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Matthew Myers : I love Phil Coke...#Tigers I love Phil Coke...#Tigers Watch the video: Detroit's Phil Coke on Striking Out Miguel Cabrera Phil Coke of the Detroit Tigers tells Millar and Rose on Intentional Talk about reminding Miguel Cabrera that he struck him out before they were teammates. C... 13 hours ago - Via Google+ - View - Detroit Tigers Rule : Games 32-37 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers Season Standing as of 5/11/13 Cleveland 20 15 .571 -- Detroit... Games 32-37 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers Season Standing as of 5/11/13 Cleveland 20 15 .571 -- Detroit 20 15 .571 -- Kansas City 18 16 .529 1 1/2 Minnesota 17 17 .500 2 1/2 Chicago WSox 14 20 .412 5 1/2 Injuries 04/20/2013 Octavio Dotel, RP right elbow inflammation Out Player News 05/10/2013 Phil Coke, RP Activated from the 15-day disabled list 05/10/2013 Luke Putkonen, RP Optioned to Toledo (AAA) Tuesday 5/7/13 Detroit  Washington  Postponed because of rain Rescheduled for Thursday 5/9/13. Wednesday 5/8/13 Detroit-1  Washington-3                  After the rain out Tuesday the short two game series between the Tigers and the Nationals finally got under way.  Unfortunately for the Tigers, the game results were not what they would have wanted.  In game one Anibal Sanchez took the mound against Jordan Zimmerman.  Sanchez took the loss his third of the season, going six innings while giving up three runs on eight hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.  Jose Ortega and Joaquin Benoit finished the game going a combined two scoreless innings fanning two.  Zimmerman got the win his sixth of the season, going seven innings while giving up one run on seven hits, two walks and seven K’s.  Tyler Clippard threw one scoreless inning, walking two and striking out two, while Rafael Soriano recorded his eleventh save of the season with one perfect inning.  Bryce Harper had the big hit for Washington hitting a homer off Sanchez in the fifth inning.  Miguel Cabrera had the only Detroit RBI going 1-4 for the game.  Only Jhonny Peralta had more than one hit going 2-3.  Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder and Andy Dirks all had one hit for the game.  The Tigers collected seven hits, four walks and left nine men on base.       Thursday 5/9/13 Detroit-4  Washington-5 Thursday was the make-up date for the rainout on Tuesday, erasing an off day for both teams.  The contest featured a battle between Doug Fister and Dan Haren with Haren coming out on top of a 5-4 score.  Fister was charged with his first loss of the season going three innings, his shortest outing of the season, while giving up five runs on eight hits, one walk and four strikeouts.  Darin Downs, Luke Putkonen, Drew Smyly and Jose Valverde finished the game going a combined five scoreless innings while surrendering one hit, walking five and fanning one.  Haren recorded his fourth win of the season going six innings while giving up four runs on nine hits, one walk and three K’s.  Two Nationals relievers combined for two scoreless innings giving up two hits and striking out two.  Rafael Soriano got his twelfth save of the season with a scoreless ninth giving up one hit and getting one K.  Matt Tuiasosopo had the big hit for the Tigers a sixth inning pinch-hit three run homer.  Strangely enough the other RBI was driven in by Doug Fister with a single in his only plate appearance.  Omar Infante was 3-4, Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta each had two hits and Austin Jackson, Prince Fielder and Alex Avila each had one hit.  The Tigers collected twelve hits, one walk and left nine men on base.                Friday 5/10/13 Cleveland-4  Detroit-10 Friday was the start of a three game series with the visiting Cleveland Indians.  Max Scherzer got the start for Detroit and got his fifth win of the season, going eight innings while giving up four runs on five hits, no walks and seven strikeouts.  Joaquin Benoit finished the game with a scoreless ninth , giving up one hit and fanning one.  Corey Kluber got the start for the Indians and was charged with his second loss of the season, going 4-2/3 innings while giving up eight runs on eleven hits, two walks and four strikeouts.  Four Indians relievers combined for 3-1/3 innings of work giving up two runs on four hits, one walk and six strikeouts.  Miguel Cabrera and Alex Avila led the Detroit attack with Cabrera going 2-5 with a double, a homerun and three RBI’s and Avila going 2-4 with a double and three RBI’s.  Prince Fielder and Andy Dirks both had homeruns with Fielder going 1-4 with one RBI and Dirks going 2-5 with one RBI.  Torii Hunter and Victor Martinez each had one RBI with Hunter going 1-5 and Martinez going 1-4.  Omar Infante had three hits, Jhonny Peralta had two hits while Austin Jackson had one hit.  The Tigers collected fifteen hits, three walks and left eight men on base.     Saturday 5/11/13 Cleveland-7  Detroit-6 In the second game of the series Detroit sent Justin Verlander to the mound opposed by Ubaldo Jimenez.  Verlander, who seems to be having an off year, took the loss, his third of the season.  Verlander went five innings while giving up four runs on six hits, a season high five walks and seven strikeouts.  Drew Smyly took over for Verlander going 1-2/3 innings while surrendering two runs on three hits, one walk and one K.  Al Alburquerque took the mound next going one inning while giving up one run on three hits, two walks and two strikeouts.  Darin Downs finished the game going 1-1/3 scoreless innings, fanning one.  Jimenez recorded his third win of the season going six innings while giving up one run on three hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.  Three Cleveland relievers combined for two innings giving up four runs on two hits and two walks.  Chris Perez recorded his sixth save of the season with one inning of work while giving up one run on two hits and one K.  Omar Infante and Jhonny Peralta led the offense with Infante going 2-4 with a triple and two RBI’s and Peralta going 1-2 with a homerun and one RBI.  Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter and Matt Tuiasosopo each had one RBI.  Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Victor Martinez each had one hit in the game as Detroit collected seven hits, four walks, one hit batsman and left six men on base.         Sunday 5/12/13 Cleveland-4  Detroit-3  (10 Innings) The rubber game of the three game series saw Detroit send Rick Porcello to the mound opposed by Zach McAllister.  Detroit had the lead late in the game but Jose Valverde returned to his 2012 form and blew the save and Detroit lost in the tenth inning.  Rick Porcello had a good outing going six innings while giving up two runs on four hits, two walks and six strikeouts but did not factor in the decision.  Jose Ortega, Phil Coke and Joaquin Benoit combined for two innings of scoreless ball giving up one hit, two walks and three strikeouts.  Jose Valverde came on in the ninth to get the save but ended up blowing the lead, giving up one run on one hit, two walks and two strikeouts.  Darin Downs came on in the tenth and took the loss giving up one run on two hits and one walk.  McAllister did not get a decision either.  He gave up three runs on eight hits, three walks and five K’s.  Bryan Shaw had two scoreless innings of work giving up one walk and fanning one.  Joe Smith got the win going one scoreless inning giving up one hit.  Rich Hill had 2/3 of an inning of scoreless baseball and Cody Allen recorded his first save of the season striking out the only batter he faced.  Bryan Pena and Omar Infante had the three RBI’s for Detroit with Pena going 3-4 with a homerun and two RBI’s.  Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera each had two hits, while Andy Dirks and Don Kelly each had one hit.  