Zimmermann looked very rusty... not ready. He gave up 6 runs in 1.2 innings. Sox up, 6-1. Lotsa time left tho.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 61 45 .575 - Detroit 59 49 .551 3 Chi. White Sox 52 56 .477 10 Kansas City 51 57 .472 11 Minnesota 43 65 .398 19
Tigers Kinsler 2B Collins CF Cabrera 1B VMart DH JDMartinez RF Castellanos 3B Upton LF McCann C Iglesias SS _______________________Syndergraad vs Verlander__7:10pm Mets Granderson DH De Aza CF Walker 2B Bruce RF Loney 1B Johnson 3B Nimmo LF Rivera C Reynolds SS Pitching: RH Justin Verlander (11-6, 3.54 ERA) Pitching: RH Noah Syndergaard (9-5, 2.48 ERA)
Tigers earn a 4-3 victory. Verlander improves his record to 12-6 on the season. AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 61 46 .570 - Detroit (53) 60 49 .550 2 Chi. White Sox (46) 52 56 .481 9? Kansas City (44) 51 58 .468 11 Minnesota (37) 44 65 .404 18
Mets 1. Curtis Granderson (L) CF 2. Ty Kelly (S) LF 3. Neil Walker (S) 2B 4. Jay Bruce (L) RF 5. Wilmer Flores (R) 1B 6. Travis d'Arnaud (R) C 7. Kelly Johnson (L) 3B 8. Rene Rivera (R) DH 9. Matt Reynolds (R) SS ______________________________Verrett vs Boyd__7:10pm Tigers 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Tyler Collins (L) CF 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 7. Justin Upton (R) LF 8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
For the 2nd day in a row, the Tigers grab a quick 1-0 lead on a Cabrera RBI (Cabrera doubled to left scoring Collins). Go Tigers!
Tigers have a 5-run 4th inning to take a 6-1 lead. The Mets get 2 runs back in the top of the 5th inning. Miguel Cabrera already with 3 RBIs.
The Mets are making things interesting by scoring 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning. Detroit needs to tighten up the defense.
Tigers hold on for a 6-5 victory over the Mets. Detroit keeps pace with Cleveland - who won 5-2 today in New York (Damn Yankees!).
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 62 46 .574 - Detroit (52) 61 49 .555 2 Chi. White Sox (44) 53 57 .482 10 Kansas City (43) 52 58 .473 11 Minnesota (35) 44 66 .400 19
Tigers' Nick Castellanos leaves game with fracture in left hand DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos left Saturday night's game after fracturing a bone in his hand, the team announced. Castellanos suffered a "non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his left hand" when he was hit by a pitch from Mets starter Logan Verrett in the fourth inning. He stayed in the game and came around to score but he was replaced on defense the next inning by Mike Aviles. Castellanos, 24, has been the Tigers everyday third baseman since 2014. In 105 games this year, he was batting .286 with 18 home runs and 58 RBI. Recovery time for a fracture of this nature could be anywhere from 2-8 weeks. With Castellanos headed to the disabled list, the Tigers could turn to veteran infielder Casey McGehee, who has hit well in Triple-A Toledo. Tigers utility men Andrew Romine and Mike Aviles also have experience at third base. McGehee was removed from the Mud Hen's game at Indianapolis shortly after Castellanos suffered the injury. In 108 games in Toledo, McGehee is hitting .325 with an OPS of .833. McGehee has played 598 MLB games and logged more than 5,000 innings at third base in his career. He was the everyday third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010 and 2011, and for the Miami Marlins in 2014.
Mets 1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF 2. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF 3. Neil Walker (S) 2B 4. Jay Bruce (L) DH 5. James Loney (L) 1B 6. Michael Conforto (L) LF 7. Travis d'Arnaud (R) C 8. Kelly Johnson (L) 3B 9. Matt Reynolds (R) SS _______________________________deGrom vs Sanchez__1:10pm Tigers 1. Tyler Collins (L) CF 2. Jose Iglesias (R) SS 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Justin Upton (R) LF 7. Casey McGehee (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) 2B
