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Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera passed Yogi Berra and Carlos Lee and tied Johnny Mize for 79th place on the all time HR list, with 359.
 
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130814&content_id=56959264&vkey=pr_det&c_id=det
Commissioner Selig, Michael Wilbon, Frank Thomas and Willie Horton to Be Part of the 2013 MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon.
Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Ferguson Jenkins As Well As Minnie Mi?oso and Sharon Robinson Will Also Attend. The MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon, Honoring Bo Jackson and Aretha Franklin, to Be Held on Saturday, August 24th at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. Luncheon Proceeds to Benefit the Chicago Urban League and La Rabida Children's Hospital.
Press Release from the Tigers official site
 
Tigers 6 - White Sox 4 ? Joaquin Benoit came out of hiding and shut down two major threats, one handed to him and the other of his own devising, as Detroit salvaged something from their Windy City visit.

Rick Porcello yielded 3 quick runs on 4 hits and a walk in the 1st inning, making long odds on him getting either a quality start or a win. But he wound up with both, tiptoeing around 7 hits in the next 5 scoreless frames. Miguel Cabrera tied it in the 3rd with a first-pitch bomb (evincing what Jonah Keri called his ?otherworldly ability to destroy inside pitches?). Omar Infante drove in the lead run in the 6th, and 2 more scored that inning on an error. But Jose Veras couldn?t stand the comfort of a 3-run lead, walking two in the 8th, and when an infield hit brought one across, Benoit entered for the first time in a week, needing 5 outs to finish. Eight pitches made two swinging Ks to end that threat, and when he dug himself a hole with 1 out in the 9th, the tying runs one hit away, he blew off Jordan Danks, then set up Alejandro De Aza 1-and-2 for a final groundout. The 5-out save was Detroit?s longest in 2 years for a standard save chance.
?Porcello is the first Tiger in precisely 40 years to allow 11 hits or more, all of them singles. (Joe Coleman?s outcome was not so happy. And opposing starter Dave Goltz went the route on 12 hits, 11 singles. What an odd 2nd half for Coleman ? from 12-8, he won 6 decisions to reach 18-8, lost 7 starts in a row for 18-15, then won his last 5 to finish 23-15.)
?John Danks was #1 on Cabrera?s list of ?most meetings without a home run.? Now, it?s Edwin Jackson.
?Cabrera?s 359 career homers have come off 253 different pitchers, a 1.42 ratio. Willie Mays homered off 265 different pitchers (2.49), Hank Aaron 308 (2.45). Alex Rodriguez has homered against 398 pitchers, a 1.63 ratio.
?Miggy has hit 12 of his 38 HRs on the first pitch, going 38 for 78 on first-pitch settlements.
?24 of his 38 HRs have come with someone on base. With men in scoring position, he?s slugging about .900.
?His OPS against lefties would be among the top 8 ever measured with 100+ PAs that way.
?25 of 38 HRs on the road ? That would be the 9th-highest road ratio out of 417 seasons with 38+ HRs. For what it?s worth, Cabrera?s home/road split last year was 28/16, the 10th-highest home ratio out of 163 seasons with that many total HRs. Add the years together, and guess what: a 41/41 split.
from HighHeatStats
 
Jose Alvarez will start the nightcap tomorrow for Tigers. They can use doubleheader rule to call him up without sending a player down.

Alex Avila (7-day DL with delayed concussive symptoms) will be at Comerica today to be checked out by a team doctor.

Leyland said Avila will now wear a heavier catcher mask with more padding when he returns.
Best news I've heard all day!

I'll get tonights game thread up at 5.
 
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