Detroit collected nine hits, four walks and left nine men on base. Upcoming Games 5/13 vs. Houston 7:08(EDT) 5/14 vs. Houston 7:08(EDT) 5/15 vs. Houston 1:08(EDT) 5/16 at Texas 8:05(EDT) 5/17 at Texas 8:05(EDT) 5/18 at Texas 8:05(EDT) 5/19 at Texas 8:05(EDT)               Cumulative stated for the Tigers in 2013: Batters D.Fister 1.000 1.000 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 M.Cabrera .379 .600 35 145 27 55 87 9 1 7 40 18 19 1 0 2 T.Hunter .336 .441 32 143 23 48 63 10 1 1 18 7 21 1 0 1 M.Tuiasosopo .324 .541 23 37 6 12 20 2 0 2 11 6 11 0 0 0 O.Infante .317 .463 31 123 19 39 57 5 2 3 14 5 12 1 0 3 J.Peralta .315 .446 33 130 18 41 58 8 0 3 17 12 30 2 1 2 P.Fielder .290 .557 35 131 19 38 73 8 0 9 33 27 32 0 1 1 A.Jackson .272 .371 34 151 33 41 56 7 1 2 11 14 33 5 0 1 B.Pena .256 .419 11 43 5 11 18 1 0 2 7 1 6 0 0 0 A.Dirks .239 .370 29 92 11 22 34 1 1 3 8 13 18 4 0 0 V.Martinez .212 .288 34 132 9 28 38 7 0 1 15 12 19 0 0 0 A.Avila .198 .344 26 96 11 19 33 2 0 4 9 9 32 0 0 0 D.Kelly .190 .286 24 42 6 8 12 2 1 0 1 5 7 1 0 0 R.Santiago .154 .269 10 26 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 A.Sanchez .000 .000 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Pitchers J.Ortega 0-0 0.00 4 0 0 1 0 0 4.10 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 L.Putkonen 1-0 0.00 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.20 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 J.Valverde 0-0 1.50 6 0 0 5 0 3 6.00 1 1 1 0 3 5 0 J.Benoit 0-0 1.59 16 0 0 9 0 2 17.00 9 3 3 2 8 22 0 D.Smyly 2-0 1.93 12 0 0 1 0 1 23.10 16 5 5 0 6 24 1 J.Verlander 4-3 1.93 8 8 0 0 0 0 51.10 44 13 11 1 18 57 0 A.Sanchez 3-3 1.97 7 7 0 0 0 0 45.20 39 12 10 1 11 58 1 D.Downs 0-1 2.55 14 0 0 4 0 0 17.20 12 5 5 2 5 22 0 A.Alburquerque 0-0 2.57 14 0 0 3 0 0 14.00 13 4 4 0 12 25 5 D.Fister 4-1 3.14 7 7 0 0 0 0 43.00 46 20 15 1 8 33 1 M.Scherzer 5-0 3.61 7 7 0 0 0 0 47.10 37 20 19 3 9 61 2 R.Porcello 1-2 6.68 7 6 0 1 0 0 32.10 37 24 24 5 7 21 1 P.Coke 0-3 7.45 10 0 0 5 0 1 9.20 8 8 8 1 5 10 1 B.Rondon 0-0 11.57 3 0 0 1 0 0 2.10 5 3 3 0 2 1 0 O.Dotel 0-0 13.50 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.20 10 7 7 0 4 4 0 B.Villarreal 0-2 20.77 7 0 0 3 0 0 4.10 8 10 10 1 8 6 1  8 days ago - Via Google+ - View - Clayton Richer : http://baseballhotcorner.com/phil-coke-on-striking-out-miguel-cabrera/ http://baseballhotcorner.com/phil-coke-on-striking-out-miguel-cabrera/ Phil Coke On Striking Out Miguel Cabrera - Baseball Hot Corner Phil Coke recounts striking out slugger Miguel Cabrera. 13 days ago - Via Community - View - Rant Sports Michael Terrill : Should Tigers Keep Jose Ortega in Bullpen Instead of Phil Coke? http://ow.ly/kLCHK @tigers @mlb @foxsports... Should Tigers Keep Jose Ortega in Bullpen Instead of Phil Coke? http://ow.ly/kLCHK @tigers @mlb @foxsports Should Detroit Tigers Keep Jose Ortega in Bullpen Instead of Phil Coke? The Detroit Tigers called up relief pitcher Jose Ortega from Triple-A Toledo after reliever Phil Coke was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Considering how well Ortega is pitching in his first ac... 14 days ago - Via HootSuite - View - Detroit Tigers Rule : Games 27-31 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers season Standings as of 5/5/13 Detroit 19 11 .633 -- Kansas City... Games 27-31 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers season Standings as of 5/5/13 Detroit 19 11 .633 -- Kansas City 17 11 .607 1 Cleveland 14 14 .500 4 Minnesota 13 14 .481 4 1/2 Chicago WSox 13 17 .433 6 Injuries 04/26/2013 Phil Coke, RP strained left groin Out 04/20/2013 Octavio Dotel, RP right elbow inflammation Out Player News 05/02/2013 Luke Putkonen, RP Recalled from Toledo (AAA) 05/02/2013 Bruce Rondon, RP Optioned to Toledo (AAA) Wednesday 5/1/13 Minnesota-6  Detroit-2                   The last game in the series with the Twins had the Tigers going for the series sweep and featured a battle between Anibal Sanchez and Scott Diamond.  Diamond who has had success against the Tigers in the past got the win with a 6-2 victory.  Sanchez took the loss going six innings while giving up three runs on five hits, two walks and nine strikeouts.  Bruce Rondon took over for Sanchez and pitched himself back to the minors going 1/3 of an inning while giving up two runs on two hits and two walks.  Darin Downs and Jose Ortega finished the game going a combined 2-2/3 innings while surrendering one run on three hits and two K’s.  Diamond went six innings while giving up two runs on four hits, one walk and three strikeouts.  Three Twin relievers combined for three scoreless innings while giving up two hits and two strikeouts.  Miguel Cabrera and Torii Hunter had the two Tiger RBI’s with Cabrera going 2-3 with a double and one RBI and Hunter going 1-4 with an RBI.  Austin Jackson, Prince Fielder and Jhonny Peralta all had one hit as the Tigers collected six hits, one walk, one hit batsman and left four men on base.        Thursday 5/2/13 Detroit-7  Houston-3 (14 Innings) The first regular season series between the Huston Astros and the Tigers featured Rick Porcello against Jordan Lyles and a long extra innings game.  Neither starter got a decision with the bullpens making the difference.  Porcello had a good outing going seven innings while giving up three runs on five hits, no walks and seven strikeouts.  Jose Ortega, Joaquin Benoit and Darin Downs combined for 4-2/3 scoreless innings giving up one hit, one walk and seven strikeouts.  Luke Putkonen got the win for Detroit going 2-1/3 scoreless innings while giving up one walk and four strikeouts.  Lyles went five innings while giving up two runs on six hits, one walk and six K’s.  Three Astros relievers combined for 2-2/3 scoreless innings of work fanning four.  Wesley Wright blew the save for Houston giving up one run on one hits without recording an out.  Jose Veras threw 1-1/3 scoreless innings striking out four before Dallas Keuchel took the loss giving up four runs on seven hits four walks and four strikeouts.  Jose Cisnero finished the game with 2/3 of an inning giving up one hit.  Matt Tuiasosopo was the offensive star for the Tigers going 1-3 with a double and two RBI’s.  Torii Hunter was 1-6 with an RBI, Miguel Cabrera was 2-5 with an RBI, Don Kelly was 2-3 with a double and an RBI and Jhonny Peralta was 2-6 with an RBI.  Austin Jackson had three hits while Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Brayan Pena and Omar Infante each had one hit.  The Tigers collected 15 hits, six walks, one hit batsman and left thirteen men on base.          Friday 5/3/13 Detroit-4  Houston-3 The second game of the four game series had the Tigers sending Doug “Mister” Fister to the mound opposed by Bud Norris, both pitchers had good outings but neither got the decision with the bullpens again coming into play.  Fister went six innings giving up three runs on nine hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Drew Smyly got the win going two scoreless innings fanning one.  Jose Valverde got his third save of the season going one scoreless inning walking one and fanning one.  Bud Norris went seven innings giving up two runs on five hits, three walks and seven strikeouts.  Hector Ambriz and Travis Blackley combined for one scoreless inning walking one and striking out one.  Jose Veras was saddled with a blown save and the loss giving up two runs on one hit and one walk in one inning of work.  Alex Avila was the hero in this game with the go ahead homerun in the ninth inning, it was his only hit on the game.  Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta had the other two RBI’s with Martinez going 1-4 and Peralta going 1-3.  Andy Dirks, Miguel Cabrera and Omar Infante all had one hit for the Tigers as the collected six hits, five walks and left six men on base.   Saturday 5/4/13 Detroit-17  Houston-2 The third game of this series featured a Tigers offensive explosion with Detroit scoring 17 runs.  