| Detroit Tigers RHP Justin Verlander put up | | | | was the winning hit in Detroit's 2-0 victory over |
| another good start Wednesday with eight innings | | | | Minnesota. |
| of shutout ball against Minnesota. Verlander | | | | Kansas City RHP Joe Mays who signed with the |
| worked mostly off his fastball, which touched in | | | | Royals for $1 million in January as a free agent |
| the neighborhood of 98 MPH on occasions and | | | | was released after clearing waivers. He was |
| allowed only six hits. Oddly for such a hard | | | | designated for assignment on May 8th. Mays was |
| thrower, he had no strikeouts and no walks. | | | | 0-4 with a 10.27 earned run average in six starts. |
| Verlander has had just one start where he got | | | | RHP Elmer Dessens worked 2 1/3 innings on |
| knocked around. RHP Todd Jones notched his 11th | | | | Tuesday to become the sixth pitcher born in |
| save Wednesday night in what is, for him, his | | | | Mexico to pitch 1,000 innings in the Major Leagues. |
| typically rough fashion, all sports betting fans were | | | | The other five are Fernando Valenzuela, Esteban |
| exited about this pitching match-up. | | | | Loaiza, Ismael Valdez, Teddy Higuera and |
| Jones, who has just one blown save this season, | | | | Armando Reynoso. |
| began the eighth inning with a ground out. Gave | | | | OF Shane Costa, who went on the disabled list |
| up a one-out single and then got his second out | | | | April 29 with a strained left hamstring reported |
| on a fly ball to the warning track. Jones walked | | | | Wednesday to Double-A Wichita in a minor league |
| the next batter (Rondell White's first unintentional | | | | rehab assignment. If Costa has no setbacks he |
| walk of the season) before getting a pop-up to | | | | could join the club this weekend in Kansas City. |
| second to close out Detroit's 2-0 win over | | | | RHP Runelvys Hernandez starts the series finale |
| Minnesota. | | | | Wednesday at Cleveland. He has yielded 11 earned |
| C Vance Wilson is another example of things | | | | runs and 18 hits in 9 2/3 innings over his previous |
| going right for the Detroit Tigers this year. Wilson, | | | | two starts. Obtaining a career record of 1-9 with |
| in the lineup Wednesday night because regular C | | | | a 6.49 ERA in 12 May starts. |
| Ivan Rodriguez was serving as the Tigers' DH, | | | | RF Reggie Sanders is 1-for-15 since returning to |
| cranked a two-run home run with two out in the | | | | the lineup after sitting out six games with a |
| eighth against LHP Johan Santana of the Twins. It | | | | strained left hamstring. |