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Krol says sore left shoulder has improved.
DETROIT -- Ian Krol said the left shoulder discomfort that bothered him in his last outing Saturday is an annual occurrence, which makes him fairly confident he can pitch through it. He also said it has improved a lot in the two days since.

"I've had the same thing [in the past]," Krol said before Monday's game. "It's not pain, just aggravating."

Krol has arm injuries in his history, having missed time in 2011 with a reported forearm injury. This appears to be more mundane, and not something that should cost him any time, though it could lead to a couple more days of rest.

Krol pitched through the shoulder issue Saturday to record four outs for his first Major League save. His velocity was a tick under his normal speed, but not alarming.

With two extra left-handers in the bullpen following the arrival of Blaine Hardy from Triple-A Toledo, the Tigers have options if manager Brad Ausmus wants to save Krol for a necessary situation. The options include Phil Coke, who found some recent success as a situational lefty before giving up three runs on three singles in the eighth inning Saturday.
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Ausmus to keep Suarez at the bottom of the order.
DETROIT -- Eugenio Suarez has become a spark for the Tigers' offense over the past week. He will not be a savior, as Sunday's win showed.

He also will not be a core run producer, not as a rookie with limited at-bats above Double-A ball. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire's decision in the sixth inning Sunday showed one reason why. Brad Ausmus' postgame comments reinforced it.

"I don't want to throw him in the heart of the lineup," Ausmus said, "because there's a lot more focus in the heart of the lineup."

In other words, Suarez will be staying at the bottom of the batting order.

Suarez added another hit to his career-opening tear Sunday with a line-drive single in the second inning, two batters after Nick Castellanos' sacrifice fly pushed Detroit's lead to 2-0. Ian Kinsler's single moved him to third base before Torii Hunter's groundout left him there.

After Twins starter Ricky Nolasco struck out Suarez on three pitches to retire the Tigers in order in the fourth inning, Detroit built a rally in front of Suarez in the sixth. Gardenhire, in turn, took his chances to set up Suarez with a chance to break the game open.

Castellanos' double off the left-field fence not only tied the game, it moved J.D. Martinez to third as the Tigers' potential go-ahead run. With first base open, Nolasco walked Alex Avila, who grounded out and lined into the shift his previous two times up against Nolasco, to load the bases with one out.

It was an early situation to try to set up a double play or a force out at every base. It was a timely situation to put some pressure on a hot-hitting rookie to get a big hit. In that sense, it resembled what Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon did against the Tigers in July 2010 with Brennan Boesch protecting Miguel Cabrera in the order.

Suarez swung at the first pitch from Jared Burton and popped out to second base. Once Ian Kinsler flew out to right, the tactic worked, and the game remained tied heading to the seventh.

"By having young hitters towards the bottom of the order, you hope they can take advantage of it," Ausmus said.
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Ausmus, Hunter share memories of Gwynn.
DETROIT -- Two important parts of the Tigers' organization, manager Brad Ausmus and veteran outfielder Torii Hunter, both remember the way Tony Gwynn took them under his wing early in their careers.

Gwynn, who passed away Monday after a lengthy battle with cancer, played with Ausmus in San Diego, where Gwynn spent his entire 20-year illustrious career. He got to know Hunter when the latter was a young, promising standout.

"He didn't have to talk to that young guy named Torii," Hunter reflected Monday. "He shared some information as far as playing the game, hitting. That's something I'll cherish forever. I definitely think that he's going to be missed -- I know he will."

Prior to the game, Tigers groundskeeper Heather Nabozny inscribed "TG 5.5" in the infield dirt between third base and shortstop -- an homage to Gwynn's favorite hole to find a base hit.

Ausmus remembered how, as teammates with Gwynn from 1993-96, the pair would talk hitting together and hit the links together. Ausmus admired Gwynn's uncanny ball-striking abilities -- on the diamond and the golf course.

"We started out even," Ausmus said, recalling the rounds of golf they played together, "and then Tony kept getting better and I wasn't, so I let Tony play on his own."

But even more than Gwynn's talents on the golf course, his prodigious approach to hitting is what drew Ausmus to Gwynn early in his career.

"It seemed like the guy never made an out, when you played with him," Ausmus said. "Everything he touched seemed to find a hole. His teammates were happy for him and jealous of him.

"He was the best I've ever seen at putting the fat part of the bat on the ball."

Gwynn was also on the forefront of video technology, which has completely inundated the game since. Ausmus recalls Gwynn walking around the clubhouse with his cassettes that allowed him to analyze the pitchers he was scheduled to face before anyone else showed a willingness to use that technology to their advantage.

Hunter said Gwynn's hand-eye coordination was a gift that can't be taught, no matter how much video you watch. That didn't stop him from trying to pass on his talents, though.