Max Scherzer recorded his fourth win of the season going eight innings while giving up one run on three hits, two walks and eight strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque finished the game going one innings while giving up one run on three hits and one K.  Lucas Harrell got the start for the Astros and recorded his third loss of the season.  He went 4-1/3 innings while giving up eight runs on ten hits, four walks and three strikeouts.  Jose Cisnero and Paul Clemens combined for 4-2/3 innings of work while giving up nine runs on eleven hits, one walk and one strikeout.  Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Torii Hunter and Jhonny Peralta led the Tigers offense with Cabrera going 4-4 with two homeruns and six RBI’s, Martinez going 2-6 with a homerun, a double and four RBI’s, Hunter going 4-5 with a double and two RBI’s and Peralta going 2-6 with a double and two RBI’s.  Prince Fielder, Alex Avila and Omar Infante also had RBI’s in the game with Fielder going 1-5, Avila going 2-5 with a double and Infante going 2-4.  Austin Jackson had two hits, while Matt Tuiasosopo and Andy Dirks each had one hit.  The Tigers collected 21 hits, five walks and left nine men on base.   Sunday 5/5/13 Detroit-9   Houston-0 The Tigers got  the sweep in the last game of the four game series with the Astros, with Justin Verlander getting his fourth win of the season.  Verlander had a no hitter through 6-1/3 innings before it was broken up by a single from former Tiger Carlos Pena.  The final line for Verlander was seven shutout innings while surrendering two hits, two walks and fanning nine.  Darin Downs finished the game going two innings giving up two hits and striking out four.  Philip Humber got the start for the Astros and recorded his seventh loss of the season, he went four innings while giving up eight runs on eight hits, three walks and one K.  Three Houston relievers combined to go five innings while giving up one run on five hits, two walks and three strikeouts.  Prince Fielder led the offense for the Tigers going 3-4 with a homerun and four RBI’s, Andy Dirks was 4-4 with a homerun and two RBI’s, Brayan Pena was 1-5 with a homerun and two RBI’s and Omar Infante was 1-5 with a homerun and an RBI.  Ramon Santiago was 2-3 with a double while Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez also had hits in the game.  The Tigers collected thirteen hits, five walks and left eight men on base. Upcoming Games 5/7/13  at Washington 7:05(EDT) 5/8/13  at Washington 7:05(EDT) 5/10/13  vs. Cleveland 7:08(EDT) 5/11/13  vs. Cleveland 7:08(EDT) 5/12/13  vs. Cleveland 1:08(EDT) 5/13/13  vs. Houston 7:08(EDT) 5/14/13  vs. Houston 7:08(EDT) 5/15/13  vs. Houston 1:08(EDT) Cumulative Tiger Stats for 2013 Batting M.Cabrera .385 .615 30 122 26 47 75 8 1 6 36 17 16 1 0 1 T.Hunter .361 .479 27 119 22 43 57 9 1 1 16 7 18 1 0 0 M.Tuiasosopo .324 .471 20 34 4 11 16 2 0 1 8 5 10 0 0 0 P.Fielder .304 .571 30 112 18 34 64 6 0 8 32 24 27 0 1 1 J.Peralta .298 .404 28 114 10 34 46 6 0 2 16 8 27 1 1 2 O.Infante .298 .433 26 104 16 31 45 3 1 3 11 5 9 1 0 3 A.Jackson .288 .394 30 132 31 38 52 6 1 2 10 13 27 5 0 0 A.Dirks .243 .365 24 74 10 18 27 1 1 2 7 11 13 3 0 0 V.Martinez .220 .297 29 118 7 26 35 6 0 1 14 10 13 0 0 0 B.Pena .211 .316 9 38 3 8 12 1 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 A.Avila .193 .349 22 83 10 16 29 1 0 4 6 8 27 0 0 0 D.Kelly .189 .297 20 37 6 7 11 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 0 0 R.Santiago .154 .269 10 26 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 Pitching  J.Ortega 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 L.Putkonen 1-0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.10 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 J.Valverde 0-0 0.00 4 0 0 4 0 3 4.00 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 D.Smyly 2-0 1.35 10 0 0 1 0 1 20.00 12 3 3 0 5 21 1 J.Verlander 4-2 1.55 7 7 0 0 0 0 46.10 38 9 8 1 13 50 0 A.Sanchez 3-2 1.82 6 6 0 0 0 0 39.20 31 9 8 0 11 50 1 J.Benoit 0-0 1.88 13 0 0 7 0 2 14.10 8 3 3 2 7 17 0 A.Alburquerque 0-0 2.08 13 0 0 3 0 0 13.00 10 3 3 0 10 23 5 D.Fister 4-0 2.48 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.00 38 15 11 1 7 29 1 D.Downs 0-0 2.70 11 0 0 2 0 0 13.10 10 4 4 2 4 18 0 M.Scherzer 4-0 3.43 6 6 0 0 0 0 39.10 32 16 15 3 9 54 2 R.Porcello 1-2 7.52 6 5 0 1 0 0 26.10 33 22 22 5 5 15 1 P.Coke 0-3 8.31 9 0 0 5 0 1 8.20 8 8 8 1 5 10 1 B.Rondon 0-0 11.57 3 0 0 1 0 0 2.10 5 3 3 0 2 1 0 O.Dotel 0-0 13.50 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.20 10 7 7 0 4 4 0 B.Villarreal 0-2 20.77 7 0 0 3 0 0 4.10 8 10 10 1 8 6 1  14 days ago - Via Google+ - View - Detroit Tigers FanPage : #MLB  The #DetroitTigers  have put left-handed reliever Phil Coke on the 15-day disabled list and have... #MLB  The #DetroitTigers  have put left-handed reliever Phil Coke on the 15-day disabled list and have recalled right-hander Jose Ortega from Triple-A Toledo. #FanPages   Tigers put Phil Coke on DL, recall Jose Ortega 19 days ago - Via Community - View - Detroit Tigers Rule : Games 13-26 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers Season Standings Detroit 15 10 .600 -- Kansas City 14 10 .583... Games 13-26 of the 2013 Detroit Tigers Season Standings Detroit 15 10 .600 -- Kansas City 14 10 .583 1/2 Minnesota 11 12 .478 3 Cleveland 11 13 .458 3 1/2 Chicago WSox 10 15 .400 5 Injuries Phil Coke, RP strained left groin Out Octavio Dotel, RP right elbow inflammation Out Player News 5/01/13 Jose Ortega, RP Recalled from Toledo (AAA) 5/01/13 Phil Coke, RP Placed on 15 day disabled list, retroactive to 4/26 5/01/13 Avisail Garcia, CF Activated from 15 day disabled list 4/25/13 Avisail Garcia, CF Sent to Toledo (AAA) for rehabilitation 4/24/13 Duane Below, RP Designated for assignment 4/24/13 Jose Valverde, RP Recalled from Lakeland (A) 4/23/13 Brayan Villarreal, RP Optioned to Toledo (AAA) 4/23/13 Bruce Rondon, RP Recalled from Toledo (AAA) 4/23/13 Octavio Dotel, RP Placed on 15 day disabled list, retroactive to 4/26 4/19/13 Jose Valverde, RP Assigned to Lakeland (A) Tuesday 4/16/13 Detroit-6  Seattle-2 Doug Fister got the start in the opening game of this three game set with the Mariners and recorded his third win of the season.  Fister went seven innings while giving up two runs on four hits, one walk and five strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque and Joaquin Benoit both threw perfect innings in relief and each fanned two hitters.  Aaron Harang got the start for Seattle and took the loss going five innings while giving up three runs on seven hits, no walks and six strikeouts.  Four Seattle relievers combined for four innings of work were they gave up three runs on five hits four walks and ten strikeouts.  Miguel Cabrera led the offense going 3-5 with a homerun and four RBI’s.  Austin Jackson and Torii Hunter were both 2-4 with an RBI.  Victor Martinez was 3-4 with a double and Jhonny Peralta was 2-5 with a double.  The Tigers collected twelve hits, four walks and left ten men on base.   Wednesday 4/17/13 Detroit-2  Seattle-1  (14 Innings)                  The second game of the series saw Max Scherzer battle “King” Felix Hernandez, with Scherzer coming out on top, although neither pitcher got a decision.  Scherzer went eight innings giving up one run on six hits, one walk and twelve strikeouts.  Octavio Dotel gave up a hit to the only batter he faced before Phil Coke came in and retired the side without giving up a run and fanned one.  Brayan Villarreal was up next, lasting 2/3 of an inning walking two and striking out one.  Darin Downs fanned the only batter he faced to end the tenth inning.  Al Alburquerque pitched two scoreless innings giving up one hit and striking out three.  Drew Smyly came on in the thirteenth and threw a scoreless inning surrendering one hit and recording one K but earned the win when Detroit scored in the top of the fourteenth inning.  Joaquin Benoit got his first save of the season giving up two hits but no runs.  “King” Felix started the game for the Mariners going eight innings while giving up one run on five hits, no walks and twelve K’s.  