Unfortunately, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Kansas City Royals 6-1 in the middle game of their three-game set.
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He hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning off Shane Greene and the Tigers went on to lose, 4-1, on Wednesday night at Comerica Park. Sanchez, who struck out eight, departed after the seventh.Greene (2-3) allowed three runs in his lone inning as the Tigers lost for the eighth time in 10 games.Detroit left fielder Tyler Collins came out after the seventh inning with a right knee contusion.
The Royals have won seven-of-eight and are back home tonight to begin a four-game series with the Twins at Kauffman Stadium.
NEW YORK – Chad Green struck out 11 in six dominant innings, Aaron Judge delivered again with an RBI double and Dellin Betances escaped a big ninth-inning jam, leading New York over Toronto. The A’s scored once in the ninth to force extra innings and added two runs in the 10th to take a 4-2 lead.
Rookie Matt Strahm (1-0) collected his first major league victory with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Anibal Sanchez: After a game in which he was tattooed at Texas, the Tigers starter didn’t surrender a hit until the seventh. Now, as we enter the back half of August, he’s quite arguably the best starting pitcher in the American League.
Verlander’s first pitch was a 94 miles per hour fastball for a called strike, but the second was a hanging slider and Mondesi drove it just inside the right-field foul pole for his first career homer.
The Tigers’ last no-hitter came on May 7, 2011, when Justin Verlander accomplished the feat for the second time in his career.
Hosmer restored Kansas City’s two-run lead with a seventh-inning homer to center field that was estimated at 443 feet. First pitch is at 7:15 p.m. Walks to Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon were Sanchez’s only blemishes through six innings, and he tallied eight strikeouts along the way. He was hit by a pitch in the sixth.
When I asked Clint why multi-millionaires would be motivated by 25 cents, Clint said it wasn’t the amount, it was the competition.
In hot pursuit of a playoff spot, the Detroit Tigers can’t afford to lose slugger Miguel Cabrera.
Verlander walked Mondesi on his 112th and final pitch, loading the bases. “So that will make things easier in the clubhouse”. Opponents are hitting.178 against that pitch in Duffy’s seven starts since the All-Star break.
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Tigers: Detroit plays Boston on Thursday in the first of a four-game series.
