2010 Detroit Tigers season

2010 Detroit Tigers
Slogan: "Always a Tiger"
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1894)
Results
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2010 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 110th season. This year saw the passing of legendary Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, and nearly saw the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. The Tigers spent most of the season in 2nd or 3rd place. The third-place Tigers finished 13 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins, with an 81–81 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Austin Jackson made the Tigers' opening day roster, and was American League Rookie of the Month for April.^[1] 2010 also saw the debuts of several rookies from the Tiger farm system, including Brennan Boesch, Scott Sizemore, Danny Worth, Casper Wells and Will Rhymes. Boesch was called up on April 23, 2010, and was named the AL Rookie of the Month for May and June.^[2][3]

The Tigers sent three players to the 2010 All-Star game. Miguel Cabrera and José Valverde were selected as reserves, and starter Justin Verlander was added to the team when another AL starter who was selected was unable to pitch due to scheduling. At the All-Star break, the Tigers were a half-game out of first place in the AL Central, behind the Chicago White Sox. But a slow start and injuries to key players Magglio Ordóñez, Carlos Guillén and Brandon Inge shortly after the break sent the Tigers into a tailspin. Closer Valverde would also suffer a series of nagging injuries down the stretch. The Tigers finished the season with an 81-81 record, good for third place, 13 games back of the division-winning Minnesota Twins. While playing outstanding baseball at home, the Tigers were just 29-52 on the road. Only the Seattle Mariners had fewer road wins than the Tigers among American League teams.

Among the season highlights were Miguel Cabrera hitting .328 with 38 home runs and an AL-best 126 RBI, earning the American League Silver Slugger Award at first base^[4] and finishing second in the AL MVP race (earning 5 of 28 first-place votes).^[5] Austin Jackson (.293 average, 103 runs, 181 hits, 27 stolen bases) finished second in the AL Rookie-of-the-Year voting. Justin Verlander enjoyed another strong season (18-9 record, 3.37 ERA, 219 strikeouts). After a slow start and a brief trip to the minors, Max Scherzer showed promise with a 12-11 record, 3.50 ERA and 181 strikeouts.

On July 26, the Tigers were on the losing end of Matt Garza's no-hitter in Tampa.^[6]

2009-10 Offseason activities

Personnel changes

• On October 9, first base coach Andy Van Slyke announced he is leaving the team.^[7]
• On November 9, the Tigers hired Tom Brookens as their new first base coach. Brookens played on the 1984 World Series championship team and was most recently the manager of the team's Class-AA affiliate at Erie.^[8]

Releases

• On November 6, the Tigers removed Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor from their 40-man roster, allowing them to become free agents.^[9]
• On November 16, the Tigers released Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff to free agency.^[10]

• On December 1, the Tigers released Plácido Polanco to free agency.^[11]
• On December 8, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon turned down arbitration and became free agents.^[12]

Trades

• On December 7, the Tigers traded Clay Rapada to Texas for a player to be named later or cash considerations.^[13]
• On December 9, the Tigers completed a 3 team deal. They gave Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks and received Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth from Arizona and Austin Jackson and Phil Coke from New York.^[14]
• On December 21, the Tigers traded Dusty Ryan to San Diego for cash considerations or a player to be named later.^[15]
• On March 30, the Tigers traded Nate Robertson and cash considerations to Florida for Jay Voss and cash considerations.^[16]

Signings

• On November 20, the Tigers purchased the contracts of Scott Sizemore, Audy Ciriaco, Ryan Strieby, and Brennan Boesch.^[17]
• On December 7, the Tigers signed Brad Thomas.^[13]
• Also on December 7, the Tigers re-signed Adam Everett to a 1-year deal.^[18]
• On December 16, the Tigers re-signed Ramón Santiago to a two-year deal.^[19]
• On January 13, the Tigers re-signed Joel Zumaya, avoiding arbitration.^[20]
• On January 19, the Tigers signed José Valverde to a two-year deal.^[21]
• Also on January 19, the Tigers re-signed Gerald Laird, Zach Miner and Bobby Seay.^[22]
• On February 4, it was announced that Justin Verlander and the Tigers have reached a deal for a $80 million, 5-year contract extension.^[23]
• On February 22, the Tigers signed Johnny Damon to a one-year deal.^[24]