Three Seattle relievers combined to go four innings while giving up no runs on two hits, two walks and six strikeouts. Former Tiger Charlie Furbush took the loss for Seattle going one inning while giving up one run on one hit, two walks and three strikeouts.  Blake Beaven finished the game for the Mariners with one scoreless inning of work.  Jhonny Peralta and Bryan Pena got the two Detroit RBI’s with Peralta going 0-4 but driving in one and Pena going 1-4 with the winning RBI on another ground out.  Torii Hunter and Victor Martinez each had two hits while Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera and Andy Dirks all had one hit.  The Tigers collected eight hits, four walks and left eleven men on base.      Thursday 4/18/13 Detroit-0  Seattle-2 The Tigers were going for the series sweep against the Mariners and it seemed like a sure thing with Justin Verlander getting the start, unfortunately three Seattle pitchers shut down the Tigers offense giving the M’s the 2-0 victory.  Verlander went seven innings while giving up two runs on nine hits, one walk and twelve strikeouts.  Phil Coke finished the game with one perfect inning.  Hisashi Iwakuma got the start for Seattle going six scoreless innings giving up three hits, one walk and two strikeouts but left the game while it was still scoreless and did not get a decision.  Carter Capps took over in the seventh and got his first win of the season, going two innings while giving up two hits, one walk and three K’s.  Tom Wilhelmsen recorded his sixth save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.  Prince Fielder “led” the offense being the only Tiger with more than one hit, he was 2-4 with a double.  Miguel Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta and Don Kelly all had one hit in the game.  The Tigers collected five hits, two walks and left five men on base.    Friday 4/19/13 Detroit-1  LA Angels-8 After their series with Seattle, Detroit travelled to Anaheim for three games against the Angels.  Anibal Sanchez got the start for the Tigers and recorded his first loss of the season.  He went 6-2/3 innings while giving up three runs on eleven hits, no walks and three strikeouts.  Darin Downs finished the seventh inning fanning the only batter he faced.  Octavio Dotel started the eighth and lasted 2/3 of an inning giving up five runs on four hits, one walk and no K’s.  Brayan Villarreal finished the game giving up one hit.  Tommy Hanson got the start for the Angels and recorded his second win of the season, going six scoreless innings while giving up six hits, four walks and two strikeouts.  Four Angels relievers combined to go three innings while giving up one run on four hits and one K.  Miguel Cabrera had the only RBI of the game going 3-4.  Torii Hunter and Alex Avila each had two hits while Victor Martinez, Andy Dirks and Jhonny Peralta all had one hit each.  The Tigers collected ten hits, six walks and left twelve men on base. Saturday 4/20/13 Detroit-0  LA Angels-10 Rick Porcello got the start in the second game of the series and had his worst outing of his career lasting only 2/3 of an inning while surrendering nine runs on nine hits and one walk.  Drew Smyly took over and gave Jim Leyland 5-2/3 scoreless innings giving up four hits and fanning seven.  Bryan Villarreal finished the game going 1-2/3 innings while one run on one hit, one walk and one strikeout.  Garrett Richards got the start for the Angels earning his first win of the season going seven scoreless innings while giving up two hits, no walks and eight strikeouts.  Two LA relievers combined to finish the game going two innings while giving up two hits and two strikeouts.  Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Jhonny Peralta and Alex Avila had the Tigers only four hits, they also had one hit batsman and left all five men on base. Sunday 4/21/13 Detoit-3  LA Angels-4  (13 Innings) Doug Fister was tasked with getting the Tigers back on track after the horrible loss the day before but was unable to right the ship but did have a solid stat going seven innings while giving up three runs and five hits, two walks and five strikeouts but did not get the decision.  Al Alburquerque took over for Fister going two scoreless innings while fanning five.  Joaquin Benoit threw one scoreless inning giving up one hit, one walk and two strikeouts.  Phil Coke took the mound next and earned his second loss of the season, giving up one run on one hit, one walk and four K’s, that one hit was a walk-off homerun surrendered to Mark Trumbo.  CJ Wilson got the start for the Angels going six innings giving up three runs on five hits, four walks and five strikeouts but did not get the decision.  Four Angels relievers combined to go four scoreless innings giving up three hits, two walks and five strikeouts.  Jerome Williams took the mound in the eleventh and earned his first win of the season giving up two hits and two K’s.  Prince Fielder led the offensive attack going 2-5 with a homerun and two RBI’s.  Austin Jackson also had an RBI in the game while Miguel Cabrera and Omar Infante each had two hits and Torii Hunter, Matt Tuiasosopo, Jhonny Peralta and Bryan Pena all had one hit each.  The Tigers collected ten hits, six walks and left thirteen men on base.      Tuesday 4/23/13 Kansas City  Detroit  (Postponed because of rain) No make-up date scheduled Wednesday 4/24/13 Kansas City-5  Detroit-7 After the rain out on Tuesday this was the opening of a now two game series between the Tigers and the Royals.  Max Scherzer got the start for Detroit and recorded his second win of the season.  Scherzer went five innings while giving up five runs on seven hits, three walks and six strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque and Joaquin Benoit combined for three scoreless innings giving up one hit, two walks and three strikeouts.  Newly recalled Jose Valverde picked up his first save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.  Wade Davis got the start and the loss for the Royals going 3-2/3 innings while giving up seven runs on eight hits, four walks and two K’s.  Two Royals relievers combined 4-1/3 innings of work while giving up one hit, four walks and two strikeouts.  Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta led the offensive attack with Martinez going 2-5 with a double and two RBI’s and Peralta going 2-3 with two RBI’s.  Miguel Cabrera was 2-3 with a double and one RBI, while Omar Infante was 3-4 with a triple and one RBI.  The Tigers collected nine hits, eight walks and left ten men on base. Thursday 4/25/13 Kansas City-8  Deroit-3  (10 Innings) The final game of this short two game series featured a battle between Justin Verlander and Royals ace James Shields and while both pitchers had good outings neither one got a decision.  Verlander went seven innings while surrendering two runs on eight hits, one walk and four strikeouts.  Highly touted prospect Bruce Rondon got the call to relieve Verlander and blew the save going one inning while giving up one run on three hits.  Phil Coke took the mound next and  after a scoreless ninth allowed the Royals to blow the game wide open in the tenth.  He went 1-1/3 innings while giving up four runs on one hit, four walks and one K.  Darin Downs finished the game going 2/3 of an inning while giving up one run on two hits.  Shields went eight innings while giving up three runs on five hits, three walks and four strikeouts but left the game with the score tied at one.  Tim Collins took over and recorded his first win of the season, going one inning and fanning two.  Greg Holland finished the game with one scoreless inning.  Torii Hunter “led” the offense going 2-4 with one RBI.  Miguel Cabrera was 1-4 with an RBI and Jhonny Peralta had an RBI.  Austin Jackson and Omar Infante also had hits in the game.  The Tigers collected five hits, three walks and left three men on base.   