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AL RSAA Runs Saved Above Average

LEADERS
1 Justin Verlander 32 *****
2 Chris Sale 28
3 David Price 25
T4 Hiroki Kuroda 23
T4 Jake Peavy 23
T4 Matt Harrison 23
7 Fernando Rodney 21
8 Felix Hernandez 20
9 Robbie Ross 18
10 Jose Quintana 16

WORST
1 Nick Blackburn -36
2 Ubaldo Jimenez -31
3 Josh Tomlin -29
4 Ervin Santana -27
5 Hector Noesi -25
6 Ricky Romero -24
T7 Tommy Hunter -23
T7 Derek Lowe -23
T9 Jonathan Sanchez -21
T9 Justin Masterson -21
T9 Jake Arrieta -21

TEAM TOTALS
1 Rangers 76
2 Rays 72
3 A's 55
4 White Sox 52
5 Tigers 46
6 Yankees 42
7 Orioles 26
8 Red Sox 7
9 Royals 2
10 Mariners -46
11 Blue Jays -47
12 Angels -55
13 Twins -81
14 Indians -131

TIGERS
Justin Verlander 32
Brayan Villarreal 10
Doug Fister 8
Octavio Dotel 8
Joaquin Benoit 7
Max Scherzer 6
Jose Valverde 4
Darin Downs 4
Phil Coke 3
Duane Below 2
Luis Marte 1
Jose Ortega 0
Drew Smyly 0
Luke Putkonen -2
Thad Weber -2
Collin Balester -4
Anibal Sanchez -4
Daniel Schlereth -5
Jacob Turner -5
Adam Wilk -5
Rick Porcello -5
Casey Crosby -7

through September 1st;
from leesininsatmreports
 
Scherzer, Fielder earn Tigers' monthly awards.
Max Scherzer and Prince Fielder were named Tigers Pitcher and Player of the Month, respectively, on Sunday.

Scherzer won four of the five games he pitched in August, and finished the month rattling off four straight as the Tigers jockey for position in the American League Central. Overall, the right-hander went 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA while striking out 44.

And his best performance, eight scoreless innings of four-hit ball against the White Sox on Saturday, didn't even count toward the voting. Scherzer matched a career high by notching his 15th win Saturday night and hasn't allowed more than two runs in a start since Aug. 5. He finished Saturday's start as the Major League leader in strikeouts with 204

For Fielder, the first baseman finished the month batting .370 with six doubles, seven home runs and 21 RBIs. It was by far his best batting average in any month this season -- the next closest a .330 average in May.

Fielder is seven RBIs away from his fifth 100-RBI season and if he continues his success into September, it could mark the first time in the 28-year-old's eight-year career that he hits .300.
from the Tigers official site
 
Garcia shows glimpse of potential, nickname.
For Avisail Garcia, it's not necessarily about just living up to being a highly-regarded five-tool prospect. Try just living up to the nickname his teammates have given him.

"Miggy Jr." is what Garcia goes by in the clubhouse, basically because his teammates believe he looks and apparently walks just like the reigning American League batting champion.

"We make fun of him a little bit, he looks just like Miguel. Even the way he walks around and everything," said catcher Alex Avila after the Tigers' 5-1 victory over the White Sox on Saturday night, a game in which Garcia recorded his first Major League hit and RBI.

Obviously, Garcia has a long way to go before resembling Cabrera at the plate, but the 21-year-old certainly put together a couple of "Cabrera-esque" at-bats.

He began his career -- in a tight pennant race, nonetheless -- working a 10-pitch walk against veteran lefty Francisco Liriano, fouling off four straight two-strike pitches before earning the free pass. He later hit a 99-mph fastball the opposite way for his first hit and RBI.

"Very impressive," manager Jim Leyland said Sunday. "[The walk] was probably more impressive than the hit. ... He's a nice looking young kid and he's got a chance to be a good looking player."

With it being one game, the skipper wasn't getting ahead of himself. He said, as with any rookie, there were a few expected mistakes. With the bases loaded in the third, Garcia struck out on three pitches to end the inning. And Leyland also noted he might've taken a bad route on Paul Konerko's double to right-center in the ninth.