Roster

2010 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jeremy Bonderman 49 Eddie Bonine 40 Phil Coke 53 Casey Fien 43 Alfredo Figaro 58 Armando Galarraga 21 Enrique González 59 Fu-Te Ni 41 Andrew Oliver 45 Ryan Perry 48 Rick Porcello 56 Jay Sborz 37 Max Scherzer 55 Daniel Schlereth 36 Brad Thomas 46 José Valverde 35 Justin Verlander 34 Robbie Weinhardt 21 Dontrelle Willis 54 Joel Zumaya		Catchers 13 Alex Avila 8,12 Gerald Laird 63 Max St. Pierre Infielders 24 Miguel Cabrera  4 Adam Everett  9 Carlos Guillén 15 Brandon Inge 19 Jeff Larish 27 Jhonny Peralta 28 Will Rhymes 39 Ramón Santiago 20 Scott Sizemore 29 Danny Worth Outfielders 26 Brennan Boesch 18 Johnny Damon 53 Jeff Frazier 14 Austin Jackson 32 Don Kelly 30 Magglio Ordóñez 25 Ryan Raburn 57 Casper Wells		Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 17 Rafael Belliard (infield) 61 Tom Brookens (first base) 51 Jeff Jones (bullpen) 52 Rick Knapp (pitching) 22 Gene Lamont (third base) 12,8 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)

Transactions

• On June 1, the Tigers traded Dontrelle Willis and cash considerations to Arizona for Billy Buckner.^[25]
• On June 6, the Tigers designated Adam Everett for assignment.^[26]
• On July 28, the Tigers acquired Jhonny Peralta from the Indians in exchange for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto and cash considerations.^[27]

Tributes to Ernie Harwell

On May 4, Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died at age 92.^[28] Two days later, Harwell's body lie in repose at Comerica Park, with over 10,000 fans filing past the casket.^[29] In his honor, the Tigers wore patches (shown at right) and flew a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season.^[30]

The near-perfect game

In the June 2 game against Cleveland, Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going with two outs in the top of the ninth when first base umpire Jim Joyce made a controversial call, ruling a batter safe at first when video replay showed he was out. Joyce later said ""I took a perfect game away from that kid, I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."^[31] After the game, Galarraga told reporters Joyce apologized to him directly and gave him a hug. Despite large fan support for overturning the call, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig let the call stand, but said he would look into expanding replay beyond home run calls for the future.

It would have been the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. Two previous Tigers, Tommy Bridges (1932) and Milt Wilcox (1983), had also come within one out of throwing perfect games before having them broken up by the 27th batter.

Standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	68	.580	—	53–28	41–40
Chicago White Sox	88	74	.543	6	45–36	43–38
Detroit Tigers	81	81	.500	13	52–29	29–52
Cleveland Indians	69	93	.426	25	38–43	31–50
Kansas City Royals	67	95	.414	27	38–43	29–52

