadoff man on Wednesday in Kansas City, Jose Valverde pitched the ninth with a four-run lead on Friday at Minnesota, then Joaquin Benoit stayed in to finish the save against the Twins on Sunday.

In both Smyly's and Benoit's cases, they stayed in after the eighth inning to face either a left-handed batter or a switch-hitter. Left-handers aren't exactly torching Valverde, batting .231 (7-for-32), but three of those seven hits have been home runs.

If Valverde is having continued trouble with the splitter, that could be a bigger factor. According to STATS, opposing hitters have swung and missed at just 17.2 percent of Valverde's fastballs this season. On fastballs in the strike zone, that swing-and-miss rate drops to just 9.2 percent.

Nothing at this point is set in stone.
"I have a thought process before the game," Leyland said, "but sometimes that changes. If you look at what happened yesterday, their lineup that happened to come up in that inning dictated that. I thought Benoit's repertoire was better for that."
from the Tigers official site
 
Aggressiveness helping Holaday at plate.
DETROIT -- Bryan Holaday entered the season as a defensive-only catcher, and he'll always be known as a defense-first backstop. So far, though, he's holding his own at the plate.
He isn't on the offensive tear he was enjoying last month, when he hit .307 at Triple-A Toledo with a .354 on-base percentage. Still, his .259 average and .702 OPS with the Mud Hens would both be the highest for a season in his professional career.
Holaday credits a more aggressive approach at the plate.
"I'm not trying to do much," Holaday said, "but just be more aggressive when I get my pitch and take a good swing at it rather than waiting until I have two strikes, like I did last year. I've worked with [Mud Hens hitting coach] Bull [Durham] down at Toledo, and that's the main thing."
from the Tigers official site
 
Sanchez & Avila to the disabled list.

Tigers today placed Alex Avila on the 15-day DL w/deep contusion on left forearm and recalled C Bryan Holaday from Toledo.

Tigers place Anibal Sanchez and Alex Avila on the 15-day DL, recall catcher Bryan Holaday and Avisail Garcia.

Tigers placed Anibal Sanchez on 15-day DL retro to Sunday w/right shoulder strain and recalled OF Avisail Garcia from Toledo.

LHP Jose Alvarez will start on Thursday. A corresponding move will be announced when he is added to the active roster.

Leyland said Sanchez should only miss two starts. Like Avila, both should be ready to return when eligible.

Jose Alvarez will start for the Tigers vs. the Red Sox on Thursday.

MRI taken yesterday on Sanchez's right shoulder showed no structural damage, according to Tigers head athletic trainer Kevin Rand.

Alex Avila said he had not had an X-Ray ? the guy who operates the machine is not here as of 5pm but does not think forearm is broken.

http://www.freep.com/article/2013061...hez-alex-avila
Tigers put Anibal Sanchez, Alex Avila on DL, bring back Avisail Garcia.
from the freep

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/artic...e170721175.txt
Tigers place Avila, Sanchez on 15-day DL, recall Garcia, Holaday.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...-disabled-list
Tigers' Anibal Sanchez, Alex Avila headed to disabled list.
from the detnews

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...anibal_sa.html
Detroit Tigers place Anibal Sanchez on 15-day disabled list, recall outfielder Avisail Garcia.
from Mlive

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...k_det&c_id=det
Tigers put Anibal, Avila on 15-day disabled list.
from the Tigers official site
 
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28103679&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Miggy's two-run shot.
Miguel Cabrera blasts a two-run shot over the right-center-field wall, his 19th of the season, to get the Tigers on the board.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28103711&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Torii receives ovation.
Torii Hunter receives a standing ovation from Tigers fans after the scoreboard shows his first and 300th career homers.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28104527&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Jackson's RBI single.
Austin Jackson lines a single up the middle and Jhonny Peralta scores to add a run for the Tigers in the second.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28107339&c_id=mlb
Peralta's RBI single.
Webvideo Jhonny Peralta lines a single to right field to drive in Torii Hunter in the bottom of the fifth.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...9025&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_head_and_shoulders
Webvideo Scherzer's 10th win.
Max Scherzer strikes out out 10 hitters over six strong innings, allowing just one run on seven hits to earn his AL-best 10th win.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28110147&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Smyly shuts the door.
Drew Smyly gets Danny Valencia to pop out to first to pick up his second save of the season after three perfect innings of work.

from the Tigers official site
 
June 18 in Tigers history:

1911 - at Bennett Park: The Tigers overcome a 12-run deficit, rallying to beat the Chicago White Sox, 16-15, after trailing, 13-1, in the fifth inning.

1922 - Tigers outfielder Harry Heilmann collects his 10th consecutive hit in a game against the Boston Red Sox at Navin Field in Detroit. Heilmann goes 4-for-4 for the second straight night as the Tigers defeat the Sox, 8-1. The 10 straight hits are one shy of Tris Speaker?s major league record.

1995 - at Tiger Stadium: Detroit beats Baltimore 10-8, giving Sparky Anderson the 2,158th managerial win of his career, placing him third behind Connie Mack and John McGraw.

2006 - the Tigers hit a franchise record eight home runs in their 12-3 rout of the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Brandon Inge and Chris Shelton each hit two, and Curtis Granderson, Carlos Guillen, Marcus Thames, and Vance Wilson each hit one. The win keeps Detroit 1 ? games ahead in the American League Central.

2010: The Tigers extend their win streak to 7 games with a 7 - 5 win over the Diamondbacks. Brandon Inge delivers the key hit with an RBI triple in the 8th.

Tigers players birthdays:

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Larry_Doby
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...dobyla01.shtml
Larry Doby 1959.

from baseball reference
 
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