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May 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912 - The Detroit Tigers use a team of replacement players against thePhiladelphia Athletics. With 19 players on strike in protest of the recent suspension of Ty Cobb, manager Hughie Jennings recruits college players and a number of local semipro players to avoid a forfeit and fine. Detroit loses to the Athletics 24 - 2, as pitcher Al Travers gives up all 24 runs on 26 hits.

1933 - The first All-Star Game is announced for July 6th at Comiskey Park. It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair celebration and is sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. Fans will pick the players.

1937 - Brooks Robinson is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. The perennial Gold Glove third baseman will make his debut with the Baltimore Oriolesin 1955. In 1964, Robinson will win the American League MVP Award. Six years later, his defensive brilliance will lead the Orioles to a World Series victory.

1946 - The Tigers acquire George Kell from the Philadelphia A?s for Barney McCosky. Kell wins the 1949 batting title and makes five All-Star teams in seven seasons with Detroit, becoming the greatest third baseman in franchise history.

1956 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in his career, setting a major league record. Mantle includes a perfect 4 for 4 day, helping New York to an 8 - 7 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

1969 - Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins steals second base, third, and home plate during the 3rd inning of an 8 - 2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Carew pulls off the trifecta against the battery of Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan. Carew becomes the first player in 28 years to steal three bases in sequence in the same inning.

1982: Larry Herndon of the Detroit Tigers hits three home runs in an 11 - 9 win over Oakland, and in the process becomes the 14th player in major league history to hit home runs in four consecutive plate appearances. On May 16th, he homered in his final at-bat to give the Tigers a 7 - 6 victory over Minnesota.

2004 - At the age of 40, Randy Johnson becomes the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves, 2 - 0. It is the 17th perfect game in major league history and the first since David Cone of the Yankees did it against Montreal on July 18, 1999. Johnson also joins Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Hideo Nomo and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to throw no-hitters in both leagues, and creates the longest time span between no-no's, having first accomplished the feat against the Detroit Tigers in June of 1990.

2012: Justin Verlander makes a bid for the third no-hitter of his career, but falls two outs short, in beating Pittsburgh 6 - 0. Josh Harrison singles with one out in the 9th against the Tigers' ace for the Bucs' lone hit. Verlander, who strikes out 12, is now 16-2 for his career in interleague play.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gentrru01.shtml
Rufe Gentry 1943-1944, 1946-1948.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Lund
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lunddo01.shtml
Don Lund 1949, 1952-1954.

from Baseball Reference
 
Joba enjoys hearing Fenway faithful's remarks.
Joba Chamberlain said he actually heard a couple compliments on his beard Friday night from the fans seated behind the Tigers' bullpen in the right-field seats at Fenway Park. He also heard a fan tell him that UPS was hiring.
"So go get a job then," Chamberlain said back.

Like so many relievers, Chamberlain enjoys going back and forth with the Fenway faithful from the close quarters of the visitors' bullpen. Like so many former Yankees, including Phil Coke, Chamberlain gets more than his fair share of grief when he comes to town.

Some of them are creative. The UPS line was not one of them.
"It's fun. I love the banter between the fans. It's great," Chamberlain said. "Obviously there's a line you don't cross as a fan, but 99 percent of them are good. It makes it fun for us. We're sitting down there, we've got to get up quick, but during the game, you just hear people talking. It's very entertaining.

"And they don't expect you [to respond] half the time, so it's very funny, because you'll catch them off-guard. It's always interesting to see the looks on their faces when you kind of jab back or say something. It's pretty good. The good ones, I always tip my hat to, or say, 'Nice one.' It's always fun."

Though other American League parks, like U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago and Safeco Field in Seattle, can offer a similar atmosphere in terms of proximity between the relievers and the fans, none of them compare to the knowledge of the fans at Fenway, Chamberlain said. They know the game, and they know the background.

And considering their favorite players all had longer beards than Chamberlain, some of them know better than to be hypocrites.

"I was taken aback by the [positive] comments," said Chamberlain, who couldn't grow the beard as a Yankee due to the organization's facial-hair ban. "They were nice."
from the Tigers official site
 
Scherzer uses curveball to keep Sox guessing.
Max Scherzer joined the Tigers four years ago as a fastball-changeup pitcher who had the makings of a nice slider. It would have been inconceivable back then that he could overcome a changeup on a night that he was having a hard time fooling anyone with the pitch.

On Friday, Scherzer threw the Red Sox a curveball, literally. Actually, he threw quite a few of them.
That Scherzer has trust in his curve is no big surprise. Getting better results on it than his changeup is another matter.

Scherzer did not get a swing-and-miss off his changeup Friday, according to brooksbaseball.net. That's the first time he has come up empty in that category since his last regular-season start in Boston last Sept. 3. On the flip side, his three whiffs on curveballs are more than he has gotten from that pitch in his career. As good as the curveball has become for him, it has usually been good for one or two swings-and-misses a game.

"His curveball was really good last night," pitching coach Jeff Jones said. "He threw some good curveballs that they chased later on in the count. What he wants to do with it is throw it with two strikes. I think his curveball was probably a little bit better than his changeup was, and usually his changeup is always really good.

"That's the nice thing about having a curveball now. I've always felt that the more weapons you have, the better."
from the Tigers official site
 
Tigers 6 - Red Sox 1 ? Rick Porcello put his 5-start win streak on the line against the team that?s hit him hardest. He kept Boston off the board until the 5th, when Xander Bogaerts homered, then set down his last 11 batters, completing 8 innings for the first time this year. Miguel Cabrera?s 7th homer and 3 hits raised his average over .300 for the first time since the opening week, and gave him 37 RBI in 38 games.

In 6 prior Sawx encounters (including one postseason relief stint), Porcello had been nicked no later than his second inning.
Porcello?s started eight games. He lost when Andrew Cashner blanked Detroit on one hit, and won the other seven.
Oh, that Pesky Cabrera!

Can?t think when I?ve seen this, maybe not since Rickey?s prime: Four straight pickoff tries at second base, on Rajai Davis. The fourth toss went astray, Davis went to third, and Ian Kinsler scored him with a sac fly.

Two straight games Detroit?s allowed one run or less in Fenway. One other time in the last 60 year, starting with a Jack Morris 4-hitter.

Three prior Tigers clubs began as well as 26-12: one Ty Cobb squad (29-9, 1911), a Kaline/Cash (27-11 in ?61), and the long-awaited Morris/Trammaker breakthrough (33-5 in ?84). Those produced one World Series win and two runners-up, the worst of which equates to 94 wins in a modern schedule.

Last offseason, Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski bet on Porcello over Doug Fister, and Ian Kinsler over Prince Fielder. Time will tell ? but time has taught us not to bet against Dombrowski.
from HighHeatStats
 
Justin Miller optioned to Toledo. Robbie Ray stays put.

Porcello still dealing with soreness in left side. Ausmus said they're using an "overabundance of caution" to prevent it from lingering.

Brad Ausmus removed Rick Porcello from a recent start as a precautionary measure due to tightness in his side. Will now miss a start.

Robbie Ray kept to start Thur to give Porcello (side ailment) two extra days of rest. Miller sent down. Ray NOT being moved to bullpen.

Rick Porcello's scheduled start Thursday will be pushed back to Saturday. Tigers hopeful soreness will disappear with a few extra days rest.
 
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