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The Tigers today announced that left-handed pitcher Jose Alvarez will be recalled as the 26th man for Friday?s split doubleheader against the Royals. He is scheduled to start the second game.

Right-hander Octavio Dotel has a 21.60 ERA in two outings on an injury-rehabilitation assignment with Class A Lakeland. He has been sidelined since April 20 with right elbow inflammation.

After a review, Infante has been credited with a single in the eighth inning of the game Aug. 13 at Chicago. The play originally was ruled an error for Alexei Ramirez. The change makes the run scored in the inning an earned run.
 
Just so you guys know, sometimes the Detroit media sites like the detnews and the freep will redo a story with a different time stamp. I go through the story to see if this is the case, and many times it is, so I don't post unless it is updated.
But sometimes I do not see it, so in case anyone wonders "hey KC did a double post story in the team notes". I get most but not all.
Case in point for this, was the detnews had another story about Fielder's divorce. Did one from the morning, checked that one further up this page of posts, and now another/same with different time stamp.
 
Jackson is getting the night off, Kelly is starting in Center batting 6th, Dirks leads off in LF.
 
Willie Horton will attend Beacon Awards luncheon.
DETROIT -- Former Tigers All-Star Willie Horton will be among the special guests at the MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon on Aug. 24th in Chicago that precedes the Civil Rights Game between the White Sox and Rangers later that night.

The two annual events celebrate individuals whose lives have been emblematic of the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. Horton will introduce music legend and Detroit native Aretha Franklin, who is one of the recipients of this year's MLB Beacon Awards.

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig will make his annual address during the event, while Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Ferguson Jenkins will be in attendance along with former All-Stars Frank Thomas and Minnie Mi?oso.

Proceeds from the MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon will benefit the Chicago Urban League and La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago. Information on the Civil Rights Game and the MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon can be found at MLB.com/civilrightsgame.
from the Tigers official site
 
Avila waiting on clearance to resume activities.
DETROIT -- The Tigers are in a wait-and-see mode on Alex Avila, who has to go 24 hours without concussion symptoms before the team's medical staff will clear him to resume baseball activities. Whenever Avila does return, they're hoping that an upgrade in headgear will keep him from a recurrence.

"He won't be using a hockey-style mask, but he will be using a heavier mask than he's using now, with a little more padding," manager Jim Leyland said on Thursday.

Avila was expected to check in at Comerica Park on Thursday or Friday for a follow-up exam with doctors. Head athletic trainer Kevin Rand said through a team spokesperson on Thursday that there was no update on Avila's status.

Avila tried the hockey-style mask in side sessions a few years ago and didn't feel comfortable with it. He has used a lightweight mask, Leyland said, but this recent issue has made sacrificing weight for protection a worthy swap.

It's a similar issue to what Royals catcher Salvador Perez just went through. He returned from the seven-day concussion DL on Sunday after taking a foul tip off his mask a week earlier. The impact of the mask reportedly jarred him, leaving his jaw sore. Perez, too, has opted against the hockey mask.
from the Tigers official site
 
Miggy's injuries mounting along with big hits.
DETROIT -- Not only has Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera been dealing with a lingering abdominal strain for the past month, but he has also been hobbled by a sore knee and shin since last weekend.

Cabrera injured both his knee and shin on foul balls in his at-bat on Friday against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, before hitting a game-tying two-run homer.
"His shin looked absolutely terrible, but from what I've gathered from the trainers it's the knee that's bothering him a little bit more than the shin," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "The stomach issue is getting better but still is a nuisance to him."

Despite multiple injuries, Cabrera had homered in five of his last six games. Entering Thursday, he led the Majors with a .360 batting average and 114 RBIs while trailing Baltimore's Chris Davis by six homers (44 to 38) in his quest of becoming the first player to win back-to-back Triple Crowns.

"He's banged up pretty good and how he's doing what he's doing, I have no idea," Leyland said. "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this."

While Leyland says he uses common sense when dealing with Cabrera's injuries, it's difficult to pull him late in games for a pinch-runner or defensive replacement because he's so valuable in the lineup.
"The other day we had a situation in Chicago where I didn't do it because if we had a rally going, he would have come up again," Leyland said. "Yesterday it worked out OK, because he hit in the ninth and I just put [Ramon] Santiago in [at third base] but it's a tough call."
from the Tigers official site
 
Tigers tab Alvarez to start twin-bill nightcap.
DETROIT -- The Tigers announced Jose Alvarez will start the second game of Friday's day-night doubleheader against the Royals.

Alvarez has made four starts with the Tigers this season, making most of them in June when Anibal Sanchez was on the 15-day disabled list. Alvarez is 1-2 with a 5.03 ERA to go with 17 strikeouts and seven walks in 19 2/3 innings.

Since his last stint in the Majors, Alvarez went 3-2 with a 2.82 ERA in seven starts at Triple-A Toledo. He will be pitching on normal rest after making his last start on Sunday.

The Tigers won't need to make a roster move to accommodate Alvarez because of the 26th-man exemption for the doubleheader.
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland, Hunter support new replay proposal.
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland has been arguing for a couple years that hits besides home runs should be able to be reviewed. Joe Mauer's line drive down the line at Yankee Stadium in the 2009 American League Division Series, he argued, was more important than a throwaway home run in a runaway game.

With Thursday's news that Major League Baseball is moving toward expanded replay, including challenges available for managers to use, Leyland seems to have people agreeing with him. He didn't know all the details as of Friday afternoon, but he sounded encouraged.

"I think it's 2013. I think the fans and everybody else, they want to see it right," Leyland said. "It doesn't bother me one way or another. ... I'd have to look at it to see exactly how it's detailed. I'll probably talk to Tony [La Russa] about it."

La Russa was reportedly one of the close advisers on the plan. He's also a close friend of Leyland.

Hunter is curious how it'll work. He's wondering if it'll resemble something like the NFL, where coaches throw red challenge flags onto the field.

"I wonder if he can throw a red baseball out there to challenge," Hunter said. "Think that'll work? Get a red baseball that you can throw right in between the pitcher and the catcher."

That said, he supports the idea of reviewing more crucial plays, especially in the postseason. He wasn't on that Twins team that got hurt by the Mauer missed call, but he said there was no way for them to overcome that.

In the regular season, he said, it's easier.

"We have more games to make up for it, because you play every day," Hunter said. "Just like us as hitters, if we strike out three times, we have tomorrow to make up for it. And if they make a bad call, we have tomorrow to make up for it. But you don't have tomorrow in the postseason. You make a bad call, you lose, you go home. It's very pivotal that they have that in the postseason."
from the Tigers official site
 
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