Castellanos praised Cameron Maybin’s game-tying home run in the fourth inning as a major lift but insisted the Tigers weren’t sitting back, even after his three-run shot opened things up. The Tigers are still four games over.500 despite being 0-11 against Cleveland.
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Detroit manager Brad Ausmus believes there’s a simple reason for his team’s problems against Cleveland. Sanchez, who has been relegated to the bullpen twice this season as a result of his precipitous decline, gave up seven runs on five hits and walked four batters over just 4 1/3 innings of work Tuesday. Josh Tomlin will be making his fourth start of the season against Detroit, so far he is 3-0 with a 2.61 earned run average against the Tigers.
Lackey (7-5) allowed six runs, five earned, six hits and five walks in six innings, dropping to 0-3 in his past five starts.
Fox Sports Time Ohio play-by-play voice Matt Underwood said: “Tomlin was trying to get Maybin to expand his zone”. Hit a three-run homer in the fifth.
Eric Fryer burned his former team with two hits and three RBIs as Pittsburgh beat St. Louis.
Indians manager Terry Francona says the streak is a part of a bigger picture, which is what concerns him most.
The ejection, the eighth of Cabrera’s career, came with the Indians leading 8-0. Realizing he didn’t have a play at first, Lindor turned the other way and fired to third to nab the lead runner and end the inning.
For Wednesday’s game, the Tigers will be rolling with right-hander Michael Fulmer. I thought Nap going first to third kind of set up that whole inning.
“We’ve got some guys who are exhausted and grinding to the All-Star break”, Napoli said.
Tomlin retired Miguel Cabrera on a fly out, but Victor Martinez doubled off the center-field wall. Chisenhall followed with a double down the right field line, scoring Napoli and sending Ramirez to third.
“As soon as the ball was hit I felt Moya starting to run”, Lindor said. Cabrera has no home runs and one RBI against the Indians in 2016.2.
“As a hitter, when you feel like the bat is taken out of your hands, that can push you over the edge”, Ausmus said. “He’s a big part of our offense”.
“With Cleveland, there’s been no dagger”.
They’ve now lost 11 in a row against Cleveland. “The dagger was the double play that ended the game”. “The dagger was that [game-ending], ninth-inning double play”, Castellanos said.
Freddy Galvis’ two-run homer in the eighth inning put the Philadelphia Phillies ahead for the first time in the game as they held on to score a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves. Parnell replaces RHP Buck Farmer, who was optioned to Toledo. Tomlin saw himself produce yet another easy half inning in the second for the Indians, keeping the Tigers off the scoreboard. Cabrera is the first Detroit position player to go to seven consecutive All-Star games since C Bill Freehan went to 10 straight from 1964-73. They had won the first 11 meetings with Detroit in the 19-game season series.
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