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Kinsler putting up All-Star numbers.
Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler may be second in All-Star Game balloting behind the Mariners' Robinson Cano, but he's certainly been hitting like an All-Star starter of late.

Kinsler had six consecutive multihit games going into Saturday's game against the Astros, the longest such streak of his career. He's the first Tigers player to have a streak that long since Miguel Cabrera in 2011. No Tigers player has had seven consecutive multihit games since Frank Bolling in 1960.

Through this stretch, Kinsler hit .519 with eight runs, two homers and six RBIs. With 1,338,272 votes in the most recent update, Kinsler trailed Cano, who had 2,007,055 votes.

Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15 on FOX.
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Mechanical tweak has Verlander on right track.
Justin Verlander said no pitch felt normal on Friday night, but there was at least one fifth-inning at-bat where Verlander looked like ? well, himself.

With ever-pesky Jose Altuve on second and fastball-seeking, powerful rookie Jon Singleton batting, Verlander reached back and hurled like it was 2011.
Fastball, fastball, fastball. Swing, swing, swing. Miss, miss, miss.

"I feel like I'm still a power pitcher with the work I'm putting in," Verlander said. "It's going to come back."

After giving up seven runs to Kansas City on June 16, Verlander sat down with manager Brad Ausmus and pitching coach Jeff Jones to pour over film, new and old. They saw that the right-hander was moving laterally in a way that needed to be changed. They wanted him to move more toward home plate. Verlander said it was the biggest midseason change he's undergone.

Ausmus said pitcher's often make changes of this nature during the offseason. Verlander is no common pitcher, however.

"I felt like this was something we have to do to get him back to where he was," Ausmus said. "As pitchers get older and more mature, they have to make adjustments because, physically, they're going to change."

So between starts, Verlander has been throwing 25-30 pitches in an extra bullpen session. The more he does it in practice, the less he has to think about doing it during a game.

"It's probably more strenuous than I would like it to be," Verlander said. "I'm the kind of person that wants to get out there and repeat it, repeat it, repeat it until the muscle memory kicks in."

The results in his last two starts certainly indicate that the change is working. In his two post-Kansas City starts, Verlander has given up five runs in 13 innings while striking out 16 and walking two.

While Verlander is known for stretching out starts and saving the Tigers' bullpen, he left Friday's 4-3 loss after throwing 105 pitches through six innings. In six of his first eight starts the season, Verlander exceeded six innings, and in his first 14 starts, he threw at least 105 pitches. But the season wears on an arm, and Verlander's struggles have been well-documented. With the extra workload on his arm between starts, however, Ausmus felt it was best for Verlander to leave the game without pushing it.
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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/6/...what-a-difference-a-week-makes-detroit-tigers
Bless You Boys Tigers Blog Podcast 117: What a difference a week makes.

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One week later: Things were looking dire last week. The Tigers had lost 3 straight to the Royals, dropping 1 ? games back and appeared well on their way to 3rd place. Seven days later, the Tigers have 7 wins in a row, and are back to 4 1/2 games up in the Central. Suddenly, the Tigers look like the team which steamrolled the AL in the first 39 games of the season. But what's changed in one week?

Rick Porcello: Kid Rick is off to the best start of his career, and may on his way to the breakout season fans have hoped for since his excellent rookie season. Thursday night Porcello tossed his first career shutout and second complete game, raising his record to 10-4 and lowering his ERA to 3.41.

Weekly bullpen topic: Dave Dombrowski tells MLB Network Radio the team is confident Joe Nathan has turned the corner, and that if the Tigers do add bullpen help ahead of the trade deadline, it'll likely be for a seventh or eighth inning arm.

J.D. Martinez: Named AL Player of the Week, and continues to bash the living Hell out of the ball. It appears the Tigers may have found a player who can fill the badly needed role of a power hitting corner outfielder. Martinez will not be the next coming of Miguel Cabrera, and the jury is still out if the .300 hitting..600 slugging version of the 26-year-old is for real.

Torii Hunter is willing to take a reduced role: The Tigers' corner outfield positions are getting crowded with the breakout of Martinez, the pending return of Andy Dirks and Rajai Davis serving as a solid role player. Hunter sees the writing on the wall and tells the media he is willing to take a part-time role if that's best for the team.

Ian Kinsler's wave: Kinsler homered in his first at-bat in his return to Arlington, then waved to the Texas bench when running to first (with a huge smile on his face). To everyone's surprise, there was no on-field retaliation. Flying under the radar is Kinsler's bat, which has been just as hot as the bats used by Tigers named Martinez.

Tigers reacquire Daniel Schlereth, assign him to Toledo: Really? Schlereth? WHY?
 
June 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1907 - at Bennett Park Ty Cobb steals home for the first time in his career, victimizing the Cleveland battery of pitcher Heinie Berger and catcher Howard Wakefield.

1968: Jim Northrup's third grand slam ties the major-league record for slams in a month (Rudy York, May 1938), and sets a major-league record for slams in a week. The Tigers win 5 - 2 over Chicago, as Denny McLain tallies his 14th victory.

1983 - Mark Fidrych, in the second year of an extended comeback attempt with the Pawtucket Red Sox (International League) retires. The 1976 American League Rookie of the Year was 2-5 with a 9.68 ERA.

1984: Twins rookie Andre David hits a 2-run home run off Jack Morris in his first major league at bat to spark Minnesota to a 5 - 3 win over Detroit before 44,619. It is the only home run David will hit in the big leagues and it stops Morris's 11-game win streak over the Twins. Detroit wins the nitecap 7 - 5 as Kirk Gibson starts the scoring with a two-run homer in the 1st and ends it with a two-run homer in the 9th. The Tigers also score in the 2nd on back-to-back homers by Chet Lemon and Ruppert Jones.

1986 - Detroit beats Milwaukee, 9 - 5, in the first game of a doubleheader split, making Tigers manager Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win 600 games in each league.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Veach
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veachbo01.shtml
Bobby Veach 1912-1923.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dizzy_Trout
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troutdi01.shtml
Dizzy Trout 1939-1952.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/connebi01.shtml
Bill Connelly 1950.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawbo01.shtml
Bob Shaw 1957-1958.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bruce_Kimm
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kimmbr01.shtml
Bruce Kimm 1976-1977.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milleed04.shtml
Eddie Miller 1982.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Bassler
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bassljo01.shtml
Johnny Bassler 1921-1927.

from baseball reference
 
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