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Leyland making an effort to give Smyly rest.
DETROIT -- After averaging about 10 appearances out of the bullpen each month this season, left-hander Drew Smyly has only been called upon three times in September for a total of two innings.

Manager Jim Leyland said he's made an effort to give Smyly some rest. It is the left-hander's first full year as a reliever.

"We wanted to save him down the stretch for some real big situations, and we really haven't had those come up in a lot of cases," Leyland said. "Now recently, the last few days, we have and we've used him, obviously. He'd never pitched that much out of the bullpen, so we thought we should back off him a little bit."

Smyly is fifth among American League relievers with 71 innings pitched this year. With two outs in the seventh inning on Saturday, Leyland chose to bring in left-hander Jose Alvarez instead of Smyly.

"[Smyly] pitched a couple days in a row, and we were behind in the game," Leyland said. "I didn't really want to put him into the game because it would have been three [games] in a row -- then if we needed him [on Sunday], we wouldn't have had him."
from the Tigers official site

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/09/detroit_tigers_max_scherzer_ka.html
Alex Avila hits pair of home runs to help Detroit Tigers slip past Kansas City Royals 3-2.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201309...detroit-tigers-kansas-city-royals-game-thread
Detroit 3 - Kansas City 2: Alex Avila's two home runs lift Tigers over Royals.
from the freep

 

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...-Tigers-past-Royals-Max-Scherzer-denied-No-20
Tigers 3 - Royals 2: Alex Avila blasts Tigers past Royals; Max Scherzer denied No. 20.
from the detnews

 

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http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...013_09_15_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Max Scherzer dominant as Avila's power beats royals.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_09_15_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.

from the Tigers official site

 

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http://wapc.mlb.com/det/play/search/?game_pk=348969&tagName=More From This Game
Tigers Webvideo Highlights from todays Win.

 

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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/9/...igers-series-win-scherzer-misses-20th-win-mlb
Alex Avila 3 - Royals 2: Avila's two home runs give Tigers series win, dominant Max Scherzer falls short of 20th win.
from bybtb

 

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http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/mlb...Tigers-over-Royals?blockID=940215&feedID=3701
Alex Avila's 2 Homers lift Tigers over Royals 3 - 2.
from DetroitFox

 

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http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=8723
Tigers Ride Roller Coaster of Emotions, Alex Avila?s Big Bat to Victory.
from WalkoffWoodwardTigersblog

 

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AL RSAA Runs Saved Above Average

LEADERS
1 Anibal Sanchez 33 *****
2 Max Scherzer 27 *****
T3 Chris Sale 26
T3 Yu Darvish 26
5 Hisashi Iwakuma 25
6 Clay Buchholz 24
T7 Hiroki Kuroda 22
T7 Koji Uehara 22
9 Felix Hernandez 20
T10 Bartolo Colon 19
T10 Greg Holland 19

WORST
1 Joe Blanton -31
2 Lucas Harrell -29
3 Brandon Maurer -26
4 Aaron Harang -24
T5 Justin Grimm -23
T5 Joe Saunders -23
7 Philip Humber -22
8 Wade Davis -21
9 Jeremy Hellickson -20
10 Mike Pelfrey -19

TEAM TOTALS
1 Tigers 91 *****
2 Royals 83
3 Rangers 47
4 Red Sox 29
5 Yankees 28
6 Rays 24
7 White Sox 23
8 Athletics 14
9 Indians 10
10 Blue Jays -18
11 Orioles -22
12 Twins -37
13 Mariners -52
14 Angels -54
15 Astros -93

TIGERS
Anibal Sanchez 33
Max Scherzer 27
Drew Smyly 16
Joaquin Benoit 15
Justin Verlander 13
Doug Fister 13
Luke Putkonen 5
Jose Veras 3
Bruce Rondon 2
Jose Ortega 1
Evan Reed 1
Jeremy Bonderman -2
Phil Coke -2
Darin Downs -3
Jose Valverde -3
Rick Porcello -5
Al Alburquerque -5
Jose Alvarez -5
Octavio Dotel -5
Brayan Villarreal -8

from leesininsatmreports.
through September 14.

