Everything went downhill when Detroit Tigers starter Spencer Turnbull left the game. To make matters worse, Turnbull didn’t leave because of his pitch count, or because he got knocked around by the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox. Instead, he was pulled after four innings because of right forearm tightness. The White Sox scored five
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CHICAGO — Nineteen years before George Lombard became Tigers bench coach, he was a slugging outfielder who hit his first Tigers home run here on a night when Detroit and Chicago combined for 12 home runs. As he sat in the dugout at Guaranteed Rate Field Friday night, he could be excused for having flashbacks.
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GAME TWO The SeaWolves were shut out for only the second time this season as they dropped game two of a doubleheader to the Akron RubberDucks 6-0 on Friday at Canal Park. Akron took the lead in the first inning against Erie starter A.J. Ladwig. Andruw Monasterio led off with a triple and was singled
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MIDLAND, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps allowed a pair of one-run leads to slip away as part of a 9-4 loss to the Great Lakes Loons Friday night at Dow Diamond. The Loons scored the first run of the game on a Ryan Ward groundout before the ‘Caps took the lead in the fifth.
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CHICAGO – Spencer Turnbull won a 12-pitch battle with White Sox slugger Yermin Mercedes, but lost his battle to beat his division rival Friday night after leaving the game early with right forearm tightness. Turnbull, one of Detroit’s most effective starters for the past month – including his no-hitter two weeks ago in Seattle –
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CHICAGO – Michael Fulmer made the adjustment from the routine of the starting rotation to the regular grind of the late-inning bullpen surprising well. “I’ve learned that adrenaline is a heck of a drug,” the starter turned reliever joked from the dugout at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday afternoon. Now, he has made the adjustment
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The Detroit Tigers can’t make anything official until Sunday. But right-hander Jose Urena seems ready to return from the injured list Sunday. He is expected to start the series finale against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Urena was placed on the 10-day injured list May 29, retroactive to May 27, with a right forearm
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Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch knew Casey Mize wouldn’t be pleased. “Disappointed, for sure,” Mize said Thursday night. “I love the fact that he’s going to leave tonight pretty pissed off,” Hinch said. “I mean, he didn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the way he wanted to. To his night, he feels he should
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