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http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/08/18/alburquerque-returns-to-detroit-to-have-elbow-examined/
Alburquerque returns to Detroit to see doctor.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_al_alburquerque_7.html
Detroit Tigers' Al Alburquerque meets with team doctor, complains of elbow tightness.
from Mlive

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2012/08/alburquerque-checked-out-by-tigers-docs.html
Al Alburquerque checked out by Tigers docs after elbow soreness.
from the Oakland Press
 
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Anibal Sanchez has put together a pretty solid seven-year career to fall back on when he struggles. So for the right-hander, his 1-3 record and 7.97 ERA since coming to Detroit is nothing more than a small obstacle.

"I'm the guy who thinks everything happens for a reason," Sanchez said. "And I'm just going to use it as that. Just keep working hard, probably another bullpen to [work on] keeping my ball down, and hope for a good game on Wednesday."

Sanchez said he hasn't made drastic mechanical changes during his extra time off and hasn't watched too much film of himself to make those corrections, but he's working in the bullpen on keeping the ball down around the knees.

"We're working to pull the ball down. That's the key right now," Sanchez said.

Part of the reason Sanchez hasn't made any major adjustments is because pitching coach Jeff Jones didn't find the need for an overhaul.

"There's nothing major as far as delivery is concerned," Jones said.

Jones has been great at spotting small mechanical issues. He worked with Rick Porcello to bring his glove overhead during his windup, which Porcello has said helps keep his pitches down. He also assisted Max Scherzer with a small hand placement problem before his delivery earlier this year.

Jones said he had a talk with Sanchez about the pressure of being traded at the non-waiver Trade Deadline and finding himself in the midst of a pennant race.

"[I told him] don't press," Jones said. "Don't try to do more than what you can. I told him yesterday, 'You're going to be huge for us down the stretch. You've been successful and you're going to be successful again.'"
from the Tigers official site
 
Starting with Saturday night against Zach Britton, the Tigers entered a stretch in which they will face five consecutive left-handed starting pitchers. It's the second time this season the team's had such a stretch, the last coming from July 4-8. Detroit won all five of those contests heading into the All-Star break.

Last time, Tigers manager Jim Leyland was concerned. Now? Not even a little, he said.

A good deal of that confidence can be credited to that July win streak, when the Tigers entered the stretch 8-13 vs. southpaws and on the verge of closing out the first half of the season below .500 before rattling off five consecutive victories.

It can also be credited to the presence of Jeff Baker, who was acquired on Aug. 5 from the Cubs. For Leyland, one of the team's biggest holes had been not having another reliable right-handed hitter on the bench to insert against lefties. In Baker, he now has that piece, but also somebody good enough to start for a stretch.

"Baker's probably happy. He'll get a chance to get some consecutive at-bats for a while," said Leyland, who had Baker penciled in to bat eighth and play in right field on Saturday. "That'll be good for him. I'm sure he'll be tickled."

Baker had 11 at-bats and three starts since coming to Detroit entering Saturday. And although he certainly wasn't complaining about his role, he welcomes the opportunity.

"I don't really care where I play," Baker said. "It's about trying to give the guys a lift that day. And you know, when you're in there, whether you're in there for a starter that's getting a day off or, in this case, when you're out there platooning in the outfield, you're just ready to go."
from the Tigers official site
 
Around this time last year, newly acquired Tiger Delmon Young was embarking on the late-season run that helped Detroit win its first division title since 1987, with 32 RBIs in 40 games.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland believes Young can play a big part again, enough that he's going to give the right-handed hitter every chance to do it.

"I would say it's safe to say Delmon's going to be in there for the most part every single day," Leyland said.

That's a bit of a change from last homestand, when Leyland said upon Andy Dirks' return that he would be trying to fit in six outfielders to four spots -- including DH -- and that some might not be playing every day. Yet other than a game off against the Yankees, Young has played pretty much every day for the past two weeks.

Saturday marked Young's 13th start in Detroit's last 14 games. He's batting .300 (12-for-40) with four doubles, a home run and five RBIs over his last 10 games.