 

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AL RCAA Runs Created Above Average

LEADERS
1 Miguel Cabrera 83 *****
2 Mike Trout 81
3 Chris Davis 68
4 David Ortiz 44
5 Josh Donaldson 40
6 Robinson Cano 39
7 Adrian Beltre 38
8 Joe Mauer 33
9 Edwin Encarnacion 31
10 Carlos Santana 27

WORST
1 Alcides Escobar -32
2 J.P. Arencibia -27
3 Jeff Keppinger -26
4 Maicer Izturis -23
5 Brendan Ryan -22
T6 Mike Moustakas -18
T6 Chris Stewart -18
T8 Brandon Barnes -17
T8 Tyler Flowers -17
T10 Matt Dominguez -16
T10 David Murphy -16
T10 Jose Altuve -16
T10 Pedro Florimon -16

TEAM TOTALS
1 Red Sox 161 ^^
2 Tigers 89 ***
3 Athletics 81
4 Angels 50
5 Orioles 31
6 Rays 28
7 Indians 24
8 Rangers 13
9 Blue Jays -38
10 Mariners -58
11 Royals -60
12 Twins -82
13 Yankees -85
14 White Sox -119
15 Astros -128

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 83
Prince Fielder 13
Jhonny Peralta 12
Torii Hunter 9
Omar Infante 8
Austin Jackson 7
Matt Tuiasosopo 6
Bryan Holaday 1
Jose Iglesias -1
Nick Castellanos -1
Victor Martinez -1
Danny Worth -1
Don Kelly -4
Brayan Pena -4
Avisail Garcia -5
Andy Dirks -6
Hernan Perez -6
Ramon Santiago -9
Alex Avila -12

from leesininsatmreports.
through September 14.

 

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AL FRAA Fielding Runs Above Average

LEADERS
1 Manny Machado 38
2 Shane Victorino 27
3 Nick Franklin 25
4 Matt Dominguez 19
5 Pedro Florimon 18
T6 Andy Dirks 16 ***
T6 Nick Swisher 16
T8 Lorenzo Cain 15
T8 Ian Kinsler 15
10 Brian Dozier 14

WORST
1 Adam Jones -24
2 Trevor Plouffe -20
T3 Miguel Cabrera -19
T3 Chris Carter -19
T5 Maicer Izturis -16
T5 Jed Lowrie -16
T7 Eduardo Nunez -15
T7 Chris Davis -15
T9 Grant Green -14
T9 J.D. Martinez -14

TEAM TOTALS
1 Royals 36
2 Rangers 32
3 Mariners 27
4 Rays 16
5 Orioles 14
6 White Sox 11
7 Indians 5
8 Yankees 0
9 Twins -8
10 Red Sox -10
11 Blue Jays -17
T12 Tigers -20 ***
T12 Athletics -20
14 Astros -25
15 Angels -56

TIGERS
Andy Dirks 16
Jhonny Peralta 7
Matt Tuiasosopo 7
Victor Martinez 5
Jose Iglesias 4
Austin Jackson 3
Danny Worth 1
Omar Infante 1
Avisail Garcia 0
Ramon Santiago -1
Nick Castellanos -1
Brayan Pena -1
Bryan Holaday -2
Torii Hunter -5
Hernan Perez -7
Prince Fielder -9
Don Kelly -9
Alex Avila -10
Miguel Cabrera -19

from leesininsatmreports.
through September 14.

 

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AL TRAA Total Runs Above Average -- RCAA plus/minus FRAA = TRAA

LEADERS
1 Mike Trout 73
2 Miguel Cabrera 64 ***
3 Chris Davis 53
4 Shane Victorino 47
5 David Ortiz 44
6 Josh Donaldson 40
7 Manny Machado 38
T8 Adrian Beltre 33
T8 Evan Longoria 33
10 Edwin Encarnacion 32

WORST
1 Maicer Izturis -39
T2 Trevor Plouffe -30
T2 J.P. Arencibia -30
T4 Jose Altuve -28
T4 Alcides Escobar -28
6 Jamey Carroll -26
T7 J.D. Martinez -24
T7 Jeff Keppinger -24
T7 Erick Aybar -24
10 Eduardo Nunez -23

