The Tigers beat the Athletics, 9-4, tonight at Comerica Park, powered by J.D. Martinez and Victor Martinez.
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J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer in the second inning. Although he has three quality starts, Verlander owns a 1.37 WHIP while opposing hitters are batting.276 with five home runs.
Rodriguez has allowed five runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings and is 3 for 4 in save opportunities this season.
Gray (3-2) allowed four runs, two hits and four walks, throwing 65 pitches. Chris Sale fanned six over eight innings of one-run, four-hit ball to move to 5-and-0. These two have split the first two games of the series, with Detroit getting a 7-3 win on Monday and Oakland getting a 5-1 victory on Tuesday.
Collins, 25, is 2 for 20 (.100) this season, so the demotion is not exclusively the result of the middle finger incident.
J.D. Martinez made his manager look awfully smart on Wednesday.
Marcus Semien – The Tigers trailed 3-0 and were still within striking distance when Semien stepped to the plate to face Pelfrey with one on and two outs in the sixth. “I’ve had some close calls, but I’ve been able to get out of them”, Gray said.
Oakland opened the scoring in the fourth on an RBI single by Jed Lowrie. Leading off the fourth, Davis hit a monstrous blast above the high brick wall beyond the left-center fence.
NOTES: The Tigers will promote top prospect Michael Fulmer to make his major-league debut at Minnesota on Friday, manager Brad Ausmus confirmed after the game.
“But like I said, I apologize completely”. The A’s also selected the contract of OF Matt McBride from Triple-A Nashville and optioned RHP Andrew Triggs to Nashville.
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Update, : 1:26 p.m. Wednesday: Tigers outfielder Tyler Collins won’t be suspended by Major League Baseball for flipping Detroit fans the bird after misplaying a routine fly ball, ESPN.com reports. Rodriguez was placed on the list on Sunday.