The Tigers have a string of five consecutive games against left-handed starters beginning Saturday, anyway, so Young was going to be playing regularly for the near term regardless.
from the Tigers official site
 
Small tweak appears to have Benoit on track.
Lost in the depths of Prince Fielder's home runs Friday night was the performance of the Tigers' bullpen to hold down a game Fielder tied. That included Joaquin Benoit, whose second perfect inning in three days furthered the hope that his midsummer struggles are behind him.

Pitching coach Jeff Jones is among the most hopeful.

Benoit needed 12 pitches, eight of them strikes, to retire the Orioles in order Friday night. He didn't record a strikeout, but none of the balls the O's hit got out of the infield. Matt Wieters, whose two-run homer off Justin Verlander in his previous at-bat put the O's in front, grounded out to second. Chris Davis swung and missed at back-to-back changeups before popping out to short, then Joe Mahoney lined out to second base.

Add that to his perfect inning with two strikeouts Wednesday at Minnesota, and Benoit has gone consecutive outings without a baserunner for the first time in four weeks.

Jones said he and Benoit made a tweak to try to get his front leg higher in his delivery. By doing that, Jones said, Benoit's balance in his delivery should be better, and he should be able to get more turn when he throws.

It's a small tweak, but to Jones, it wasn't a big issue to begin with. Benoit has given up 11 hits over 13 innings since the All-Star break, which isn't unusual. The fact that seven of those 11 hits were home runs is.

"He just went through a crazy stretch, in my opinion," Jones said Saturday. "You can't go out there and try to give up home runs and give up that many."
from the Tigers official site
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_rick_porcello_4.html
Detroit Tigers' late-inning rally comes up short, Baltimore Orioles squeak out 3-2 win.
from Mlive

http://www.freep.com/article/201208...oit-tigers-baltimore-orioles?odyssey=nav|head
Baltimore 3 - Detroit 2: Tigers strand baserunners, fall to Orioles.
from the freep

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/08/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=777625&feedID=3701
Tigers threaten in 8th, fall short vs. Orioles.
from DetroitFox

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...-loss-Orioles?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Sports
Tigers waste one scoring chance after another in loss to Orioles.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...012_08_18_balmlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=det
Porcello handed loss as Tigers can't finish rally.
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/mlb/g...d=det#gid=2012_08_18_balmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box
Boxscore.
from the Tigers official site

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/8/...-detroit-fails-to-capitalize-on-opportunities
Orioles 3 - Tigers 2: Detroit fails to capitalize on opportunities.
from blessyouboystigersblog
 
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kalinecountry said:
http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/08/18/alburquerque-returns-to-detroit-to-have-elbow-examined/
Alburquerque returns to Detroit to see doctor.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/detroit_tigers_al_alburquerque_7.html
Detroit Tigers' Al Alburquerque meets with team doctor, complains of elbow tightness.
from Mlive

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2012/08/alburquerque-checked-out-by-tigers-docs.html
Al Alburquerque checked out by Tigers docs after elbow soreness.
from the Oakland Press
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X-rays negative on Al Alburquerque. He'll rejoin Mud Hens on road tomorrow, likely to pitch Monday. Rehab assignment runs thru Wed.
Jason Beck
 
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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/08/jhonny_peraltas_mistake_of_jud.html
Jhonny Peralta's baserunning blunder squashes Detroit Tigers' late-inning rally in 3-2 loss.
from Mlive

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/08/18/leyland-dont-try-for-2nd-just-to-disrupt-throw-home/
Leyland: Don’t try for 2nd just to disrupt throw home.
from Jason Beck

STATS Inc. keeps a category known as unforced errors on the basepaths. According to STATS, the Tigers have made 38 outs trying to take an extra base, third-highest among AL teams behind the Angels and Rays.
 
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August 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1917 - Coaching at third base in a 1 - 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2 - 0.

1921 - At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers in a 10 - 0 Tigers win. LF Bobby Veach is 4 for 4, and the Tigers bang out 19 hits. Only RF Harry Heilmann is hitless but still batting .403 on the season.

1950: The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000 for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another $175,000 more.

1951: Wearing uniform number 1/8, forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches from Tigers' Bob Cain in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Finigan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finigji01.shtml
Jim Finigan 1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lashefr01.shtml
Fred Lasher 1967-1970.

from baseball reference
 
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