Perez Homers to Lift Royals to 5-1 Win Over Tigers

Turns out, it’s working well in the present.

He received a standing ovation from his new fans as he came off the mound following the seventh inning. His final stats for the night were 7 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K’s on 106 pitches. “I told Daniel Norris, it feels like we’re home”.

“My initial reaction was that if he wanted to go to the plate I was a sitting duck”, Castellanos said. It’s awesome. It’s a baseball stadium.

Danny Duffy (5-5) allowed one run on five hits and four walks in seven innings, only striking out two. With 3 pending free agents and a multitude of roster holes, Avila will need to find a way to bring in pitching (both starters and relievers), multiple outfielders, and possibly a catcher to platoon with the young James McCann.

■They sent him out to face the division-leading rival Royals – one they’ve outspent by a quarter of a billion dollars over the last five years – and its newly acquired ace, Johnny Cueto.

“Once I catch these two a few more times, it will be even better”.

An extreme fly-ball pitcher like Boyd — he got 15 fly-ball outs, two ground outs and two strikeouts, while not walking anyone — will fit perfectly in Comerica.

What the Tigers have now, though, is an uneasy feeling, with a manager in limbo – Brad Ausmus is “our manager for the rest of this season, for sure”, Avila said – and a team in traction. Wilson has been the team’s long man, set-up man and even made a spot start earlier in the season.

“This does not mean we have given up on this season”, Avila said.

He served up two homers among nine hits Saturday, allowing six runs in 6 2-3 innings of a 6-2 loss at Baltimore. “I was just kind of searching for it, so you’ve really got to bear down and execute when you’re really only throwing two pitches for strikes”.

“He has assured me that he will continue to do everything in his power to make this club a victor and seeking a world championship”, he said. His two-out smash over the head of Cain, who was playing shallow, knocked in left fielder Tyler Collins, who led off the inning with a double. It was Morales’ first triple of the season. It was one of only two extra-base hits allowed by Boyd, and it was Morales’ first triple since September 7, 2012 when he hit a triple off former Tiger Max Scherzer in Anaheim.

Yet another triple let the Tigers regain the lead in their half of the fourth.

Rios singled and moved to third on a bad pickoff throw in the fifth, but Boyd got out of the jam.

“Danny was outstanding tonight”, Royals manager Ned Yost said. Kinsler, who is batting.

Tigers: 1B Miguel Cabrera (calf strain) has been told to back off on his rehab work, now that the Tigers are falling out of the postseason race. The Tigers lost Tuesday to fall 12 ½ games behind the first-place Royals.