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| 913 | DETROIT | +220 | Ov 9.5,+100 | +185 | Ov 9.5,-105 | | 914 | TORONTO | -240 | Un 9.5,-120 | -200 | Un 9.5,-115 |
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| All Games | 60-67 | -6.8 | 67-55 | 4.4 | 0.273 | 0.328 | 0.431 | 0.759 | 4.8 | 0.267 | 0.324 | 0.437 | 0.761 | | Road Games | 30-32 | +3.8 | 35-25 | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.321 | 0.428 | 0.749 | 5.0 | 0.276 | 0.331 | 0.462 | 0.793 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 41-53 | -12.1 | 49-40 | 4.4 | 0.270 | 0.320 | 0.422 | 0.742 | 4.9 | 0.269 | 0.324 | 0.438 | 0.762 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5.3 | 2-5 | 3.1 | 0.249 | 0.302 | 0.426 | 0.728 | 4.7 | 0.236 | 0.306 | 0.386 | 0.692 | | Night Games | 33-46 | -12.9 | 37-37 | 4.0 | 0.264 | 0.318 | 0.412 | 0.730 | 5.1 | 0.276 | 0.329 | 0.457 | 0.786 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.273 | 0.328 | 127 | 4418 | 1207 | 229 | 41 | 129 | 0.431 | 535 | 359 | 983 | 71 | 872 | 145 | 65 | 122 | 54 | | Road Games | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.321 | 62 | 2198 | 588 | 108 | 14 | 72 | 0.428 | 267 | 173 | 533 | 35 | 412 | 70 | 28 | 56 | 23 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.270 | 0.320 | 94 | 3291 | 890 | 169 | 27 | 92 | 0.422 | 394 | 241 | 727 | 50 | 629 | 108 | 50 | 89 | 32 |
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| All Games | 4.50 | 1.449 | 374 | 198 | 187 | 396 | 42 | 146 | 307 | 19-17 | 29 | 15 | 65.9% | | Road Games | 5.11 | 1.489 | 181.4 | 109 | 103 | 201 | 23 | 69 | 152 | 9-9 | 18 | 8 | 69.2% |
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| All Games | 71-56 | +5.9 | 60-59 | 5.4 | 0.263 | 0.330 | 0.444 | 0.775 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.303 | 0.402 | 0.704 | | Home Games | 40-23 | +8 | 24-37 | 5.5 | 0.273 | 0.343 | 0.473 | 0.816 | 3.6 | 0.229 | 0.280 | 0.376 | 0.656 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 19-14 | -0.7 | 18-15 | 5.8 | 0.276 | 0.341 | 0.467 | 0.808 | 4.4 | 0.264 | 0.309 | 0.435 | 0.744 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +1.5 | 6-1 | 8.4 | 0.311 | 0.390 | 0.510 | 0.899 | 4.3 | 0.287 | 0.327 | 0.456 | 0.782 | | Turf Games | 40-23 | +8 | 24-37 | 5.5 | 0.273 | 0.343 | 0.473 | 0.816 | 3.6 | 0.229 | 0.280 | 0.376 | 0.656 | | Night Games | 43-35 | +1.4 | 40-34 | 5.5 | 0.260 | 0.326 | 0.445 | 0.771 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.305 | 0.400 | 0.706 |
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| All Games | 5.4 | 0.263 | 0.330 | 127 | 4296 | 1130 | 238 | 11 | 173 | 0.444 | 655 | 431 | 889 | 63 | 792 | 129 | 71 | 114 | 53 | | Home Games | 5.5 | 0.273 | 0.343 | 63 | 2057 | 561 | 130 | 3 | 92 | 0.473 | 336 | 221 | 387 | 27 | 394 | 58 | 28 | 51 | 28 | | Lefty Starters | 5.8 | 0.276 | 0.341 | 33 | 1119 | 309 | 71 | 4 | 45 | 0.467 | 185 | 110 | 215 | 16 | 197 | 43 | 18 | 27 | 12 |
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| All Games | 3.18 | 1.095 | 370.7 | 143 | 131 | 306 | 38 | 100 | 364 | 16-21 | 27 | 17 | 61.4% | | Home Games | 2.89 | 1.044 | 184 | 65 | 59 | 156 | 17 | 36 | 183 | 6-8 | 12 | 8 | 60% |
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| 8/14/2015 | SIMON(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 1-5 | L | 182 | 8 un | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 8/15/2015 | VERLANDER(R) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 4-2 | W | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 8/16/2015 | BOYD(L) | @ HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | 5-6 | L | 160 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | | 8/18/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HAMMEL(R) | 10-8 | W | 150 | 8.5 ov | O | 19 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 8/19/2015 | NORRIS(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | LESTER(L) | 15-8 | W | 170 | 9 un | O | 21 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 8/20/2015 | SIMON(R) | TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | 4-0 | W | -105 | 9.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | | 8/21/2015 | VERLANDER(R) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 0-2 | L | -125 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | 8/22/2015 | WOLF(L) | TEXAS | GALLARDO(R) | 3-5 | L | -105 | 9 un | U | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 8/23/2015 | BOYD(L) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | 2-4 | L | +120 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 8/24/2015 | FARMER(R) | @ CINCINNATI | SAMPSON(R) | 5-12 | L | 105 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | | 8/25/2015 | SIMON(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 7-8 | L | +110 | 9 ev | O | 12 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | | 8/26/2015 | VERLANDER(R) | LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 5-0 | W | -135 | 9 un | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 8/27/2015 | WOLF(L) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 0-2 | L | +105 | 9 ov | U | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 8/28/2015 | BOYD(L) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 8/29/2015 | FARMER(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | | | 8/30/2015 | SIMON(R) | @ TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | | | 9/1/2015 | VERLANDER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | CUETO(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | WOLF(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | | 9/3/2015 | BOYD(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | VOLQUEZ(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | | CLEVELAND | | |
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| 8/14/2015 | PRICE(L) | NY YANKEES | NOVA(R) | 3-4 | L | -225 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 8/15/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 1-4 | L | -125 | 8 ov | U | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 8/16/2015 | HUTCHISON(R) | NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | 3-1 | W | -125 | 9 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 8/18/2015 | DICKEY(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | NOLA(R) | 8-5 | W | -160 | 8 un | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | | 8/19/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | MORGAN(L) | 4-7 | L | -240 | 9 un | O | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | | 8/21/2015 | PRICE(L) | @ LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 9-2 | W | -175 | 7 ev | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | 8/22/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | @ LA ANGELS | HEANEY(L) | 15-3 | W | -120 | 8 ov | O | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 8/23/2015 | DICKEY(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | 12-5 | W | 100 | 8 ov | O | 17 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | | 8/25/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ TEXAS | HOLLAND(L) | 6-5 | W | -130 | 9 un | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | | 8/26/2015 | PRICE(L) | @ TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 12-4 | W | -180 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | | 8/27/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | @ TEXAS | GALLARDO(R) | 1-4 | L | -115 | 9.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | | 8/28/2015 | DICKEY(R) | DETROIT | BOYD(L) | | | 8/29/2015 | HUTCHISON(R) | DETROIT | FARMER(R) | | | 8/30/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | DETROIT | SIMON(R) | | | 8/31/2015 | PRICE(L) | CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | | | 9/1/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | CLEVELAND | ANDERSON(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | DICKEY(R) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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| |  | DETROIT: DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers had barely finished celebrating a fourth straight division title last year when they were dispatched from the playoffs by Baltimore in a Division Series sweep. Then Kansas City - the team the Tigers fought so hard to hold off in the AL Central - rolled to the AL pennant and came within a game of winning the World Series.
It was enough to turn the Tigers into October afterthoughts for the first time in a while, and now it's fair to wonder whether Detroit's best chance to claim baseball's ultimate prize with its current core of stars has already come and gone.
''I'm not worried about what people are saying about us. I'm more worried about how we perform,'' manager Brad Ausmus said. ''I feel like this team is a winning team. This is a team that has an opportunity to win a World Series.''
The Tigers edged Kansas City by one game in the division last year in Ausmus' first season as manager, and their 90-72 record was similar enough to their previous work during this run of postseason appearances, but a three-game sweep at the hands of the Orioles snapped Detroit's streak of three straight trips to the AL Championship Series.
Then the Tigers lost Max Scherzer in the offseason, and it remains to be seen how much longer Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez can keep this team's run of success going.
Cabrera and Martinez each missed a chunk of the exhibition schedule after offseason surgery. Verlander is coming off a down year and has been displaced as Detroit's opening-day starter by left-hander David Price.
Over the past three seasons, the Tigers have fought off challenges in the division from the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland and Kansas City - but those teams essentially made their bids for first place one at a time. Now all three appear poised to threaten Detroit's reign.
