Maybin, Sanchez Spark Tigers In 8-3 Win Over Twins
Anibal Sanchez pitched seven innings to win a start on the road for the first time since the first week of the season.
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Anibal Sanchez pitched seven innings to win a start on the road for the first time since the first week of the season.
"It's pick your poison there: Miggy or J.D.," Ausmus said.
Justin Upton hit a pair of three-run homers and the Tigers finished their homestand with a 10-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
It is the 40-year-old slugger's final season and he is in great demand wherever he goes.
"It's why people don't rip players as much as they rip managers, because if you rip a player you can't go back to that player for a quote. But you can rip a manager and he's gotta talk to you," Ausmus explained.
"I thought overall tonight, it felt good and I felt sharp. "You just gotta give it to 'em," Fulmer said.
Michael Fulmer's Rookie of the Year campaign hit a snag, as the Red Sox got a career-high six runs off him in 5 2/3 innings.
Spurred by Ian Kinsler and Erick Aybar, the Tigers plated three runs in the bottom of the eighth and shook out of an offensive stupor.
Andrew Romine drew a bases-loaded walk to cap a three-run Detroit rally in the eighth.
Dave Dombrowski was back in his old ballpark, exactly one year after being hired by the Boston Red Sox.
"He's kind of similar to me – been a lot of different places, ups and downs," McGehee said of Presley. "I can relate to him from that standpoint."
When Tyler Collins was forced out of Wednesday night's game after taking a 99-mile-per-hour fastball to the knee, the Tigers felt like a suddenly snakebitten ballclub.
The $35 million "The Corner" project should break ground by early 2017 and take about 16 months.
Eric Hosmer broke up Anibal Sanchez's no-hit bid with a double in the seventh inning after spoiling his perfect game bid with a walk in the fifth.
Verlander gave up five runs - three earned - four hits and a walk in seven-plus innings.
