Price won six of his last seven outings against the Twins with a 1.87 ERA over that span.
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The two combined to give the Detroit Tigers a familiar result against division rival Minnesota.
The urgency to acquire a starter best be hitting a fever pitch in the Tigers’ front office if they have any hopes of contending in the second half. There wasn’t much else worth savoring from this series at Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Torii Hunter’s towering two-run homer into the third deck against his former team highlighted a 16-hit afternoon for Minnesota, and the Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 Saturday. That team, however, slumped to a 35-33 showing in the second half and missed the postseason after falling to John Danks and the Chicago White Sox in Game 163.
DH – Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: A-Rod claims he didn’t take the All-Star snub to heart, but he’s certainly playing like a man possessed.
Hughes retired Martinez the next time on a called third strike that upset the veteran designated hitter enough to prompt an ejection by home plate umpire Marty Foster. “Good at-bats. When you hit him second, he knows what to do there as far as taking pitches and using the whole field”. They have yet to fall below. “And that has a lot to do with our leadership, and I think that’s a quality that’s really going to help us moving forward”. “You’ve got a few innings left”, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.
Fantasy Impact: In his last 30 games Cespedes has 39 hits including five home runs to go with 23 runs scored and 19 RBI. In hits, home runs, and RBIs, his numbers have all gone up from 2013 to 2014, and then 2014 to 2015. He has given up one run or less in four of his last five starts, a stretch in which he has a 1.97 ERA and has struck out 38 batters in 32 innings.
Neftali Feliz made his debut in the Tigers’ sputtering bullpen, a week after the Texas Rangers released their ex- closer and 2010 AL Rookie of the Year award victor.
The tardy crime designed a conqueror of left-hander David Price, whom navigated by means of first hardship to do eight innings of two-run ball’s, …
Neil Walker had three hits, including a two-run homer in the fourth, his seventh home run of the season that extended the Pirates’ lead to 5-2.
Kelly Johnson connected for his ninth homer, a three-run shot in the sixth inning and Cameron Maybin singled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to a career-high tying 10 games (see full recap).
Simon allowed 10 hits and seven runs, five earned.
NOTES: Tigers RHP Shane Greene was recalled from Triple-A Toledo following the game on Saturday in time to make a spot start on Sunday. But it ended in a different way than most imagine, he was hit by the pitch, thus driving Sano in from third. If anyone wants to win, especially a championship, have to play better. “I feel like it happened so quickly; bam, bam, bam and we win the game. Simple”, Martinez said.
Trout went 3-for-5 while driving in four runs, hitting his 25th and 26th homers of the season in the process.
After a clean inning from Buck Farmer in the bottom of the fourth, the Tigers picked up right where they left off on the comeback trail.
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The Detroit Tigers will limp into the All-Star break with an even. 500 mark after dropping the series finale in Minnesota on Sunday, 7-1. Baltimore RHP Kevin Gausman (1-0, 3.09 ERA) will oppose Minnesota RHP Kyle Gibson (6-6, 3.04).