''I think quietly, I've said for the last two or three years, I've said we have the best division in baseball. Nobody really talked about it because there weren't sexy names besides the Tigers, who had won however many straight and been to a couple World Series and had a lot of star power,'' Verlander said. ''The Royals won the pennant last year so, obviously, what I was saying wasn't just hogwash. We see all the teams in the AL quite enough, and I know that these teams are good enough to make our division one of the best in baseball.''
Here are a few things to watch as the Tigers try to make it five division championships in a row:
ON THE MEND: Cabrera had offseason surgery on his right foot and Martinez had an operation to repair his left knee. Their health is crucial, but the Tigers also are hoping for big contributions from shortstop Jose Iglesias and reliever Bruce Rondon, both of whom missed all of 2014 with injuries.
NEW-LOOK ROTATION: Scherzer isn't the only player gone from last year's starting staff. Rick Porcello was traded in a deal that brought Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit, so the Tigers had two openings in their rotation. They filled them by acquiring Shane Greene from the New York Yankees and Alfredo Simon from Cincinnati.
BULLPEN BLUES: Closer Joe Nathan is back after a rocky first season in Detroit. If the Tigers run out of patience with Nathan, Joakim Soria also returns. He was acquired shortly before the trade deadline last year, but his impact was limited, in part because of injury.
EXTRA POWER: J.D. Martinez provided a surprisingly productive bat last year after joining the Tigers, and the trade for Cespedes also gave Detroit some additional pop to supplement Cabrera and Victor Martinez.
NEW ACE?: Price is slated to start on opening day, a sign of just how much the Tigers are leaning on him after Scherzer's departure. He was acquired at the trade deadline last year, and Detroit is hoping the trio of Price, Verlander and Anibal Sanchez will make for a pretty impressive anchor to the pitching staff. | | TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - The upcoming season for the Toronto Blue Jays seems destined to be defined by the one young pitcher who'll miss it and the two even younger guys who'll try to replace him.
Toronto's plans for ending baseball's longest active playoff drought took a serious hit when Marcus Stroman suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring training.
The second-year right-hander tore a ligament when his knee buckled as he backed off a bunt during a pregame fielding drill. He's out for the year after undergoing surgery.
''It's tough,'' Stroman said. ''I just feel like I let my team down. I've worked harder than I ever had this offseason.''
The injury changed Toronto's thinking about 22-year-old right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who might have been closing games rather than starting them if Stroman was still healthy, and 21-year-old lefty Daniel Norris, the van-dwelling surfer dude.
The two pitchers now look likely to get their shot in Toronto's rotation, slotting in behind 200-inning workhorses R.A Dickey and Mark Buehrle, and 24-year-old right-hander Drew Hutchison.
How successful they are could well determine what happens to the Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993 and the only team that hasn't reached the playoffs this century.
''We may have to rely on a young guy who may not be proven,'' manager John Gibbons said. ''Stro was a baby, too, but a special guy.''
Sanchez has already shown signs that he could also be special. He excelled out of the bullpen in 24 games last season, posting three saves and a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings, striking out 27 while walking nine and holding opponents to a .128 average.
With the increased demands of a starting role lying ahead, the hard-throwing Sanchez has spent this spring refining his slider.
''With the way he throws, it could turn into a big strikeout pitch for him,'' Gibbons said.
The Blue Jays are also high on Norris, currently better known for spending his winters searching for prime surfing spots while living out of a 1978 Volkswagen camper van nicknamed ''Shaggy.''
''He's a different bird,'' Gibbons said. ''Anytime you live in a van, I wouldn't say that's normal.''
Norris had an abnormal 2014 season, rising from Class A to the majors after going 12-2 with a 2.53 ERA at three minor league stops. He underwent elbow surgery last October to remove bone spurs, and expects to be better this year than the pitcher who made five appearances for the Blue Jays in September.
''He's a student of the game,'' Gibbons said. ''He's a very smart kid and he's grounded. He's got the most important thing: He's got a great arm.''
After Jose Reyes and the Blue Jays went 83-79, here's what else to watch as they try to move up:
MIGHTY MIGUEL: Sanchez and Norris aren't the only impressive young arms expected to break camp with the Blue Jays. Right-hander Miguel Castro, 20, didn't allow a run in his first five spring appearances, striking out eight and walking none while allowing three hits over nine innings. A hard thrower who stands an imposing 6-foot-5, Castro has put himself in position to jump from Class A, where he went 8-3 with a 2.68 ERA last season, all the way to the majors. ''He looks like a seasoned vet out there, under control, very relaxed,'' Gibbons said.