Friday 4/26/13 Atlanta-0  Detroit-10 After splitting the rain shortened series with Kansas City the Tigers welcomed National League opponent Atlanta Braves to Comerica Park for a three game series.  Game one was a match-up between Anibal Sanchez and Paul Maholm and it ended up being a historical night for the Tigers, with Sanchez setting the franchise mark for strikeouts in a game at 17 breaking the old record of 16 held by Mickey Lolich in 1969.  The final line for Sanchez was eight innings, no runs on five hits, one walk and the 17 strikeouts.  Bruce Rondon threw a perfect ninth inning fanning one.  Paul Maholm went 3-2/3 innings for the Braves while giving up eight runs on ten hits, three walks and three K’s.  Two Atlanta relievers combined to finish the game going 4-1/3 innings while giving up two runs on five hits, three walks and two strikeouts.  Matt Tuiasosopo led the attack for the Tigers going 2-4 with a homerun and five RBI’s.  Victor Martinez was 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI’s while Torii Hunter was 3-5 with one RBI, Miguel Cabrera was 2-4 with a double and an RBI and Prince Fielder also had an RBI.  The Tigers collected fifteen hits, six walks and left ten men on base.     Saturday 4/27/13 Atlanta-4  Detroit-7 The second game of this series had Detroit sending Rick Porcello to the mound opposed by Atlanta’s Kris Medlin.  Porcello was looking to rebound after the worst outing of his career lasting only 2/3 of an inning while giving up nine runs.  Porcello got the win going 6-1/3 innings while giving up three runs on five hits, two walks and five strikeouts.  Drew Smyly took over and fanned the only two batters he faced.  Joaquin Benoit threw one inning giving up one run on two hits and one strikeout and Jose Valverde got his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth where he struck out two.  Kris Medlin took the loss for the Braves going 5-1/3 innings while giving up five runs on ten hits, two walks and three K’s.  Three relievers combined to go 2-2/3 innings for the Braves giving up two runs on three hits, one walk and two strikeouts.  Omar Infante, Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta were the stars offensively with Infante going 3-4 with a double, a homerun and three RBI’s, Cabrera was 2-5 with two RBI’s and Peralta was 1-4 with a homerun and two RBI’s.  Austin Jackson had two hits in the game while Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Matt Tuiasosopo and Don Kelly all had one hit.  The Tigers collected thirteen hits, three walks, one hit batsman and left nine runners on base.    Sunday 4/28/13 Atlanta-3  Detroit-8 Doug Fister took the mound to oppose Mike Minor in the wrap-up game of the Braves series.  Detroit was going for the sweep and was confident of their chances with Fister on the mound.  Fister did not let them down getting his fourth win of the season, he went three runs on six hits, no walks, two hit batsmen and eight strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque threw a scoreless inning, walking two and fanning three and Jose Valverde threw a perfect ninth inning in a non-save situation.  Mike Minor took the lose his second of the season, he went 6-2/3 innings while giving up six runs on six hits, two walks and six strikeouts.  Two Atlanta relievers combined to go 1-1/3 innings while giving up two runs on three hits, one walk and one K.  Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera and Omar Infante led the offense, with Jackson going 1-3 with a homerun and three RBI’s, Cabrera going 2-4 with a double, homerun and three RBI’s and Infante going 2-4 with a homerun and an RBI.  Victor Martinez also had an RBI, while Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, Matt Tuiasosopo and Don Kelly all had singles in the game as the Tigers collected nine hits, three walks and left four men on base.     Monday 4/29/13 Minnesota-3  Detroit-4 After sweeping the Braves the Tigers welcomed the Minnesota Twins to Comerica Park for a three game series.  Game one featured Max Scherzer toeing the slab for Detroit and Mike Pelfrey for the Twins.  Scherzer prevailed earning his third win of the season, he went 7-1/3 innings while giving up three runs on six hits, no walks and ten strikeouts.  Drew Smyly and Joaquin Benoit combined going 1-2/3 innings of perfect base ball earning Benoit his second save of the season.  Pelfrey took his third loss of the season going 5-1/3 innings while giving up four runs on seven hits, two walks and one K.  Twin relievers Brian Duensing and Josh Roenicke combined to go 2-2/3 innings of scoreless ball while giving up one walk and two strikeouts.  Prince Fielder and Andy Dirks were the offense with Fielder going 1-4 with a homerun and three RBI and Dirks going 2-3 with a homerun and one RBI.  Austin Jackson, Jhonny Peralta, Alex Avila and Don Kelly all had one hit in the game.  The Tigers collected seven hits, three walks and left five men on base. Tuesday 4/30/13 Minnesota-1  Detroit-6 The second game of the series featured Justin Verlander on the mound for the Tigers and Vance Worley for the Twins.  Verlander and the Tigers came out on top of the 6-1 score.  Verlander went seven innings giving up one run on five hits, two walks and eight strikeouts.  Drew Smyly took over from Verlander and threw one scoreless inning with one hit, one walk and one K.  Al Alburquerque took the mound next lasting 1/3 of an inning walking two.  Joaquin Benoit finished the game going 2/3 of an inning fanning one.  Vance Worley got the start for Minnesota and was saddled with his fourth loss of the season.  He went 4-2/3 innings giving up six runs on ten hits, one walk and one strikeout.  Two Minnesota relievers combined to throw 3-1/3 scoreless innings giving up three hits, one walk and two K’s.  Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Alex Avila led the offense with Cabrera going 1-4 with a homerun and two RBI’s, Fielder going 2-4 with a homerun and two RBI’s and Avila going 1-3 with a solo homerun.  Torii Hunter was 1-4 with a double and one RBI, while Victor Martinez had three hits, Andy Dirks had two hits and Austin Jackson, Jhonny Peralta and Omar Infante all had one hit.  The Tigers collected thirteen hits, two walks and left six men on base. Upcoming Games 5/1 vs. Minnesota 1:08(EDT) 5/2 at Houston 8:10(EDT) 5/3 at Houston 8:10(EDT) 5/4 at Houston 7:10(EDT) 5/5 at Houston 4:10(EDT) 5/7 at Washington 7:05(EDT) 5/7 at Washington 7:05(EDT) 2013 Detroit Tiger Stats Hitters T.Hunter .370 .500 23 100 18 37 50 8 1 1 12 5 15 0 0 0 M.Cabrera .363 .559 25 102 21 37 57 6 1 4 28 13 14 1 0 1 M.Tuiasosopo .321 .464 16 28 3 9 13 1 0 1 6 4 8 0 0 0 O.Infante .306 .424 22 85 13 26 36 2 1 2 9 4 5 1 0 2 P.Fielder .301 .591 25 93 15 28 55 6 0 7 27 19 24 0 1 0 J.Peralta .292 .406 24 96 9 28 39 5 0 2 12 7 22 1 0 2 A.Jackson .286 .393 25 112 25 32 44 4 1 2 10 12 21 5 0 0 B.Pena .222 .259 6 27 2 6 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 V.Martinez .221 .274 24 95 5 21 26 5 0 0 9 10 12 0 0 0 A.Dirks .218 .291 19 55 5 12 16 1 0 1 5 9 12 2 0 0 D.Kelly .192 .308 16 26 2 5 8 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 A.Avila .183 .310 19 71 7 13 22 0 0 3 3 6 21 0 0 0 R.Santiago .105 .211 7 19 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Pitchers J.Valverde 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 3 0 2 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 A.Sanchez 3-1 1.34 5 5 0 0 0 0 33.20 26 6 5 0 9 41 1 A.Alburquerque 0-0 1.50 12 0 0 2 0 0 12.00 7 2 2 0 10 21 4 D.Smyly 1-0 1.50 9 0 0 1 0 1 18.00 12 3 3 0 5 20 1 J.Verlander 3-2 1.83 6 6 0 0 0 0 39.10 36 9 8 1 11 41 0 J.Benoit 0-0 2.19 12 0 0 7 0 2 12.10 8 3 3 2 6 14 0 D.Fister 4-0 2.38 5 5 0 0 0 0 34.00 29 12 9 1 6 25 1 D.Downs 0-0 3.00 8 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 4 3 3 1 4 13 0 M.Scherzer 3-0 4.02 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.10 29 15 14 2 7 46 1 B.Rondon 0-0 4.50 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.00 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 P.Coke 0-3 8.31 9 0 0 5 0 1 8.20 8 8 8 1 5 10 1 R.Porcello 1-2 8.84 5 4 0 1 0 0 19.10 28 19 19 3 5 8 1 O.Dotel 0-0 13.50 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.20 10 7 7 0 4 4 0 B.Villarreal 0-2 20.77 7 0 0 3 0 0 4.10 8 10 10 1 8 6 1   19 days ago - Via Google+ - View - Breaking Detroit News : Tigers put Phil Coke on DL, send Avisail Garcia to Toledo To take Coke's spot on the 25-man roster, they recalled right-hander Jose Ortega from Triple-A Toledo. Ortega did not allow an earned run in 10 outings with the Mud Hens, allowing just five hits and... 19 days ago - Via dlvr.it - View - Detroit Tigers : ROSTER MOVES: The +Tigers announced today that they have recalled Avisail Garcia from his rehab assignment... ROSTER MOVES: The +Tigers announced today that they have recalled Avisail Garcia from his rehab assignment in Lakeland, reinstated him from the disabled list and optioned him to Toledo. Also, Phil Coke has been placed on the disabled list retroactive to April 26 with a left groin strain. The Tigers have recalled RHP Jose Ortega from AAA Toledo. 