Game log

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

2010 Game Log
April (14–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Royals W 8–4 Zumaya (1–0) Tejeda (0–1) 40,052 1–0 2 April 7 @ Royals L 3–2 (11) Farnsworth (1–0) Valverde (0–1) 10,574 1–1 3 April 8 @ Royals W 7–3 Bonine (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) 10,909 2–1 4 April 9 Indians W 5–2 Porcello (1–0) Huff (0–1) Valverde (1) 45,010 3–1 5 April 10 Indians W 4–2 Bonderman (1–0) Talbot (0–1) Perry (1) 35,332 4–1 6 April 11 Indians W 9–8 Coke (1–0) Perez (0–1) 26,081 5–1 7 April 12 Royals L 10–5 Hochevar (1–0) Scherzer (0–1) 17,058 5–2 8 April 13 Royals W 6–5 Zumaya (2–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (2) 18,414 6–2 9 April 14 Royals L 7–3 Davies (1–0) Perry (0–1) Soria (2) 19,262 6–3 10 April 16 @ Mariners L 11–3 Hernández (1–0) Bonderman (1–1) 39,999 6–4 11 April 17 @ Mariners L 4–2 League (2–0) Verlander (0–1) Aardsma (5) 31,647 6–5 12 April 18 @ Mariners W 4–2 Scherzer (1–1) Snell (0–2) Valverde (3) 30,419 7–5 13 April 19 @ Angels L 2–0 Piñeiro (2–1) Willis (0–1) Rodney (4) 36,006 7–6 14 April 20 @ Angels L 6–5 Kazmir (1–1) Porcello (1–1) Rodney (5) 35,266 7–7 15 April 21 @ Angels W 4–3 Coke (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (4) 35,279 8–7 16 April 22 @ Angels W 5–4 Verlander (1–1) Saunders (1–3) Valverde (5) 37,338 9–7 17 April 23 @ Rangers L 5–4 Feliz (1–0) Ni (0–1) 26,445 9–8 18 April 24 @ Rangers W 8–4 Bonine (2–0) Feldman (1–2) 45,752 10–8 19 April 25 @ Rangers L 8–4 Lewis (3–0) Porcello (1–2) 31,211 10–9 20 April 26 @ Rangers W 8–6 Coke (3–0) Feliz (1–1) Valverde (6) 16,381 11–9 21 April 27 Twins L 2–0 Liriano (3–0) Verlander (1–2) Rauch (7) 22,008 11–10 22 April 28 Twins W 11–6 Thomas (1–0) Mahay (0–1) 19,900 12–10 23 April 29 Twins W 3–0 Willis (1–1) Pavano (3–2) Valverde (7) 25,595 13–10 24 April 30 Angels W 10–6 Porcello (2–2) Piñeiro (2–3) 31,725 14–10
May (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Angels W 3–2 Perry (1–1) Shields (0–1) 31,042 15–10 26 May 2 Angels W 5–1 Verlander (2–2) Weaver (3–1) 25,603 16–10 27 May 3 @ Twins L 10–4 Baker (3–2) Scherzer (1–2) 38,728 16–11 28 May 4 @ Twins L 4–3 Blackburn (2–1) Perry (1–2) 39,020 16–12 29 May 5 @ Twins L 5–4 Slowey (4–2) Porcello (2–3) Rauch (8) 39,037 16–13 – May 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 17 30 May 8 @ Indians W 6–4 Verlander (3–2) Wood (0–1) Valverde (8) 18,428 17–13 31 May 9 @ Indians L 7–4 Talbot (4–2) Scherzer (1–3) Perez (5) 16,980 17–14 32 May 10 Yankees W 5–4 Bonine (3–0) Mitre (0–1) Valverde (9) 34,365 18–14 – May 11 Yankees Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for May 12 33 May 12 Yankees W 2–0 Porcello (3–3) Vázquez (1–4) Valverde (10) 27,376 19–14 34 May 