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Tigers coaches, including Leyland and Tom Brookens, spent extra time at the start of pregame batting practice Wednesday working with Berry on bunt technique. It's a point of improvement for the Tigers with Berry, who has more bunt hits (six) than the rest of the team combined (four) but also has had his share of bunt attempts go awry. According to research from STATS Inc., Berry has attempted 31 bunts trying for a hit, and tried 11 sacrifice bunts with three successes. Berry entered Wednesday night ranked fourth in the American League in bunt hits despite spending the first six weeks of the season at Triple-A Toledo. The three players ahead of him -- Erick Aybar, Alcides Esocbar and Ben Revere -- have all been up longer.