"He's just a good person," Ausmus said. "As great a player as he was, he was just a good, regular man. He would talk to anyone like you were his next-door neighbor."
Tigers official site
 
Ausmus, Hunter share memories of Gwynn.
DETROIT -- Two important parts of the Tigers' organization, manager Brad Ausmus and veteran outfielder Torii Hunter, both remember the way Tony Gwynn took them under his wing early in their careers.

Gwynn, who passed away Monday after a lengthy battle with cancer, played with Ausmus in San Diego, where Gwynn spent his entire 20-year illustrious career. He got to know Hunter when the latter was a young, promising standout.

"He didn't have to talk to that young guy named Torii," Hunter reflected Monday. "He shared some information as far as playing the game, hitting. That's something I'll cherish forever. I definitely think that he's going to be missed -- I know he will."

Prior to the game, Tigers groundskeeper Heather Nabozny inscribed "TG 5.5" in the infield dirt between third base and shortstop -- an homage to Gwynn's favorite hole to find a base hit.

Ausmus remembered how, as teammates with Gwynn from 1993-96, the pair would talk hitting together and hit the links together. Ausmus admired Gwynn's uncanny ball-striking abilities -- on the diamond and the golf course.

"We started out even," Ausmus said, recalling the rounds of golf they played together, "and then Tony kept getting better and I wasn't, so I let Tony play on his own."

But even more than Gwynn's talents on the golf course, his prodigious approach to hitting is what drew Ausmus to Gwynn early in his career.

"It seemed like the guy never made an out, when you played with him," Ausmus said. "Everything he touched seemed to find a hole. His teammates were happy for him and jealous of him.

"He was the best I've ever seen at putting the fat part of the bat on the ball."

Gwynn was also on the forefront of video technology, which has completely inundated the game since. Ausmus recalls Gwynn walking around the clubhouse with his cassettes that allowed him to analyze the pitchers he was scheduled to face before anyone else showed a willingness to use that technology to their advantage.

Hunter said Gwynn's hand-eye coordination was a gift that can't be taught, no matter how much video you watch. That didn't stop him from trying to pass on his talents, though.

"He's just a good person," Ausmus said. "As great a player as he was, he was just a good, regular man. He would talk to anyone like you were his next-door neighbor."
Tigers official site
 
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/spor...-roughed-up-again-as-tigers-lose-opener-to-kc
Verlander roughed up again, as Tigers lose opener to KC.
Oakland Press

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/06/tigers_royals_justin_verlander_1.html
Royals 11 - Tigers 8: Justin Verlander shelled again as Kansas City trims Detroit's division lead to half game.
mlive

http://motorcitybengals.com/2014/06/16/detroit-tigers-kansas-city-royals-verlander/
Detroit Tigers get smoked by Kansas City Royals 11-8, Verlander struggles, Reed implodes.
from mcbtb

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/6/...-8-late-inning-rally-not-enough-to-top-royals
Royals 11 - Tigers 8: Ninth inning rally not enough to top Royals.
from bybtb


Hunter exits early with right hamstring cramp.
DETROIT -- Torii Hunter exited Monday night's game in the fourth inning after sustaining a right hamstring cramp after a bloop single. The Tigers announced he is day to day.
J.D. Martinez entered as a pinch-runner and took over in right for Hunter, who grabbed his right hamstring while running to first base.
In 59 games this season, the 38-year-old Hunter is batting .264 with an on-base percentage of .289. He has 13 doubles and nine home runs.
Hunter has had no trouble staying healthy the past few seasons. His last trip to the disabled list came in 2009 when he strained a muscle in his thigh.
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http://www.freep.com/article/20140616/SPORTS02/306160158/detroit-tigers-kansas-city-royals
Kansas City 11 - Detroit 8: Justin Verlander's slide continues in Tigers' loss.
freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...ard-again-Tigers-loss-Royals-within-half-game
Verlander hit hard again in Tigers' loss, Royals within half-game.
detnews

http://newenglishd.com/2014/06/16/how-was-the-game-june-16-2014/
How Was The Game? (June 16, 2014).
from the nedtb

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...014_06_16_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Tigers rally, but can't pick up struggling Verlander.
Right-hander allows seven earned runs in second straight outing.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...mlb_1#gid=2014_06_16_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
Tigers official site
 
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June 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1925 Hooks Dauss posts his 200th career win, giving him a record of 200-170. Still the all-time leader in Wins by a Tigers pitcher.

1958 - Ozzie Virgil, who became the first black man to play for the Detroit Tigers 11 days earlier, goes 5 for 5 in his first home game at Briggs Stadium. The Dominican's performance helps Detroit beat the Washington Senators 9 - 2.

