

“We know how early it is back home," said Lovullo, whose major league playing career began with the Tigers in 1988.
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Wrapping up their only series this season, the Diamondbacks expect to have a big advantage on the mound with RHP Zac Gallen (7-2, 2.75) and Tigers LHP Joey Wentz (1-6) scheduled to start in a game that begins Sunday at 11:35 a.m. OF Matt Vierling (lower back) has begun a rehab assignment with the Mud Hens. Nick Solak was recalled from Triple-A Toledo to take Baddoo's roster spot. Tigers: OF Akil Baddoo went on the 10-day injured list with a right quadriceps strain after leaving Friday's game with an injury. “You throw the wrong pitch at the wrong time to the wrong hitter in the wrong area, and that’s dangerous,” Hinch said.ĭiamondbacks: LHP Anthony Misiewicz, who was on the 15-day injured list with a strained right calf, was reinstated and optioned to Triple-A Reno. Gurriel played for the first time in a week, returning from a break to let his right groin heal, and looked healthy when he hit a shot over the left-field fence. The 40-year-old Cabrera, who is retiring after this season, matched Ty Cobb's total of extra-base hits (1,136) for 15th on the all-time list and tied Dave Winfield for 22nd all time with 3,110 career hits. Tigers fans didn't have much to cheer about, but they did get a chance in the second and ninth when fading star Miguel Cabrera hit a double in each inning. “Made a few mistakes, and a few of them were all the damage in the game,” Boyd said. “That's how well he was throwing.”ĭetroit's Matthew Boyd (3-5) allowed five earned runs for the second time in three starts and third time in six outings. “There was a thought there that he was going to touch the seventh inning,” Lovullo said. Nelson, who gave up four hits and struck out four, would have had a chance to match his career high with a seven-inning outing if he stayed out of trouble in the sixth.

I definitely wanted to go six, and maybe even more, but I made a couple mistakes and walked a couple guys.” “Feel really good with him coming in the game right there. After walking two straight to load the bases, Nelson was replaced by right-hander Austin Adams, who ended the sixth by getting Zack Short out on a fly to center. Ryne Nelson (3-3) threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings. “We've got to find a different way and we haven’t really done that in this stretch,” manager A.J. “We have a lot of talent in this room, and guys that are hungry," Ahmed said.ĭetroit, which has lost eight straight games, was shut out for the third time this month and eighth time this season. 500 for the first time in nearly five years. Am I surprised? No."Īrizona, which has won four straight, is 14 games over. “We have really good players on this team. “We have the right pieces,” Lovullo said. Nick Ahmed hit a two-run homer in the second inning, Lourdes Gurriel followed with a three-run blast in the fifth and the NL West-leading Diamondbacks beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 5-0 Saturday.
