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September 22 in Tigers history:

1936 - The Detroit Tigers sweep the St. Louis Browns, 12 - 0 and 14 - 0, to record the biggest double shutout in major league history. Game one the Tigers pound out 18 hits, three each from 2B Charlie Gehringer, C Birdie Tebbetts, and CF Al Simmons who also had 5 rbi. In the second game, of the 17 hits, 7 different Tigers had 2 hits apiece, with LF Pete Fox driving in 5 runs.

1953 : At Briggs Stadium, Rookie Al Kaline makes his first start at The Corner, collecting a single while playing centerfield in a 7-3 loss to the St. Louis Browns.

2003: Detroit sets an American League record with its 118th loss, falling 12 - 6 to Kansas City. The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117) had held the record.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hooks_Dauss
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daussho01.shtml
Hooks Dauss 1912-1926.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkefr01.shtml
Frank Walker 1917-1918.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ira_Flagstead
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flagsir01.shtml
Ira Flagstead 1917, 1919-1923.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostech01.shtml
Chuck Hostetler 1945-1946.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moorean01.shtml
Anse Moore 1946.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemvi01.shtml
Vince Coleman 1997.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klassda01.shtml
Danny Klassen 2003.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aurelio_Lopez
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezau01.shtml
Aurelio Lopez 1979-1985.

from baseball reference
 
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Tigers 7 - White Sox 6 (12 inn.) ? I?m a little worried about the Hawk after this one. Chicago scored 3 in the top of the 9th to take a 6-0 lead. But before a Tiger went out, the lead was cut to one, with the tying run on 1st. This Detroit fan said ?dammit!? after Andy Dirks?s 3-run pinch-home run made it 6-5, fearing that the carousel would not start up again. But that fear didn?t factor in Addison Reed.

The ChiSox closer might have thought he?d get the evening off, but he was summoned after all when things got tight. Reed promptly walked the bases full, around a sac bunt, and Torii Hunter?s flyout tied the game. A 5-pitch walk to Miggy filled the sacks again (all four walks on 3-1 counts), and sent Reed packing. It?s his first time walking more than 2 in his last 113 appearances.

The storyline seemed to call for Prince to plonk one off the lefty Donnie Veal, but he bounced to first instead. So, to the 12th: Jake Petricka walked Don Kelly on 4 pitches, and he moved up on Fielder?s chop to 3rd. V-Mart got a pass on purpose, and Dirks watched 5 pitches before strolling. At last, Omar Infante?s sharp grounder tipped off the rookie pitcher?s glove for a walk-off infield hit, cutting Detroit?s magic number down to 2, and gave Petricka his first loss.
?Chris Sale and Rick Porcello both took 3-hit, walk-free shutouts to the 7th, but the Tiger was touched for two 2-out runs after recording his 9th strikeout.
?Detroit?s 104 quality starts lead the majors by 9, and are the most by an AL team in the DH era. (No fooling!)
?Nate Jones got the last out of the 8th, but the 9th began triple, single, single, double, HR, and that was it for Mr. Jones. It?s the first appearance since 2010 allowing a cycle while facing 6 men or fewer.
?The 6-run comeback was Detroit?s largest of the year.
?It was fun for a while to believe that Jeremy Bonderman could come back and be a decent pitcher in the major leagues. Not yet, I?m afraid
from HighHeatStats
 
Iglesias not yet ready to run, field ground balls.
DETROIT -- Jose Iglesias reported more movement in his bruised left hand Sunday. At this point, though, it's slow progress.
"My range of motion is limited," Iglesias said, "but each and every day it feels better."

He isn't close to taking ground balls yet. The next step for him, actually, will be simply running. He was not available to pinch-hit in Saturday night's comeback win, which is why Hernan Perez ran for Alex Avila as the potential game-winning tally in the ninth inning.

Iglesias' return is more a matter of when than if. With just under two weeks until the postseason, his readiness for the playoffs seems to be safe. The question now is how much playing time he can get at short to get his timing back before the regular season ends?
from the Tigers official site
 
Miggy out of lineup because of groin soreness.
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera hadn't arrived at Comerica Park by the time Tigers manager Jim Leyland made out his lineup early Sunday morning. It didn't matter.

Hours after Cabrera left Saturday night's game in the 10th inning with recurring soreness in his groin, Leyland wasn't taking any chances. He rested Cabrera for Sunday's series finale against the White Sox and started Don Kelly at third base.

Cabrera said he felt better than he did Saturday, and Leyland was preparing to use him as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning if the Tigers rallied. They never got to that point in the 6-3 loss, so Cabrera ended up with a complete day off.

"He was much better today," Leyland said. "No activity today, that should help, but it's one of those things that you can play the game and be OK and then have to give a little extra or something and that bothers him. We've got to get some guys healthy."

Despite the limitations, Cabrera suggested he isn't far off. He estimated Sunday that he's at 80-90 percent strength.

