A second issue was Miguel Cabrera, who had a solo home run plus an RBI single, getting hit near the left kneecap by a pitch in the seventh inning. Cabrera, who was 3 for 3 with a home run in the game, is considered day to day, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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Tampa Bay Rays center fielder and former Bishop Luers star Kevin Kiermaier is expected to miss extended time after breaking two bones in his left hand Saturday trying to make a catch in Detroit.
Zimmermann exited in the sixth a strained groin, and Cabrera was taken out the following inning with a bruised knee.
“He’s a very positive guy and uplifting, ” J.D. Martinez said.
Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier will require surgery to fix a pair of fractures in his left hand and will miss the next eight to 10 weeks of action as a result, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (links to Twitter).
“We all know what he did for us when he came up last September”.
As the Tampa Bay Rays were starting to heat up offensively, they have lost one of their hottest hitters of late in Kevin Kiermaier. Today, I just really didn’t care about results.
“So we’re going to hold off on anything concerning Zimm until we get a diagnosis”, Ausmus said.
Kiermaier sustained the injury over the weekend running in on a fly ball dropping into shallow center field. He’s a shortstop first but has played every position in the Tampa Bay farm system and handled four innings in right field since being in the bigs.
Rays: RP Brad Boxberger (adductor surgery) was slated to make a rehab appearance Saturday night for Triple-A Durham, at home against Rochester.
The Tigers scored twice in the first, once in the second and three times in the third inning off Rays starter Chris Archer.
Archer allowed six runs and eight hits in three innings.
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Zimmermann entered 6-2 with a 2.45 ERA. Ausmus said Buck Farmer is being called up.