1960 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hits his 500th career home run against the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium. Williams' two-run shot off Wynn Hawkins helps the Red Sox beat Cleveland 3 - 1. Williams becomes the fourth player in major league history to hit 500 home runs, joining Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Mel Ott.

1967 - A nine-hour and five-minute doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics sets a major league record for the longest ever. The first game includes a rain delay, and the second goes 19 innings before a Dave Duncan home run gives the Athletics a 6 - 5 victory. Detroit wins the opener 7 - 6.

1977 It’s one of the more famous regular-season moments of the 1970s. In a Yankees-Red Sox game before a national TV audience on NBC’s Game of the Week, star slugger Reggie Jackson and manager Billy Martin go at it in the dugout. Martin pulls Jackson from the game in mid-inning for lack of hustle, and their argument in the dugout becomes the stuff of baseball lore, cementing Jackson’s reputation as a spoiled star and Martin’s image as a rough manager. In that same game, Yankee pitcher Catfish Hunter has an appearance from hell, surrendering four home runs in just 0.2 innings.

1993: Baseball owners voted overwhelmingly, 26-2, in favor of expanding the playoffs for the first time since 1969. The new system, which will begin in 1994, will double the number of teams that qualify for the postseason to eight by realigning each league to three divisions, with two teams qualifying as wild cards.

1993: the Detroit Tigers hit five home runs, including a pair each by Travis Fryman and Dan Gladden, in a 9 - 5 win over the Cleveland Indians. Fryman, Gladden, and Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians also tie an American League record for three players with two or more home runs in a nine-inning game.

2008 - 5 years ago today, Marcus Thames became 1st Tiger since Willie Horton in 1969 to homer in 5 straight games. No Tiger has done it since. His last 8 hits have all been home runs.

2013 - Max Scherzer of the Tigers improves to 10-0, pitching 6 innings of one-hit ball in a 5 - 1 win over the Orioles. He is the first major league starter to go 10-0 since Roger Clemens in 1997, and just the second in Tigers history, following George Mullin, who began the 1909 season with 11 straight wins.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossmcl01.shtml
Claude Rossman 1907-1909.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinzema01.shtml
Matt Kinzer 1990.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pauleda01.shtml
David Pauley 2011.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Hegan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heganji01.shtml
Jim Hegan 1958, coach 1974-1978.

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Hunter day to day after hurting right hamstring.
DETROIT -- After exiting Monday night's game with what Brad Ausmus called a "knotted" hamstring, right fielder Torii Hunter is day to day, according to the Tigers manager.

Hunter blooped a single before sustaining the injury to his right hamstring while rounding first.

"We don't expect, at this point, that it'll be anything long term," Ausmus said. "We'll see how it is tomorrow. [Trainer Kevin Rand] was more optimistic than pessimistic."

The 38-year-old Hunter has had no trouble staying healthy the past few seasons. His last trip to the disabled list came in 2009 when he strained a muscle in his thigh.

In 59 games this season, Hunter is batting .264 with an on-base percentage of .289. He has 13 doubles and nine home runs.

J.D. Martinez, who knocked his second career grand slam in the ninth inning, replaced Hunter on the basepaths. The Tigers still fell to the Royals, 11-8.
Tigers official site
 
Quick hits;

? Luke Putkonen was back in the Tigers' clubhouse Monday after undergoing surgery last week to remove a bone spur from his left elbow. His left arm was in a protective wrap, which he said is expected to be removed Tuesday.
"The swelling's gone down quite a bit," he said. "They didn't really say [to] start playing catch [in] maybe four, six, eight weeks. [It] depends how it recovers."

? Hours after being optioned back to Triple-A Toledo, relief prospect Corey Knebel returned with a statement outing, striking out three of five batters over 1 2/3 perfect innings Sunday against Buffalo. It marked his longest perfect outing of the season.

? The Tigers took a page out of their Spring Training workout plan and had pitchers take fielding practice prior to their pregame batting practice Monday afternoon. Ausmus has occasionally scheduled extra work in the middle of homestands, including a session of pickoff work last month.
 
Quick hits;

? Luke Putkonen was back in the Tigers' clubhouse Monday after undergoing surgery last week to remove a bone spur from his left elbow. His left arm was in a protective wrap, which he said is expected to be removed Tuesday.
"The swelling's gone down quite a bit," he said. "They didn't really say [to] start playing catch [in] maybe four, six, eight weeks. [It] depends how it recovers."

? Hours after being optioned back to Triple-A Toledo, relief prospect Corey Knebel returned with a statement outing, striking out three of five batters over 1 2/3 perfect innings Sunday against Buffalo. It marked his longest perfect outing of the season.

? The Tigers took a page out of their Spring Training workout plan and had pitchers take fielding practice prior to their pregame batting practice Monday afternoon. Ausmus has occasionally scheduled extra work in the middle of homestands, including a session of pickoff work last month.
 
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