TEAM TOTALS
1 Red Sox 151
2 Tigers 69 ***
3 Athletics 61
T4 Rangers 45
T4 Orioles 45
6 Rays 44
7 Indians 29
8 Angels -6
9 Royals -24
10 Mariners -31
11 Blue Jays -55
12 Yankees -85
13 Twins -90
14 White Sox -108
15 Astros -153

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 64
Jhonny Peralta 19
Matt Tuiasosopo 13
Austin Jackson 10
Andy Dirks 10
Omar Infante 9
Prince Fielder 4
Victor Martinez 4
Torii Hunter 4
Jose Iglesias 3
Danny Worth 0
Bryan Holaday -1
Nick Castellanos -2
Avisail Garcia -5
Brayan Pena -5
Ramon Santiago -10
Don Kelly -13
Hernan Perez -13
Alex Avila -22

from leesininsatmreports.
through September 14.

 

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Miguel Cabrera has driven all of his team's runs in 7 games this year.
Chris Davis has done it once.

 

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From 1916 to 2013, Tigers pitchers with the most double-digit strikeout games in a season http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/Kbs0W ?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=Kbs0W

 

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September 16 in Tigers history:

1915 - In the first of an important four-game series at Fenway Park, the Tigers (90-48) and Red Sox (90-44) square off. Detroit knocks out starter Rube Foster, then rookie reliever Carl Mays keeps throwing at Ty Cobb till he hits the Tiger star on the wrist. Cobb slings his bat at Mays in retaliation, and the crowd reacts by throwing bottles at Cobb. The next inning, Cobb catches a fly ball for the final out and then needs a police escort to leave the field. The Tigers win 6 - 1.

1958: Yankee killer Frank Lary is the 3rd pitcher to beat them seven times in the same season, as the Tiger star defeats them, 4 - 2. Ed Walsh (9-1 in 1908) and Ed Cicotte (7-1 in 1916) were the others.

1961: At Detroit, Roger Maris connects for #57, off Frank Lary, to stay a game ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 home run pace. But Lary wins his 21st, 10 - 4, over Ralph Terry, with help from Norm Cash, who belts his 37th homer and a triple. Al Kaline adds four hits and a sac fly.

1967: Norm Cash drives in five runs and John Hiller goes the distance, enabling Detroit to take the American League lead with a 9 - 1 win over the Yankees.

1972: Joe Coleman wins his 17th game and Dick McAuliffe clouts two home runs and drives in four to lead Detroit to a 6 - 2 win in Milwaukee. This is Detroit's 5th win in a row and keeps them a percentage point behind Boston.

1985 - Detroit's Nelson Simmons hits a home run from each side of the plate, the first Tiger to do so. But the Orioles answer with six homers of their own in overpowering the Tigers, 14 - 7. Cal Ripken hits his 2nd homer of the game in the 8th, and Eddie Murray and Fred Lynn follow with successive homers.

1998: Detroit rookie P Sean Runyan makes his 84th appearance of the season in the Tigers' 2 - 1 loss to Toronto. He breaks Mike Myers' rookie record of 83 set in 1996.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mickey_Tettleton
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tettlmi01.shtml
Mickey Tettleton 1991-1994.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pittach01.shtml
Chris Pittaro 1985.

from baseball reference

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20130916/SPORTS02/309160025/Rest-Tigers-Miguel-Cabrera-Time-will-tell
Rest for Tigers' Miguel Cabrera? Time will tell.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201309...-Scherzer-s-sure-thing-20th-win-turns-elusive
Max Scherzer's sure-thing 20th win turns elusive.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201309...s-nabbing-stealers-paying-off-Tigers-pitchers
Focus on nabbing stealers paying off for Tigers' pitchers.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201309...Mayweather-Alvarez-hot-topic-Tigers-clubhouse
Big Mayweather-Alvarez boxing match a hot topic in Tigers' clubhouse.
from the freep