But even Leyland couldn't deny that Garcia has the potential to impact a lot of pennant races similar to this one in the future.

"There's some really crude, raw talent there that's really impressive," he said. "He's got a bright future. At some point, he'll play in Detroit for a long time."
from the Tigers official site
 
Leyland trying to minimize risks with Valverde.
Since Jose Valverde's been with the Tigers, manager Jim Leyland has frequently fielded questions on using his closer in the ninth inning in non-save situations.

Despite Valverde's 4.38 ERA in non-save situations this season, and his 5.79 ERA in the same situations last year, his stance remains the same: Things happen too fast in the Majors to risk not putting in your closer because the team is up by five rather than three runs or fewer.

"My No. 1 thing when I got a four-run lead or something like that and I have to win the game, I don't like to take chances," Leyland said prior to Sunday's game.

For Leyland, that means starting an inning with his closer instead of putting another pitcher in the game, waiting until a couple of guys get on base to make it a save opportunity, then turning to his ninth-inning man.

"All of a sudden you start somebody else and it's four, five to nothing and all of a sudden the first two guys get on [then] you go to your closer," Leyland said. "All of a sudden you're bringing him into a totally different situation. So I think you've got to be careful with that."

It was 5-0 when Valverde entered Saturday night's game against the White Sox. He allowed a double and an RBI triple to make it 5-1, before retiring the final batter.

Had another run scored, the skipper said he would've turned to Brayan Villarreal, who was warming in the bullpen. He preferred not to use the two the other way around and compared it to subbing out Miguel Cabrera defensively late in a game.

"It's liking taking a guy out for defense. I don't like taking Cabrera out in a four-, five-run game," he said. "Things happen too fast. You'd like to save him a little bit on his ankle, but things happen too fast up here."
from the Tigers official site
 
This is what I was thinking of the other game thread when Jackson got that 10th triple...

Austin Jackson among exclusive group of Tigers with triples.
The Tigers were already well ahead Saturday night by the time Austin Jackson tripled and scored in the eighth inning, making his tally an insurance run in the 5-1 victory. As he beat the throw into third base, though, Jackson ran his way into history.

According to research on baseball-reference.com, Jackson's 10th triple made him just the fifth Tigers player with at least 20 doubles, 10 triples, 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases in multiple seasons. He's just the fourth Tiger to do it in back-to-back years.

Curtis Granderson did it in 2007-08, Charlie Gehringer in 1929-30, and Bobby Veach in 1920-21. Ty Cobb hit the marks in 1921 and 1925.

Just three players besides Jackson and Granderson have done it even once over the past 30 years. Carlos Guillen got there in his first season with the Tigers in 2004. Kirk Gibson made it in 1984, two years after Larry Herndon did.

Jackson's triple also extended his American League lead by two over Oakland's Jemile Weeks, who's currently finishing up the season at Triple-A Sacramento, and three over Chicago's Alex Rios. If Jackson holds on, he'll join Granderson (2007-08) as the two Tigers to lead the league in triples in back-to-back seasons since Cobb in 1917-18. Jackson shared last year's crown with Angels speedster Peter Bourjos.

Granderson's big boost in triples came in 2007, after Tigers baserunning coach Andy Van Slyke tried to get him to be more aggressive and think extra bases on contact rather than rounding second base. Jackson doesn't take quite the same approach.

"Sometimes I'm running hard enough where I'm looking up close to second base and they're still running after the ball," Jackson said.
from the Tigers official site
 
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24449741&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Prince Fielder slides to snag a grounder off the bat of Alexei Ramirez, then tosses to Justin Verlander covering first for the out.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24451139&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Brennan Boesch launches a solo home run off the top of the wall in center field, knotting the score at 1 in the fifth inning.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24451059&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Tigers fan one, nab one.
Justin Verlander strikes out Orlando Hudson and Gerald Laird cuts down Tyler Flowers attempting to steal to turn the double play.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24451181&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Austin Jackson reaches safely in the fifth after Paul Konerko cannot cleanly field the slow-roller that hits the first-base bag.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video...451349&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_star_of_the_game
Young's three-run blast.
Delmon Young goes yard off Chris Sale, cranking a three-run shot over the wall in left to give the Tigers a 4-1 advantage.

http://www.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?t..._id=det&partnerId=aw-8132468281484699853-4460
Webvideo Verlander's dominant start.
Justin Verlander stymies the White Sox over eight stellar frames, giving up one run while recording 11 strikeouts to earn win No. 13.

from the Tigers official site
 
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September 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906: Ty Cobb is back in the Detroit lineup for the first time in six weeks. He has a single and steal, but he misplays a Charlie Hemphill fly ball into a home run, and the Tigers lose 1 - 0 to the Browns' Barney Pelty. Rain stops the game after seven innings.

