“It is a grade-3 calf strain, and it’s probably going to be six weeks”, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said Saturday.
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When Major League Baseball unveiled the voting totals Sunday night, Miguel Cabrera was tabbed the American League’s starting first baseman, even though it’s obvious now he won’t be able to play. “I would say going from third might be easier (than from catcher), just because you’re used to taking ground balls on the corner infield position”.
“Dave always looks at the options, so I’m sure he’s scouring names”, Ausmus said. He returned to the lineup on Friday, after missing almost two months due to issues with his left knee.
Losing Cabrera is, without question, a devastating blow, but more so than just about any team, the Tigers have a lineup capable of surviving without a player of that caliber. He has played some first base in the past, not a ton. “I had it in the back”.
“It felt like a cramp on the first pitch of the last inning”, Osuna said. Cabrera was stationed at first with no outs and a 3-2 count to Victor Martinez when the Tigers elected to put him in motion. After the throw by McCann, Avila blocked the bag from Travis in the fifth inning. I got a chance to make one in Cuba, and it feels pretty good.
“I can only go with the roster I have today”, Ausmus said. “A cramp in my lower back, right side… nothing serious”.
ATLANTA | Cameron Maybin drove in the go-ahead run with a chopper against Max Scherzer that bounced over third base in the ninth inning, lifting Atlanta to a victory over Washington. “I couldn’t tell you if there’s going to be any other body here any time”.
Hours after announcing that Cabrera would miss up to six weeks with the injury, Detroit scored four first-inning runs en route to an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.
Gregory Polanco’s sacrifice fly gave the Pirates a 1-0 lead in the second.
In the last two seasons, Cabrera played through a sports hernia, a broken bone in his foot and bone spurs in his ankles. He has 12 doubles and 28 RBIs in that stretch. Against the New York Yankees on June 19, he was tagged for six runs on 10 hits (including three home runs) over 6 2/3 innings. The Blue Jays choked off Detroit’s momentum with two seventh-inning runs after reliever Drew VerHagen walked the bases loaded.
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg left Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants in the fourth inning after experiencing tightness in his left side. Alex Wilson has been good, but still hasn’t earned the trust of Ausmus to take over the eighth inning job permanently.
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That made the score 7-0 at an opportune moment, for Jays starter Marco Estrada began to flag in the bottom of the fifth, when he gave up a two-run triple to Ian Kinsler. Avila’s been light-hitting during his career with plenty of strikeouts, but his bat has enough pop to compensate for the loss of a slugger, and he’s been hitting decently while rehabbing with the Mud Hens at a. 300 clip with one home run and five RBI. He is on pace for 46 home runs for the 2015 season.
