Verlander drops to 0-4 as Blue Jays beat Tigers 10

A Grade 3 strain is the most severe, meaning a near or complete rupture of the muscle.

The two-time A.L. MVP pulled up while breaking for second on an attempted hit-and-run in the fourth inning of Friday’s win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Cabrera is hitting. 350 with 15 homers and 54 RBIs. To fill the roster spot, Jefry Marte was called up from the Mud Hens, but he is primarily a third baseman by trade.

Mark Teixeira doubled past Loney, who was guarding the first-base line, and into the right-field corner against Boxberger (4-4) leading off the bottom half. “I think he’s sore from hitting the railing”, manager Brad Ausmus said with a grin. “There’s been stretches over the years where he’s had to sit because we were trying to get him healthy for the end of the year. We still have a very good offense”.

“You can look at this in two ways”, he said. Yet, I’m not ready to say the Tigers should throw in the towel.

“A little bit tight. I think it’s going to be sore tomorrow”. “I couldn’t tell you if there’s going to be any other body here any time”.

As he walked away from reporters, he shouted over his shoulder, “I’m Mexican”, and said it would take something more serious than this to shut him down.

Marte, 24, has hit. Simon, who starts the opener of a three-game series against Seattle, has been clobbered in his last three starts. He hit his 23rd on September. They also have no obvious alternative for first base. “We’ll see what happens with it. But if it does happen, it’s a blessing from God”. He hit his 25th double of the season Sunday and is batting. Blue Jays manager Josh Gibbons said he is undecided who will be the starting pitcher against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. “It doesn’t have to be one person that steps up, but it could be a number of people that steps up over the course of this time”.

Victor Martinez finished fourth (2,973,210) in voting at designated hitter.

The Detroit Tigers face a significant amount of the second half of the Major League Baseball season without the services of the team’s best hitter. “But at the same time, I have always said this is not a one man sport”. Avila himself is returning to the lineup Saturday after missing almost two months with his own knee injury.

This is how this will play out: While Cabrera is out, the Tigers will be all in.

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers need strong performances from Justin Verlander if they are going to win their sixth straight AL Central title, and right now the former ace is far from his best.

Jhonny Peralta broke an eighth-inning tie with a sacrifice fly, and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the San Diego Padres 2-1 to stop their longest losing streak of the season at four games.

“I have never played beside somebody like him”, Martinez said.

Cabrera become the fourth Tigers player to be named a fan-voted starter three times, joining Lou Whitaker (1984-86), Lance Parrish (1984-86) and Ivan Rodriguez (2004, 2006-07). Ausmus admitted before yesterday’s game that he didn’t know anything about call-up Jeff Ferrell. It affects us tremendously, but we’re not the first team to have a star player go down.

Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera is approached by first base coach…