MRI results were not immediately made available but Ausmus is pessimistic about a quick recovery. Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said he would mix-and-match Alex Avila, Marte, Andrew Romine and possibly Josh Wilson at first base in Cabrera’s absence. “I couldn’t tell you if there’s going to be any other body here any time”. But we’re going to have to find a way to get it done without him, at least for the next month and a half or so. Avila, the Tigers’ regular catcher, tumbled into the stands to snag catcher Russell Martin’s foul pop in the fourth. “So the sooner the better we can get him back”. “But we did what we do, which is hang around, get some hits and make things interesting”. It proved to be a costly out when Yoenis Cespedes followed with a single to left field and scored Anthony Gose.
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The lineup produces eight runs Friday, the biggest output since June 22. After an RBI groundout by Victor Martinez, J.D. Martinez is a candidate to take his usual No. 3 spot in the order.
“We won the game, and that makes it a good day”, Sanchez said. He, in my eyes, is the best hitter in baseball.
Cabrera, 32, has thrived at the plate in 2015, batting.350/.456/.578 to complement 15 home runs and 54 RBIs. Gorzelanny was brought in as a veteran lefty, but posted a 6.38 ERA in 30 appearances. Wacha allowed just one run over seven outstanding innings. The Tigers are one team that could match up with the Marlins in a trade.
Price’s career record against Toronto improved to 16-2. The Tigers cruised to an 8-3 victory one day later behind David Price, who yielded one run in seven innings. He walked just one batter and threw 114 pitches for a dominant performance.
-C Bryan Holaday was optioned to Triple-A Toledo on Friday. But it’s never reassuring when your 32-year-old slugger is making his first trip to the disabled list.
Moss’ 14th home run of the season came in the second inning.
Further complicating matters, the Blue Jays still don’t know who’s starting Tuesday’s game.
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“I would be concerned about putting Victor at first and losing him for an extended period of time”, he said.
Yet, according to ESPN Stats and Info, nobody has played more games in the 11 full seasons he’s been in the majors than Miguel Cabrera’s 1,809. Their rotation ERA of 4.59 is the second-worst in the American League.
“I just didn’t have a real good feel for it today”, Dickey said. The 24-year-old reliever, who began his pro career in 2010, relies on a mid-90s fastball and an above-average changeup.
Chasen Shreve (6-1) walked two and gave up two hits and a run in the 12th but got a key inning-ending double play.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “I was concerned”. “He immediately said he couldn’t play”.
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The runner on first base was Tigers superstar Miguel Cabrera, and when Cabrera broke for second, he came up lame and was later diagnosed with a strained calf muscle. The Tigers expect the two-time AL MVP to go on the disabled list. He underwent season-ending surgery April 29.