12 Yankees L 8–0 Hughes (5–0) Bonderman (1–2) 28,514 19–15 35 May 13 Yankees W 6–0 Verlander (4–2) Sabathia (4–2) 31,130 20–15 36 May 14 Red Sox L 7–2 Buchholz (4–3) Scherzer (1–4) 31,732 20–16 37 May 15 Red Sox W 7–6 (12) Valverde (1–1) Delcarmen (1–2) 40,742 21–16 38 May 16 Red Sox W 5–1 Galarraga (1–0) Lackey (4–2) 35,454 22–16 – May 17 White Sox Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for August 3 39 May 18 White Sox L 6–2 García (3–2) Porcello (3–4) 28,155 22–17 40 May 19 @ Athletics W 5–1 Verlander (5–2) Braden (4–4) 19,284 23–17 41 May 20 @ Athletics W 5–2 Bonderman (2–2) Ross (1–2) Valverde (11) 24,146 24–17 42 May 21 @ Dodgers L 4–1 Billingsley (5–2) Willis (1–2) Broxton (9) 44,282 24–18 43 May 22 @ Dodgers L 6–4 Ely (3–1) Galarraga (1–1) Broxton (10) 45,117 24–19 44 May 23 @ Dodgers W 6–2 Porcello (4–4) Kuroda (5–2) 46,053 25–19 45 May 25 @ Mariners L 5–3 Kelley (3–0) Verlander (5–3) Aardsma (10) 20,920 25–20 46 May 26 @ Mariners L 5–4 League (4–4) Perry (1–3) Aardsma (11) 22,422 25–21 47 May 28 Athletics L 5–4 Ziegler (2–2) Perry (1–4) Bailey (10) 40,210 25–22 48 May 29 Athletics L 6–0 Anderson (2–1) Porcello (4–5) 39,750 25–23 49 May 30 Athletics W 10–2 Scherzer (2–4) Braden (4–5) Zumaya (1) 32,510 26–23 50 May 31 Athletics L 4–1 Cahill (4–2) Verlander (5–4) Bailey (11) 23,641 26–24
June (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Indians L 3–2 Westbrook (3–3) Bonderman (2–3) Wood (3) 19,446 26–25 52 June 2 Indians W 3–0 Galarraga (2–1) Carmona (4–4) 17,738 27–25 53 June 3 Indians W 12–6 Thomas (2–0) Ambriz (0–1) 28,169 28–25 54 June 4 @ Royals L 7–3 Chen (2–0) Scherzer (2–5) 21,930 28–26 55 June 5 @ Royals W 4–2 Verlander (6–4) Hochevar (5–4) Valverde (12) 24,383 29–26 56 June 6 @ Royals L 7–2 Bannister (6–3) Bonderman (2–4) 22,240 29–27 57 June 8 @ White Sox W 7–2 Thomas (3–0) Thornton (2–3) 20,776 30–27 58 June 9 @ White Sox L 15–3 García (6–3) Porcello (4–6) 21,959 30–28 59 June 10 @ White Sox L 3–0 Danks (5–5) Scherzer (2–6) Jenks (10) 26,004 30–29 60 June 11 Pirates W 6–2 Verlander (7–4) Ohlendorf (0–4) 33,236 31–29 61 June 12 Pirates W 4–3 (10) Coke (4–0) Donnelly (2–1) 34,501 32–29 62 June 13 Pirates W 4–3 Thomas (4–0) López (1–1) Valverde (13) 31,243 33–29 63 June 15 Nationals W 7–4 Scherzer (3–6) Lannan (2–4) Valverde (14) 24,821 34–29 64 June 16 Nationals W 8–3 Verlander (8–4) Hernández (5–4) 24,767 35–29 65 June 17 Nationals W 8–3 Bonderman (3–4) Atilano (5–4) 33,630 36–29 66 June 18 Diamondbacks W 7–5 Coke (5–0) Qualls (1–4) Valverde (15) 37,438 37–29 67 June 19 Diamondbacks L 6–5 Jackson (4–6) Porcello (4–7) Heilman (1) 40,681 37–30 68 June 20 Diamondbacks W 3–1 Scherzer (4–6) Kennedy (3–5) Valverde (16) 41,417 38–30 69 June 22 @ Mets L 14–6 Nieve (2–3) Verlander (8–5) 