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Hunter still optimistic about weekend return.
DETROIT -- Torii Hunter hit the field Wednesday at Comerica Park to test out his sore right hamstring a bit while playing catch with third-base coach Dave Clark to keep his arm fresh. However, he was still eyeing this weekend's series in Cleveland for his return.
Hunter said Wednesday morning his hamstring, which cramped up on him last weekend before forcing him out of Monday's game running to first base on a base hit, was feeling "a lot better," but it was still not playable. He has not swung a bat, let alone run bases.
Tigers official site
 
Tigers alarmed by frequency of bullpen use.
DETROIT -- Somebody had to pitch the ninth inning, manager Brad Ausmus said Tuesday night. The way the Tigers have been struggling early in games, that's the way a lot of final innings have been going lately.
The workload is piling up.

"It's a concern long term, for sure, looking ahead to August, September," Ausmus said. "Somebody had to pitch the ninth. Really didn't want to have to use Al [Alburquerque], Joba [Chamberlain], or Joe [Nathan] or [Ian] Krol for that matter. Somebody had to pitch it."

It ended up being Alburquerque, whose 35th appearance of the season put him one behind Cleveland lefty Marc Rzepczynski for the American League lead. Ausmus said last weekend that he wanted to watch Alburquerque's workload, and he had been using him in one- or two-batter stints to save his pitches. Alburquerque has been stretched out to full innings twice since then.

Alburquerque is not alone among Tigers relievers nearing the league lead in appearances. Ian Krol, who has not pitched since Saturday after dealing with shoulder soreness, still ranks just outside the AL top 10 with 33 appearances. Joba Chamberlain has 31 appearances.

All those totals come on a Tigers team that has played fewer games than any other team in baseball thanks to early-season rainouts and off-days. The club will have to make up games over the second half, which means more innings to cover.

Either Detroit will need other relievers to step up, or its starters will have to resume their inning-eating ways from past years and earlier this season. If not, the workload on the core relievers could prove unsustainable.
Tigers official site
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/06/tigers_royals_drew_smyly.html
Royals 2 - Tigers 1: Drew Smyly's strong start spoiled after bats fall silent in third straight loss to KC.
mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/20140618/SPORTS02/306180148/detroit-tigers-kansas-city-royals-recap
Tigers' offense struggles this time as slide continues.
freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...9/Tigers-toothless-third-straight-loss-Royals
Tigers toothless in third straight loss to Royals.
detnews

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...014_06_18_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Ball keeps bouncing Royals' way as Tigers fall.
Unlucky ricochets, former Tiger Infante spoil Smyly's solid seven-plus.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...d=det#gid=2014_06_18_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
Tigers official site
 
http://newenglishd.com/2014/06/18/how-was-the-game-june-18-2014/
How Was The Game? (June 18, 2014).
from the nedtb

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/6/...rop-third-straight-game-2nd-place-al-central-
Royals 2 - Tigers 1: Toothless Tigers drop third straight, fall 1 1/2 games out of first.
from bybtb

http://motorcitybengals.com/2014/06...-luck-and-cold-bats-en-route-to-another-loss/
Detroit Tigers experience bad luck and cold bats en route to another loss.
from mcbtb

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/detro...ll-silent-in-ugly-loss-to-kansas-city-royals/
Despite Consistent Pitching, Detroit Tigers? Bats Fall Silent in Ugly Loss to Kansas City Royals.
from Tigers101
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/06/detroit_tigers_manager_brad_au_2.html
Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus offers apology after making sarcastic 'beat my wife' comment.
mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/20140618/SPORTS02/306180162/detroit-tigers-brad-ausmus-joke
Detroit Tigers' Brad Ausmus apologizes for over-the-line joke after loss.
freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...rad-Ausmus-apologizes-joke-about-beating-wife
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus apologizes for joke about beating wife.
detnews

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/6/...-apologizes-for-post-game-i-beat-my-wife-joke
Brad Ausmus apologizes for post-game 'I beat my wife' joke.
from bybtb
 
June 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1953 Al Kaline signs with the Tigers and scout Ed Katalinas. In less than a week Kaline has his first major league at bat, and the rest is a great HOF career in baseball history.

1963 - Gates Brown of the Detroit Tigers becomes the eleventh player in American League history to hit a home run in his first at-bat in a loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

1972: The United States Supreme Court rules against former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood, who had sued Major League Baseball over the reserve clause after being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The ruling upholds baseball's antitrust exemption, which was originally granted in 1922.

1994 - The Detroit Tigers hit at least one home run in their 25th consecutive game when Mickey Tettleton goes deep against the Toronto Blue Jays.

2009: Marcus Thames hits a pair of two-run home runs as Detroit beats Milwaukee, 10 - 4, in a rain-shortened game that ends with one out in the bottom of the 7th, after being delayed for more than two hours in the 4th. Zach Miner picks up the win in relief in the wild game in which video replay reviews deprive Dusty Ryan of an apparent home run in the 1st but grant one to Miguel Cabrera two innings later.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Cicotte
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cicoted01.shtml
Ed Cicotte 1905.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/slatoji01.shtml
Jim Slaton 1978, 1986.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberwi01.shtml
Willis Roberts 1999.

from baseball reference
 
Most Go-Ahead/Tying HR in 9th Inning or Later Since 2003
Miguel Cabrera 20
Adam Dunn 19
Alex Rodriguez 18
David Ortiz 17
 
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