NEW GUYS, NEW FOCUS: Toronto strengthened its lineup over the winter by signing free agent catcher Russell Martin to a five-year, $82 million contract and acquiring All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson from Oakland. Slugger Jose Bautista has praised the newcomers for making a difference in the clubhouse with their winning pedigree and intense focus. ''We need something along those lines here every now and then,'' Bautista said. ''It's good to have guys to whom winning matters.''
BLOCKING THE PLATE: Adding Martin gave the Blue Jays a logjam at catcher, where incumbent Dioner Navarro is signed through 2015 and Josh Thole is Dickey's knuckleball specialist. Martin has worked hard this spring to prove he can handle Dickey's floater, which could mean Thole is ticketed for Triple-A. Or, Toronto may yet trade the switch-hitting Navarro to open room at DH for Edwin Encarnacion, who has been slowed this spring by a balky back and may not be able to handle regular duty at first base. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (DETROIT-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Tigers-Blue Jays Preview* ==========================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Detroit (60-66) at Toronto (71-55), 7:07 p.m. EDT
The Toronto Blue Jays failed to pad their AL East lead when their prolific offense couldn't keep rolling in the finale of a road trip.
The Blue Jays will try for a better showing when they return home to face one of their former pitchers in Friday night's series opener against the Detroit Tigers.
Toronto (71-56) totaled 54 runs while batting .347 in a five-game win streak that ended with Thursday's 4-1 defeat to Texas. The Blue Jays went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position while nearly getting shut out for the first time in seven weeks.
Edwin Encarnacion saved his team from that fate with an RBI double in the eighth inning that extended his hit streak to 22 games, the longest in the majors this season. The Blue Jays had their division lead against the idle New York Yankees cut to 1 1/2 games after wrapping up a 6-2 road trip.
"Obviously, the road trip was a successful one. It would have been a superb one if we'd been able to pull that one out," said Jose Bautista, whose seventh-inning error led to three Texas runs. "I don't think this loss is going to affect us in any way."
Toronto, easily the MLB leader with 689 runs and the winner in 21 of 26, will try to get back on track in its first matchup against Matt Boyd (1-4, 7.04 ERA). The left-hander was traded from the Blue Jays to Detroit on July 30 in the David Price deal.
Price won't appear in this series because he pitched in Wednesday's 12-4 victory.
Boyd went 0-2 with a 14.85 ERA in his first two major league starts for the Blue Jays and has a 4.88 ERA in five appearances for Detroit, including four starts. He had a respectable performance Sunday against Texas, giving up three runs in six innings, but lost 4-2.
The Tigers (60-67) have continued to struggle in close games lately and fell 2-0 to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Detroit has dropped six of seven, with five losses by two runs or fewer.
"I don't know how to explain it," designated hitter Victor Martinez said. "We just have to fly to Toronto and try again (Friday)."
Detroit took two of three from visiting Toronto in early July and dealt R.A. Dickey an 8-3 defeat in the middle game of the series. The knuckleballer gave up five runs and 11 hits in 5 2-3 innings.
Dickey (8-10, 4.26) allowed another five runs - all in the first inning - and 11 hits in his six innings Sunday against the Angels, but got enough support for a 12-5 win. He's won his past five decisions, though he's allowed a combined 10 runs and 20 hits in 10 innings of his past two starts.
Dickey is 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA in his last four home starts and is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in his two against Detroit since joining the Blue Jays in 2013.
Miguel Cabrera didn't get a chance to improve on his 3-for-17 showing against Dickey in the past six seasons because he went on the disabled list for a strained left calf July 4. Cabrera is batting .460 with two homers, nine doubles and 11 RBIs in 13 games since returning.
Martinez has three hits in his past 14 at-bats against Dickey while Ian Kinsler has six in his last 12, including a pair of homers. Rajai Davis is 5 for 8 with two doubles lifetime against him.
Encarnacion, batting .386 during his hit streak, went 1 for 10 in last month's series in Detroit. Ben Revere, acquired July 31 from Philadelphia, is hitting .483 in his last seven games.
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| | Last Updated: 4/23/2024 4:53:59 PM EST. |
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