32,363 38–31 70 June 23 @ Mets L 5–0 Dickey (6–0) Bonderman (3–5) 35,045 38–32 71 June 24 @ Mets W 6–5 Galarraga (3–1) Takahashi (6–3) Valverde (17) 31,319 39–32 72 June 25 @ Braves L 3–1 Medlen (5–1) Oliver (0–1) Wagner (15) 36,634 39–33 73 June 26 @ Braves L 4–3 Kawakami (1–9) Zumaya (2–1) Moylan (1) 39,184 39–34 74 June 27 @ Braves W 10–4 Verlander (9–5) Hanson (7–5) 26,034 40–34 75 June 28 @ Twins W 7–5 Bonderman (4–5) Liriano (6–6) Valverde (18) 40,681 41–34 76 June 29 @ Twins L 11–4 Blackburn (7–5) Galarraga (3–2) 40,593 41–35 77 June 30 @ Twins L 5–1 Slowey (8–5) Oliver (0–2) 40,671 41–36
July (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 2 Mariners W 7–1 Scherzer (5–6) Fister (3–4) 32,512 42–36 79 July 3 Mariners W 6–1 Verlander (10–5) Vargas (6–4) 32,430 43–36 80 July 4 Mariners L 8–1 Lee (8–3) Bonderman (4–6) 24,899 43–37 81 July 5 Orioles W 12–9 Bonine (4–0) Hendrickson (1–4) 25,432 44–37 82 July 6 Orioles W 7–5 (11) Perry (2–4) Hernandez (3–7) 22,532 45–37 83 July 7 Orioles W 4–2 Scherzer (6–6) Bergesen (3–6) 22,837 46–37 84 July 9 Twins W 7–3 Verlander (11–5) Liriano (6–7) 42,549 47–37 85 July 10 Twins W 7–4 Bonderman (5–6) Blackburn (7–7) Valverde (19) 41,461 48–37 86 July 11 Twins L 6–3 Pavano (10–6) Oliver (0–3) Rauch (20) 39,689 48–38 87 July 16 @ Indians L 8–2 Westbrook (6–5) Scherzer (6–7) 22,295 48–39 88 July 17 @ Indians L 4–3 Carmona (9–7) Coke (5–1) Perez (8) 20,090 48–40 89 July 17 @ Indians L 2–1 (11) Perez (2–0) Weinhardt (0–1) 20,092 48–41 90 July 18 @ Indians L 7–2 Gómez (1–0) Oliver (0–4) 19,102 48–42 91 July 19 Rangers L 8–6 (14) Harrison (2–1) González (0–1) Feliz (25) 26,626 48–43 92 July 20 Rangers L 8–0 Hunter (7–0) Galarraga (3–3) 27,576 48–44 93 July 21 Rangers W 4–1 Scherzer (7–7) Lewis (9–6) 28,704 49–44 94 July 22 Blue Jays W 5–2 Verlander (12–5) Romero (7–7) Valverde (20) 34,476 50–44 – July 23 Blue Jays Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 25 95 July 24 Blue Jays L 3–2 Marcum (9–4) Porcello (4–8) Gregg (22) 39,391 50–45 96 July 25 Blue Jays L 5–3 Downs (4–5) Valverde (1–2) Gregg (23) 38,526 50–46 97 July 25 Blue Jays W 6–5 Coke (6–1) Frasor (3–3) Valverde (21) 37,093 51–46 98 July 26 @ Rays L 5–0 Garza (11–5) Scherzer (7–8) 17,009 51–47 99 July 27 @ Rays L 3–2 Shields (9–9) Verlander (12–6) Soriano (27) 19,843 51–48 100 July 28 @ Rays L 7–4 Niemann (9–3) Bonine (4–1) Soriano (28) 16,209 51–49 101 July 29 @ Rays L 4–2 Price (14–5) Porcello (4–9) Wheeler (2) 26,716 51–50 102 July 30 @ Red Sox W 6–5 Weinhardt (1–1) Lester (11–6) 37,832 52–50 103 July 31 @ Red Sox L 5–4 Okajima (4–3) Coke (6–2) 37,395 52–51