1917: In a twinbill that will resonate for years, the White Sox sweep a pair, to give them 4 wins in the last two days, from the Tigers winning 7 - 5 and 11 - 8, while the Yankees sweep a pair from the Red Sox. Chicago now leads the Red Sox by 6 1/2 games.
Detroit takes the lead in the morning game, driving Red Faber from the mound in the 5th, but Ray Schalk's triple in the 8th seals the win for Chicago.
In the afternoon contest, Detroit again chases Faber and scores seven runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings to take the lead, but Schalk's three-run homer in the 4th, off Bill James, puts Chicago in a lead they never relinquish. Ed Cicotte takes the p.m. game with six innings of relief, while Lefty Williams pitches three innings of hitless relief to win the a.m. game.
The Sox run wild on the bases, stealing seven bases against Oscar Stanage in the opener and five against Archie Yelle in the second game. Two weeks from now, while staying at the Ansonia Hotel in New York, the White Sox will collect $45 from each player as a gift for the Tigers, allegedly as a thank you for beating the Red Sox. But suspicion will linger that some Tigers threw these two critical doubleheaders and Ty Cobb, though he had three hits, will be included in the accusations.

1928: Ty Cobb makes the last of his 4,191 hits, the 724th double of his career, as an A's pinch hitter in the 9th inning against Bump Hadley.

1934: Labor Day doubleheaders define the standings for the final pennant surge. Detroit, rained out in Chicago, holds a 5-game lead over the Yankees, who split a pair with the A's.

1938 - Rudy York of the Tigers hits his 4th grand slam, tying the major league season record.

1961 - After taking the first two games against Detroit, New York is down 5 - 4 in the 9th when Mickey Mantle ties the game with his second homer of the day. Elston Howard wins it with a 3-run drive into the LF stands and Detroit leaves town 4 1/2 games in back of New York.

1967 - Before a Twins crowd of 43,494, Detroit's Earl Wilson pitches a 5 - 0 shutout to narrow the Twins' lead to half a game over the Tigers. The win is Wilson's 19th.

1992: Baseball owners vote 18-9, with one abstention, calling for the resignation of Commissioner Fay Vincent.

1993 - Team owners vote to split the leagues into three divisions and add a wild card round to the playoffs for the 1994 season.

1999: The U.S. District Court upholds the resignations of that 22 Major League umpires made in their union's abortive negotiations on July 14, 1999.

2002: Andy Van Hekken with a fastball topping out in the mid-80s, becomes the first American Leaguer to throw a complete game shutout in his debut since Mike Norris in 1975, and the first Tiger since Schoolboy Rowe in 1933. He stops Cleveland, 4 - 0. The Holland, MI native was 5-0 at Toledo (AAA) before his promotion.

2011: The White Sox rough up Brad Penny for 8 runs over 5 innings, including home runs by Alexei Ramirez, Alejandro de Aza and Brent Morel to take an 8 - 1 lead over the Tigers, but the Bengals stage a dramatic comeback. They claw back to enter the bottom of the 9th trailing 8 - 6, then Ryan Raburn hits a two-run homer to tie the score and Miguel Cabrera follows with a walk-off home run, both shots traveling well over 400 feet at Comerica Park. The 9th-inning power outburst earns Luis Marte his first major league win.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Armour
Bill Armour manager 1905-1906.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Boros
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borosst01.shtml
Steve Boros 1957-1958, 1961-1962.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Luis_Gonzalez
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzalu01.shtml
Luis Gonzalez 1998.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Nate_Robertson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberna01.shtml
Nate Robertson 2003-2009.

from baseball reference
 
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