Tigers get heated in dugout, get cold at plate

The Tigers lost Friday’s game to the Red Sox, 7-2, which led to tension bubbling over between Iglesias and McCann, and a hard shove on Iglesias’ part .

Between the top and bottom of the sixth inning, cameras caught Iglesias and catcher James McCann engaging in an argument in the Detroit dugout.

McCann appeared to say something to Iglesias, pointing out to the field, then Iglesias shoved him with two hands in the chest.

Marlins: Ace Jose Fernandez headed again to Miami on Saturday to be examined by a physician after feeling stiffness in his proper shoulder following Friday night time’s outing towards the Atlanta Braves.

“I’ve been on teams that are winning and had the same thing happen”, Ausmus said.

ORIOLES: Baltimore released right-hander Bud Norris, who won 15 games for the team last season. Rondon walked DH David Ortiz on a 3-2 slider that just missed and then ended the game by slipping a 1-2 slider by 3B Pablo Sandoval.

Asked if he wished he would have handled it differently, Iglesias said: “No. I did what I’m supposed to do”.

These final 51 games will be another referendum on second-year manager Brad Ausmus, who can’t let this collapse into abject misery. “Yeah”, he said. “It’s fine”. “Maybe he subscribes to the theory that there’s no bad press”. He wouldn’t elaborate on what the disagreement between Jose Iglesias and James McCann was.

Boston batter Rusney Castillo falls to the ground as he strikes out in the fifth inning of Saturday night’s 7-6 loss to Detroit. He was able to grab the ball and throw Kinsler out at first base to end the game, but was visibly in a lot of pain as he left the field with the training staff.

“To me it looked like he started to go for it as if he was going to dive and didn’t think he could get there with a dive”, Ausmus said.

And oh by the way, Iglesias and McCann both are 25, so this wasn’t a collision of age, but a convergence of strong-willed players seeking their place.

“I think I have a chance to make each and every play when I’m at short”. “I just try to come here and do my job”. I don’t tell anybody how to play your position.