"I feel better today," he said. "We'll see tomorrow."

Leyland doesn't know yet how he'll handle Cabrera this coming week, and it's not just the uncertainty of Cabrera's injury playing into it. The sooner the Tigers clinch, the sooner Leyland can think about giving Cabrera days off, but Leyland notes a risk to that.

"You're going to have four days off after the [regular] season, before the playoffs start," Leyland said. "And all of a sudden, if you rest him three or four days now, that's seven out of eight days you don't play your best hitter going into the playoffs, without seeing a pitcher. That's not good either.

"That's a Catch-22. Common sense tells you to let him rest, but if you rest him or three or four days and then you have four days off before you start, you're talking about him being rested for a week without seeing pitchers."

The decision might well come down to how much the Tigers medical staff believes Cabrera's injury will heal with days off. The report all summer has been that he cannot worsen it by playing, but the recurring occasions in which he has had to sit suggest it hasn't gotten appreciably better.

He's somewhat a victim of his own success in that regard.
"It's a Catch-22," Leyland repeated, "because you want him out there on base, but when he's out there four times, there's a chance he's going to get sore. He gets three hits and a walk or something, he's so good."

The Tigers have already said Cabrera's individual feats won't play into the decision. He entered Sunday batting .349 with a safe 22-point lead in the American League batting race over Mike Trout, who would need a 20-for-20 tear to get to .350.

Chris Davis' seven-homer lead in the AL standings looks to be too much for Cabrera to make up, considering he has one home run in September. The one close race he has among Triple Crown categories is in RBIs, where he leads Davis by two.
from the Tigers official site
 
Alburquerque showing improved command.
DETROIT -- Al Alburquerque has been hesitant to talk about his pitching lately. He's been through too many stretches where he has felt like he has his command down, only to fall into a bout of struggles.

After two scoreless innings Saturday night, Alburquerque felt comfortable saying he feels better on the mound. More importantly, so did his manager.

"He's been better," Jim Leyland said Sunday morning. "He's still a little inconsistent on his slider, but he did one heckuva job last night and he is getting better."

The slider has been progressing after Alburquerque made an adjustment. He was throwing it harder for the last month or two, frequently hitting 90-91 mph on the radar gun, but with inconsistent location. He has taken a few miles per hour off of it, but gained some break on it.

The result has been a slider that's tougher to hit. He threw 15 of his 21 sliders for strikes Saturday, according to brooksbaseball.net, and induced five swings and misses.

Alburquerque also credits a better mindset on the mound.
"Throw your pitch. Make your pitch," he said Sunday. "Don't worry about nothing. Don't think too much.
from the Tigers official site
 
Rondon eyeing return to action Tuesday.
DETROIT -- Tigers reliever Bruce Rondon let loose in a Sunday morning mound session from the bullpen at Comerica Park. How he feels coming out of that will probably determine whether he'll be available to pitch Tuesday at Target Field.

Rondon hasn't pitched in a game since Sept. 2 against the Red Sox. He spent two weeks without throwing because of tenderness in his pitching elbow, then has spent the past week progressing to the point where he could throw off the mound. He threw all of his pitches Sunday morning.
"He threw good," manager Jim Leyland said.

Leyland isn't talking about his potential postseason bullpen yet, and he bristles at questions that could be hinting toward that. Still, it would be difficult to see the Tigers putting Rondon in the bullpen for a playoff series without him getting back into a regular-season game.

Left-hander Phil Coke, out since the middle of the week with elbow inflammation, played catch Sunday after three days of rest and medication. The results on that were mixed.
"Coke threw hard, but the elbow was a little tight," Leyland said. "I don't know what that exactly means."
from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/09/detroit_tigers_chicago_white_s_2.html
Detroit Tigers fail to clinch AL Central title at home after falling 6-3 to last-place Chicago White Sox.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201309...y-against-White-Sox-today-due-to-groin-injury
Chicago 6 - Detroit 3: Tigers close out home schedule with loss.
from the freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ip-Tigers-division-title-celebration-put-hold
White Sox trip Tigers; division title celebration put on hold.
from the detnews

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_09_22_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=det
Tigers unable to shrink magic number.
Sanchez loses for first time since July 19; clinch scenario sits at 2.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2013_09_22_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site
 
http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2013/09/tigers-take-reign-check-falling-short.html
Tigers take a reign check, falling short in final chance to clinch division at home.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/9/...-two-anibal-sanchez-loss-detroit-playoffs-mlb
White Sox 6 - Tigers 2: Celebration delayed, magic number holds at two in lackluster loss to White Sox.
from bybtb
Looks like some of the worst Horseshit umpiring in this game.

http://walkoffwoodward.com/?p=8774&fb_source=pubv1
The Champagne Will Have to Wait: Tigers Fall in Series Finale to Sox; Indians Win Again.
from walkoffwoodwardtigersblog
 
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