19 days ago - Via Adobe® Social - View - Matthew Mowery : The Oakland Press Blogs: Out of Left Field: Phil Coke discusses Valverde's return on Sirius XM Radio Pontiac, Michigan daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising. 25 days ago - Via Google+ - View - Detroit Tigers Rule : Games 1-12 in the 2013 Detroit Tigers season. Team Leaders Avg: Prince Fielder .429 HR: Prince Fielder... Games 1-12 in the 2013 Detroit Tigers season. Team Leaders Avg: Prince Fielder .429 HR: Prince Fielder 4 RBI: Prince Fielder 19 SB: Jhonny Peralta 1 Wins: Anibal Sanchez 2 Saves: Drew Smyly 1 ERA: Anibal Sanchez 1.42  K: Anibal Sanchez 21 Iinjuries Octavio Dotel, RP right elbow inflammation Doubtful  Avisail Garcia, OF bruised right heel Out Player news Cale Iorg, SS Released Jose Valverde, RP Signed to a minor league contract Evan Reed, RP Claimed off waivers from Miami and optioned to Toledo (INT) Justin Verlander, SP Signed to a five-year contract extension Danny Worth, 2B Optioned to Toledo (INT) Luis Marte, RP Optioned to Toledo (INT) Bruce Rondon, RP Optioned to Toledo (INT) Quintin Berry, CF Optioned to Toledo (INT) Avisail Garcia, CF Placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 22 Kevin Russo, 3B Reassigned to minor league camp Standings Kansas City    7  5 .583 -- Detroit            7  5 .583 -- Cleveland        5  6 .455 1 1/2 Chicago WSox 5 8 .385 2 1/2 Minnesota        4 7 .364 2 1/2  Welcome to the first review of the 2013 Detroit Tigers season, after this one there will be every week on Sunday or Monday as we follow the Tigers in their quest to win their first World Series title since 1984.  The season started, as all do, with great hopes and lots of questions.  There were roster changes, the signing of Torii Hunter, the release of Brendan Boesch, the situation with the closer and the return of Victor Martinez among many other issues.  This season looks to be one of the most interesting in a long time.       Monday 4/1/13 Detroit-4  Minnesota-2 The Tigers started the season with three games in Minnesota against the Twins.  Opening Day was a cold afternoon in the Twin Cities with temperatures in the low 30s.  Justin Verlander took the mound for the defending American League Champions and was opposed by Vance Worley for the Twins.  Verlander went five innings and gave up four hits, two walks and struck out seven.  Drew Smyly took the mound in relief and lasted 1-1/3 innings of work and gave up two runs on three hits, three walks and one strikeout.  Al Alburquerque was the next reliever up and went 2/3 of an inning giving up one hit and fanning two.  Joaquin Benoit threw 1-1/3 scoreless innings giving up one walk and striking out one.  Phil Coke finished out the ninth inning fanning one and earning his first save of the season.  Vance Worley got the start for the Twins lasting six innings while giving up three runs on eight hits, one walk and three strikeouts and getting his first loss of the season.  Three Minnesota relievers finished the game going a combined three innings while giving up one run on one hit, two walks and five strikeouts.  Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder and Jhonny Peralta led the offense with Hunter going 2-5 with a double, Fielder going 2-4 with a double and an RBI and Peralta going 2-3 with a walk.  Omar Infante had two hits and an RBI and Austin Jackson was 1-5.  The Tigers collected nine hits, three walks and left eight men on base. Wednesday 4/3/13 Detroit-2  Minnesota-3                  The second game of this series was played in weather just as cold as Opening Day but the results were different.  Anibal Sanchez got the start for the Tigers and went five scoreless innings giving up two hits, three walks and five strikeouts but did not get a decision after the lead was blown by the bullpen.  Darin Downs took over for Sanchez and lasted 1-1/3 innings while giving up one run on a walk and three K’s.  Brayan Villarreal was next up and threw 2/3 of an inning while giving up one hit and fanning two.  Joaquin Benoit took over next threw one inning and gave up one run on two walks.  Phil Coke took over to try to end the Twins rally but was unable to do so earning his first blown save and first lose of the season.  Coke gave up one run on two hits in 1/3 of an inning.  Kevin Correia got the start for the Twins going seven innings while giving up two runs on seven hits, one walk and two strikeouts.  Two Minnesota relievers finished the game going two innings while fanning two.  Miguel Cabrera was the offense for the Tigers going 2-4 with two RBI’s.  Torii Hunter had two hits, Austin Jackson, Alex Avila and Omar Infante each had one hit.  The Tigers collected seven hits, one walk and left five men on base. Thursday 4/4/13 Detroit-2  Minnesota-8 The third game of the series on Thursday at Target Field was just as cold, with temps in the mid 30s but sunny skies.  The sunshine did not improve the Tigers chances in the game losing 8-2.  Rick Porcello got the start and the loss going 5-1/3 innings while giving up three runs on six hits, two walks and two strikeouts.  Octavio Dotel and Darin Downs combined for 1-2/3 scoreless innings fanning three.  Brayan Villarreal took the mound with the the Tigers trailing 3-2 and promptly put the game out of reach lasting 2/3 of an inning while giving up five runs on four hits, two walks and one strikeout.  Al Alburquerque finished the game fanning the only batter he faced.  Mike Pelfry got the start for the Twins and earned his first win of the season, lasting 5-1/3 innings while giving up two runs on five hits, two walks and one strikeout.  Six Twins relievers combined to go 3-2/3 scoreless innings of work while giving up three hits, three walks and four strikeouts.  Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera drove in the Tigers runs, while Austin Jackson and Victor Martinez each had two hits.  Miguel Cabrera, Don Kelly, Jhonny Peralta and Omar Infante each had one hit.  The Tigers collected eight hits, five walks and left ten men on base. Friday 4/5/13 NY Yankees-3  Detroit-8 After the game on Thursday the Tigers flew home for their home opener against the Yankees.  Doug Fister got the start for the Tigers and his first win of the season, he went 5 innings while giving up three runs on six hits, two walks and two strikeouts.  Drew Smyly took over in the sixth inning and threw 4 innings of perfect ball fanning five and earning his first save of the season.  Ivan Nova got the start for the Yankees and went 4-2/3 innings while surrendering four runs on five hits, two walks and five strikeouts.  Three Yankee relievers combined for 3-1/3 innings while giving up four runs on four hits, two walks and three K’s.  Prince Fielder led the offense going 2-4 with two homeruns and five RBI’s.  Alex Avila and Omar Infante each drove in one run.  Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, Fielder and Infante all had two hits while Avila had one hit.  The Tigers collected nine hits, four walks and left five men on base. Saturday 4/6/13 NY Yankees-4  Detroit-8 In the second game of the series Max Scherzer got the start and his first win of the season going five innings while giving up four runs on five hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque, Darin Downs and Joaquin Benoit combined for 4 scoreless innings of work giving up one hit, three walks and three strikeouts.  Phil Hughes got the start and the loss for New York going 4 innings while giving up four runs on eight hits, three walks and four K’s.  Three relievers finished the game for New York going a combined 4 innings while giving up four runs on nine hits, three walks and three strikeouts.  Prince Fielder and Andy Dirks led the offensive attack for Detroit with Fielder going 1-3 with two RBI’s and Dirks going 2-4 with two RBI’s.  Miguel Cabrera was 4-4 with a double and one RBI, Torii Hunter was 3-5 with a double and one RBI, Jhonny Peralta was 2-5 with a double and one RBI and Victor Martinez was 1-3 with an RBI.  Austin Jackson was 3-5 while Alex Avila had one hit in four trips.  The Tigers collected 17 hits, three walks and left eleven men on base. Sunday 4/7/13 NY Yankees-7  Detroit-0 Justin Verlander was on the mound as the Tigers tried to sweep the series against the Yankees, unfortunately that was as close as he got with the Yankees shutting out the Tigers 7-0.  Verlander went 7-1/3 innings while giving up three runs on seven hits, two walks and four strikeouts.  Phil Coke last 2/3 of an inning while surrendering two runs on three hits and Octavio Dotel finished the game going one inning giving up two runs on three hits and one walk.  CC Sabathia took the mound for the Yankees going seven scoreless innings while giving up four hits, three walks and three K’s.  Two New York relievers finished the game going a combined two scoreless innings while giving up four hits and three strikeouts.  Torii Hunter and Matt Tuiasosopo each had two hits while Prince Fielder, Brayan Pena, Omar Infante and Ramon Santiago each had one hit.  The Tigers collected eight hits, three walks and left eleven men on base. Tuesday 4/9/13 Toronto-3  Detroit-7 The Tigers welcomed the Toronto Blue Jays to Comerica Park after the Yankees left.  Anibal Sanchez took the mound and picked up his first win of the season.  Sanchez went seven innings while giving up two runs on five hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.  Drew Smyly, Al Alburquerque and Joaquin Benoit finished the game going a combined two innings while giving up one run on three hits and one K.  Brandon Morrow got the start for the Jays and picked up his first loss of the season, he went 3-2/3 innings while giving up five runs on nine hits and two strikeouts.  Four Jay relievers combined to finish the game going a combined 4-1/3 innings while giving up two runs on six hits and one strikeout.  Miguel Cabrera led the offense going 4-5 with one homerun and four RBI’s, Prince Fielder was 2-3 with a double and one RBI, Matt Tuiasosopo and Alex Avila each had an RBI with Avila going 2-4.  Torii Hunter had three hits while Austin Jackson, Andy Dirks and Omar Infante all had one hit.  The Tigers collected 15 hits, four walks and left twelve men on base. Wednesday 4/10/13 Toronto-8  Detroit-6 The middle game of the three game set saw Rick Porcello battle Mark Buehrle and the Jays coming out on top 8-6.  Porcello went 5 innings while giving up four runs on eight hits and one strikeout but did not get a decision.  Darin Downs took the mound next going 1-1/3 innings while giving up one run on two hits, one walk and two strikeout and left with the lead.  Brayan Villarreal took the mound next and promptly blew the game wide open giving up three runs on three walks without recording an out an earning his first loss of the season.  Octavio Dotel came next going 1-2/3 innings while giving up two hits, one walk and three K’s but was saddled with a blown save.  Phil Coke finished the game with a perfect ninth inning where he fanned two.  Buehrle lasted 4-1/3 innings while giving up six runs on seven hits, two walks and two strikeouts but was saved from a loss when Villarreal self destructed.  Five Toronto relievers combined to go 4-2/3 while giving up four hits, two walks and three K’s, with Aaron Loup picking up the win and Casey Janssen got his second save of the season.  The offense was well spread out with six players; Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Andy Dirks, Jhonny Peralta and Omar Infante all getting one RBI.  Austin Jackson was 2-5 and Miguel Cabrera was 2-5 with a double.  The Tigers collected eleven hits, four walks, one hit batsman and left nine men on base. Thursday 4/11/13 Toronto-1  Detroit-11 The rubber game of the Toronto series pitted Doug Fister against Josh Johnson.  Detroit won the game and the series, pasting the Jays 11-1.  Fister went eight innings while surrendering one run on eight hits, one walk and five strikeouts.  Al Alburquerque finished the game with one inning where he gave up one hit, one walk and fanned one.  Johnson didn’t last long going only 1-1/3 innings where he gave up six runs on seven hits, two walks and one strikeout.  Three Jay relievers finished the game going a combined 6-2/3 innings where they gave up five runs on nine hits, four walks and five strikeouts.  Torii Hunter and Prince Fielder led the offense with Hunter going 2-3 with three RBI’s and Fielder going 2-4 with a double and four RBI’s.  Austin Jackson, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Omar Infante all had one RBI, while Jhonny Peralta had three hits and Alex Avila had two hits.  The Tigers collected 16 hits, six walks, one hit batsman and left eleven men on base. Friday 4/12/13 Detroit-3  Oakland-4 (12 innings) After the game Thursday against the Blue Jays the Tigers hopped on the plane and flew to Oakland for a three game set against the A’s.  Max Scherzer got the start for Detroit and went six innings two runs on five hits, one walk and eleven K’s but did not get a decision after the bullpen blew another lead.  Drew Smyly Took the mound next was saddled with a blown save after going 2-1/3 innings while giving up one run on two hits, one walk and three strikeouts.  Octavio Dotel and Darin Downs came next and went a combined 2-2/3 innings of scoreless ball, walking one and fanning two.  Our good friend Brayan Villarreal took the mound next and earned his second loss of the season going 1/3 of an inning while giving up a walk-off home run to give the A’s the win in twelve innings.  Bartolo Colon got the start for the A’s and went seven innings while giving up three runs on eight hits and five strikeouts.  Four Oakland relievers combined to go 4-2/3 innings of work while giving up four hits and three K’s.  Chris Resop got the win for Oakland after setting down the only batter he faced.  Prince Fielder was the offense for the Tigers going 4-5 with a double and a homerun and three RBI’s.  Austin Jackson and Andy Dirks each had two hits, while Torii Hunter, Miguel Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta and Ramon Santiago each had one hit.  The Tigers collected twelve hits and left seven men on base. Saturday 4/13/13 Detroit-7  Oakland-3 In the middle game of the set Detroit was trying to recover from a disappointing extra innings loss.  Justin Verlander took the mound for Detroit going six innings and getting his second win of the season.  He gave up one run on three hits, three walks and six K’s.  Al Alburquerque took the mound next going 2/3 of an innings while giving up two runs on two hits, one walks and two K’s.  Phil Coke and Joaquin Benoit combined to throw 2-1/3 innings of scoreless ball while giving up two hits, two walks and five strikeouts.  Brett Anderson took the loss for Oakland going 5-2/3 innings while giving up seven runs on eight hits, three walks and two K’s.  