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Tigers 9 - Indians 4 ? Miggy came back tanned, rested and ready, socking a 2-run shot to start the scoring in the 3rd. Anibal Sanchez returned from a 3-week absence with 5 strong innings, taking his leave after just 73 pitches, thanks to the big cushion. Carlos Carrasco?s 5th career start against Detroit went much like the others; in 21.1 IP, he?s allowed 25 ER and 46 hits.
?Torii Hunter doubled and tripled off Carrasco (he?s 6 for 10 with 4 XBH), then homered off reliever Matt Albers. He?d never before logged all 3 flavors in one game; but he grounded out in his bid for Detroit?s first cycle since 2006, and the 2nd in MLB this year.
?The 30-team era has averaged 4 cycles per year, with a high of 8 and a low of 2. The last year without a cycle was 1983.
?Remember those skyscrapers Hamilton hit last year ? ?will it ever land?? Prince hit one of those.
from HighHeatStats
 
Miguel Cabrera's 88 RBIs are 14th most for a player before #ASG break.

Prior to today?s game in Cleveland, Justin Verlander will be honored on-field as a nominee for the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award.
 
Tigers place Darin Downs on 15-day DL with left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis. They're recalling right-hander Evan Reed from Toledo.
Hens are at home, so #Tigers are hoping to get Reed across the Ohio Turnpike in time for today's game.

charmed life for Choke. DD Please get a reliable lefty reliever.

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/7/7...-tigers-roster
Tigers roster moves: Darin Downs DL, Evan Reed recalled.
from bybtb

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...darin_dow.html
Detroit Tigers place Darin Downs on 15-day DL with rotator cuff tendinitis, bring back reliever Evan Reed.
from Mlive

Tigers place Downs on DL, recall Reed from Toledo.
The Tigers had to scramble to make a last-minute move in their bullpen Sunday morning, placing left-hander Darin Downs on the 15-day disabled list with left rotator cuff tendinitis.
On most road trips, the Tigers would've had to go a man short in their bullpen for a day before a replacement could arrive. In this case, with Triple-A Toledo down the highway from Cleveland, they recalled right-hander Evan Reed and got him to Progressive Field in time for the game.
Downs reported soreness in his shoulder after pitching the ninth inning of Saturday's 9-4 win. He gave up two runs on two hits, including a home run, with a strikeout. His velocity appeared to be normal.
Downs has been on a roller-coaster ride in the Tigers' bullpen over the past month and a half. He made only one appearance in a three-week stretch from May 24 to June 14, then pitched five times in 11 days while Tigers starters struggled with early exits. He had settled into a more regular routine over the last week or so and appeared to be healthy.
Downs has allowed 19 earned runs on 36 hits over 33 innings, walking 10 and striking out 37. The two runs Saturday pushed his ERA to 5.18.
from the Tigers official site
 
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Catching prospect McCann gets Futures Game call.
James McCann's season at Double-A Erie lifted him from a well-regarded defensive catcher in the Tigers' system to a legitimate catching prospect. Now it has landed him in the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game.

McCann was added to the U.S. Team on Saturday to replace White Sox catching prospect Josh Phegley, whom Chicago promoted to the big leagues on Friday. The move gives the Tigers two players in the Futures Game for the third consecutive year. Triple-A Toledo first baseman Jordan Lennerton was the lone Tigers farmhand on the initial rosters.

McCann was Detroit's top pick out of Arkansas two years ago in the First-Year Player Draft and split last season between Erie and Class A Lakeland. He threw out 49 of 113 would-be basestealers for a 43 percent caught-stealing rate, but struggled to make the jump at the plate, batting just .200 at Erie after hitting .288 in A-ball.

His offense this year has been a revelation of sorts, with a .288 average and a .703 OPS to go with 15 doubles, three home runs and 36 RBIs. One American League scout who scouted the SeaWolves recently said McCann has gotten stronger and has raw power potential to go with average.
Defensively, manager Jim Leyland said, "he can catch and throw in the big leagues right now."
McCann is the Tigers' 11th-ranked prospect, according to MLB.com.
from the Tigers official site
 
With Infante out, Santiago takes advantage of at-bats.
Ramon Santiago returned to winter ball this past offseason trying to get his bat going. He spent extra time this spring working with hitting coach Lloyd McClendon. He has put in a lot of time in the batting cage and in early batting practice. Nothing seemed to work.

Finally, now that the Tigers need him the most, he's swinging like a Major League player. If there's any silver lining to Omar Infante's injury, it's the regular at-bats that allowed Santiago to get going.
"The more you play, the more you get better timing," Santiago said. "This game is about timing."

Santiago went 2-for-5 with a double in Thursday's series finale at Toronto, then opened Detroit's scoring Friday against the Indians with a two-out, two-run single through the middle in the second. He went 0-for-4 Saturday, but reached on an error and scored a run.
His bat, which looked late on most fastballs when the season began, is quicker now. Santiago said he choked up on the bat at McClendon's suggestion to get to pitches quicker.

Santiago was back in Detroit's lineup Sunday, hitting ninth. Though Infante is walking normally now, his bruised left shin no longer an issue after Colby Rasmus' takeout slide Wednesday, his ankle is still giving him trouble. He's still a day or two away from playing again.
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland proud of Prince's heads-up double play.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland talked like a proud manager Sunday morning about the double play Prince Fielder turned Saturday afternoon. When Fielder tagged the lead runner standing on first base before he touched the bag, he got right what Boston's Dustin Pedroia mixed up last month at Comerica Park.

"Every now and then in Spring Training, we discuss a rule before we start our day's work," Leyland said. "And that was one of the rules we discussed. It's kind of neat when something like that happens, because then the players don't just think, 'What the heck are we discussing something like this for?' And here it's happened a couple times. It makes you feel good."

It wasn't abundantly clear whether Fielder remembered that. He did pause for a few seconds between tagging the runner and stepping on the base.
Still, he'll accept credit.
"It's knowledge of the game, man. Knowing of the game," Fielder said with a smile. "I got lucky."
from the Tigers official site
 
Torii Hunter became the fourth Tiger in the past 10 years to fall a single shy of the cycle Saturday. Magglio Ordonez did it in 2008 and '10. Carlos Pena did it in '03.
 
http://www.freep.com/article/201307...play-catch-up-late-Brantley-s-HR-does-them-in
Cleveland 9 - Detroit 6: Tigers play catch-up late, but Michael Brantley's home run does them in.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/07/detroit_tigers_miguel_cabrera_60.html
Torii Hunter smacks three-run homer, but Cleveland Indians spoil Detroit Tigers' late rally in 9-6 loss.
from Mlive

Cabrera finished 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, giving him 90 this year. It's the most RBIs by a Tigers player through 87 games since Hank Greenberg had 102 in 1937. He plated Austin Jackson in the seventh, as part of a two-run rally.

Miguel Cabrera: 28th HR; tied with Cecil Fielder (1990) for the most by a Tigers player before the All-Star break.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...way-Torii-Hunter-led-comeback-Indians-prevail
Tigers toss away Torii Hunter-led comeback, Indians prevail.
from the detnews

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_07_07_detmlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=det
Fister's early struggles, 'pen collapse snap streak.
Tigers fall short of sixth straight win as Tribe gains Central ground.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_07_07_detmlb_clemlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site
 
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AL RSAA Runs Saved Above Average

LEADERS
1 Clay Buchholz 24
2 Chris Sale 19
T3 Max Scherzer 17
T3 Yu Darvish 17
T5 Hisashi Iwakuma 16
T5 Anibal Sanchez 16
T7 Derek Holland 15
T7 Felix Hernandez 15
T7 Ervin Santana 15
T10 Jesse Crain 14
T10 Bartolo Colon 14
T10 Brett Cecil 14
T10 John Lackey 14

WORST
1 Philip Humber -21
T2 Carlos Carrasco -17
T2 Brandon Maurer -17
4 Vance Worley -16
5 Joe Blanton -15
T6 Wade Davis -14
T6 Justin Grimm -14
8 Brad Peacock -13
9 Mike Pelfrey -12
T10 Roberto Hernandez -11
T10 Jason Hammel -11
T10 Joe Saunders -11

TEAM TOTALS
1 Tigers 53
2 Rangers 50
3 Red Sox 34
4 Royals 31
5 White Sox 25
6 Yankees 22
7 Athletics 14
8 Blue Jays 4
9 Rays -4
T10 Twins -18
T10 Orioles -18
12 Mariners -33
13 Angels -37
14 Indians -48
15 Astros -57

TIGERS
Max Scherzer 17
Anibal Sanchez 16
Drew Smyly 13
Justin Verlander 10
Joaquin Benoit 10
Doug Fister 7
Al Alburquerque 5
Luke Putkonen 3
Evan Reed 2
Jose Ortega 1
Jose Alvarez -1
Bruce Rondon -1
Darin Downs -3
Jose Valverde -3
Phil Coke -5
Rick Porcello -5
Octavio Dotel -5
Brayan Villarreal -8

from leesininsatmreports.
through July 6.
 
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