Two Oakland relievers combined to finish the game going a combined 3-1/3 innings of scoreless baseball while giving up two hits, one walk and two strikeouts.  Torii Hunter, Prince Fielder and Jhonny Peralta led the attack for the Tigers with Hunter going 1-5 with a homerun and an RBI, Fielder going 2-3 with a homer and an RBI and Peralta going 1-4 with a homerun and three RBI’s.  Austin Jackson and Brayan Pena also had RBI’s with Pena going 2-3 with a double.  Victor Martinez, Matt Tuiasosopo and Omar Infante also had hits in the game.  The Tigers collected ten hits, four walks and left six men on base. Sunday 4/14/13 Detroit-10  Oakland-1 In the final game of the series between Oakland and Detroit the Tigers were going for the series win and sent Anibal Sanchez to the mound.  He got his second win of the season going seven innings while giving up one run on three hits, four walks and eight strikeouts.  Rick Porcello finished the game going two innings of perfect ball.  Jarrod Parker got the start for the A’s getting the loss by going 3-1/3 innings and giving up eight runs on nine hits, two walks and two K’s.  Four Oakland relievers finished the game going a combined 5-2/3 innings while giving up two runs on five hits, three walks and one strikeout.  Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers with Jackson going 4-6 with a homerun and three RBI’s, Hunter going 3-5 with two doubles, a triple and an RBI and Cabrera going 1-4 with two RBI’s.  Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Andy Dirks and Jhonny Peralta all had RBI’s as well with Peralta getting two hits and Alex Avila one.  The Tigers collected fourteen hits, five walks, one hit batsman and left eleven men on base.  The next week see the Tigers travel to Anaheim for three against the Angels starting 4/16, three against the Mariners starting 4/19 before returning to Comerica to host the Royals for three starting 4/23. Culmulative Stats for Games 1-12  AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB SB W K AVG SLG Austin Jackson 57 17 22 5 2 0 1 27 1 5 5 .386 .474 Torii Hunter 54 10 22 8 5 1 1 32 0 0 7 .407 .593 Miguel Cabrera 50 12 16 13 2 1 1 23 1 6 6 .320 .460 Prince Fielder 42 9 18 19 5 0 4 35 0 10 7 .429 .833 Victor Martinez 41 1 6 4 0 0 0 6 0 7 4 .146 .146 Andy Dirks 31 2 6 4 0 0 0 6 1 6 7 .194 .194 Jhonny Peralta 47 4 15 6 2 0 1 20 1 2 10 .319 .426 Alex Avila 41 5 8 2 0 0 2 14 0 2 12 .195 .341 Omar Infante 39 5 13 4 0 0 0 13 0 1 3 .333 .333 Don Kelly 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .100 .100 Matt Tuiasosopo 10 2 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 .400 .500 Ramon Santiago 14 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 .143 .286 Brayan Pena 7 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .429 .571 Totals: 413 68 136 67 18 3 10 190 4 42 66 .329 .460                              W L S IP H R ER BB K HR ERA   Justin Verlander 2 1 0 18.1 14 4 4 7 17 1 1.96   Anibal Sanchez 2 0 0 19.0 10 3 3 8 21 0 1.42   Rick Porcello 0 1 0 12.1 14 7 7 2 3 2 5.11   Doug Fister 2 0 0 13.0 14 4 4 3 7 1 2.77   Max Scherzer 1 0 0 11.0 10 6 6 3 18 1 4.91   Drew Smyly 0 0 1 8.1 6 3 3 4 9 0 3.24   Al Alburquerque 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 4.50   Joaquin Benoit  0 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 5 7 1 3.00   Phil Coke 0 1 1 3.1 6 3 3 0 4 0 8.10   Darin Downs 0 0 0 7.2 2 2 2 4 11 0 2.35   Bryan Villarreal 0 2 0 1.2 6 9 9 5 4 1 48.60   Octavio Dotel 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 4.50   Totals: 7 5 2 107.2 95 47 47 47 91 7 4.14   1 month ago - Via Google+ - View - Jeff Roberts : Phil Coke Against Right-Handed Hitters It’s a well-known fact that Phil Coke struggles against right-handed hitters. For his career, right-handers have hit .302/.372/.437 against Coke and .396/.446/.604 last year alone. This suggests tha... 1 month ago - Via Google+ - View - West Michigan Whitecaps : Watch the video: Phil Coke congratulates the Whitecaps on 20 Seasons Detroit Tiger Phil Coke congratulates the West Michigan Whitecaps on 20 seasons as a franchise. 1 month ago - Via YouTube - View - Detroit Tigers FanPage : #MLB  Phil Coke did most of the closing in the playoffs and the #DetroitTigers  went into the season ... #MLB  Phil Coke did most of the closing in the playoffs and the #DetroitTigers  went into the season talking about a “closer-by-committee” situation, but now manager Jim Leyland has settled on Joaquin Benoit as the primary ninth-inning reliever. #FanPages   Jim Leyland decides on Joaquin Benoit as Tigers’ closer 1 month ago - Via Community - View - Andrew Humphrey, CBM : Rain delay in Detroit. So enjoy ... Rain delay in Detroit. So enjoy ... Watch the video: 2012 ALCS Final Out - Tigers Beat Yankees, 8-1 In Detroit | By Andrew Humphrey, CBM Detroit's Phil Coke gets New York's Jayson Nix to fly out, and the Tigers win MLB's 2012 ALCS at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. Go Detroit! Go Tigers! 1 month ago - Via Google+ - View - ProFSL - Pro Fantasy Sports Leagues : Fantasy MLB Pickups of the Week: Get more bang for your "Buck"!: Article brought to you by Fantasy Furnace... Fantasy MLB Pickups of the Week: Get more bang for your "Buck"!: Article brought to you by Fantasy Furnace... The first week of baseball is now in the bank, however in fantasy, there are many leagues that do not commence until week #2. Perfect timing then for our Waiver Wire Pickups of the week! (Keep in mind that there is only a small sampling to go by after just one week). We wish all of the owners out there much success this season and want to remind you all to stay active on the waiver wire for that added edge in your leagues. Good luck! John Buck-C-Mets - This is a ‘good news’-'bad news’ pickup prospect this week. The good news is that Buck, who languished last season with the Marlins batting a meager .192 with 12 HRs and 43 RBIs , has now had an offensive explosion in the early going this season. He belted his third home run of the season off of Roy Halladay on Monday and now leads the National League in RBIs with an even dozen. Now the bad news. At some point in the season, Buck will become merely a bench player as the Mets will be calling up their top catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud. So if Buck is still available in your league, he will pays dividends for the short term while he’s on a roll but he’ll be on loan… Darin Downs-RP-Tigers - If you’re in a deeper roto league and have the bench space, you might think of stashing this second year hard thrower. In 21 big league appearances, the 29 year old who has spent the majority of his time in the minors, has averaged 1K per inning. So far this young season, in just three games, Downs has two holds, 7 strikeouts, 2 BBs and has posted a 2.08 ERA to go along with a miniscule 0.46 WHIP. The closer situation in Detroit is one by committee with Phil Coke struggling, and 35 year old Joaquin Benoit unreliable. Downs is a low risk-high reward pickup and is virtually unowned in leagues. Franklin Gutierrez-OF-Mariners - Now in his fifth year with Seattle, Gutierrez has been plagued by the injury bug over the past couple of seasons and so manager Eric Wedge has been monitoring his playing time to start the season. Off to a pretty good start to the season- 2 homers, 6 RBIs and a .319 batting average, Gutierrez is a solid bet to... Read more here... http://dlvr.it/3Ccjmy 1 month ago - Via dlvr.it - View - MLive.com : Stuck at work on Opening Day? Join James Schmehl and "Phil Coke's Brain" for our live blog! Stuck at work on Opening Day? Join James Schmehl and "Phil Coke's Brain" for our live blog! Live blog: Join Detroit Tigers insider James Schmehl, Phil Coke's Brain for home opener vs. Yankees, 1 p.m. Tigers manager Jim Leyland called it a "celebration" for Detroit. And based on the tailgate scene outside Comerica Park, fans certainly know how to commemorate the occasion. 1 month ago - Via HootSuite - View -