August (13–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Red Sox L 4–3 Papelbon (4–4) Thomas (4–1) 37,479 52–52 105 August 3 White Sox L 12–2 Buehrle (10–8) Porcello (4–10) 26,141 52–53 106 August 3 White Sox W 7–1 Bonderman (6–6) Torres (0–1) 24,826 53–53 107 August 4 White Sox L 4–1 Jackson (7–10) Galarraga (3–4) Jenks (23) 31,770 53–54 108 August 5 White Sox L 6–4 (11) Santos (1–0) Valverde (1–3) 34,156 53–55 109 August 6 Angels L 4–2 Weaver (11–7) Verlander (12–7) Fuentes (21) 35,106 53–56 110 August 7 Angels L 10–1 Kazmir (8–9) Bonderman (6–7) 38,783 53–57 111 August 8 Angels W 9–4 Porcello (5–10) Bell (1–3) 32,037 54–57 112 August 9 Rays L 6–3 Price (15–5) Galarraga (3–5) Soriano (32) 29,932 54–58 113 August 10 Rays L 8–0 Hellickson (2–0) Scherzer (7–9) 26,114 54–59 114 August 11 Rays W 3–2 Verlander (13–7) Garza (11–7) Valverde (22) 28,815 55–59 115 August 13 @ White Sox L 8–4 Buehrle (11–9) Bonderman (6–8) 34,834 55–60 116 August 14 @ White Sox W 3–2 Coke (7–2) Putz (5–4) 36,548 56–60 117 August 15 @ White Sox W 13–8 Thomas (5–1) Putz (5–5) 36,287 57–60 118 August 16 @ Yankees W 3–1 Scherzer (8–9) Vázquez (9–9) Valverde (23) 46,098 58–60 119 August 17 @ Yankees L 6–2 Sabathia (16–5) Verlander (13–8) 46,906 58–61 120 August 18 @ Yankees L 9–5 Moseley (3–2) Bonderman (6–9) 46,479 58–62 121 August 19 @ Yankees L 11–5 Hughes (15–5) Porcello (5–11) 48,143 58–63 122 August 20 Indians W 6–0 Galarraga (4–5) Masterson (4–12) 33,936 59–63 123 August 21 Indians W 5–2 Scherzer (9–9) Tomlin (1–3) Valverde (24) 38,088 60–63 124 August 22 Indians W 8–1 Verlander (14–8) Gómez (3–2) 35,104 61–63 125 August 23 Royals W 12–3 Bonderman (7–9) Chen (8–7) 30,552 62–63 126 August 24 Royals W 9–1 Porcello (6–11) Davies (6–8) 29,043 63–63 127 August 25 Royals L 4–3 (12) Humber (1–0) Fígaro (0–1) Soria (36) 31,231 63–64 128 August 26 @ Blue Jays W 7–1 Scherzer (10–9) Romero (10–8) 16,088 64–64 129 August 27 @ Blue Jays L 3–2 (11) Camp (4–2) Coke (7–3) 20,298 64–65 130 August 28 @ Blue Jays L 5–4 Morrow (10–6) Fígaro (0–2) Gregg (30) 27,119 64–66 131 August 29 @ Blue Jays W 10–4 Porcello (7–11) Rzepczynski (1–3) 26,624 65–66 132 August 31 @ Twins L 4–3 Guerrier (3–7) Coke (7–4) Capps (33) 40,186 65–67
September (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Twins L 2–1 (10) Rauch (3–1) Perry (2–5) 39,438 65–68 134 September 2 @ Twins W 10–9 (13) Valverde (2–3) Blackburn (8–9) 39,551 66–68 135 September 3 @ Royals W 9–5 (11) Perry (3–5) Chavez (5–5) 17,835 67–68 136 September 4 @ Royals W 6–4 Porcello (8–11) Hughes (1–2) Valverde (25) 21,483 68–68 137 September 5 @ Royals L 2–1 Davies (7–9) Thomas (5–2) Soria (37) 19,061 68–69 138 September 6 White Sox L 5–4 (10) Sale (1–1) Valverde (2–4) 32,924 68–70 139 September 7 White Sox W 9–1 Verlander (15–8) García (11–6) 24,905 69–70 140 September 8 White Sox W 5–1 Bonderman (8–9) Danks (13–10) 25,995 70–70 141 September 9 White Sox W 6–3 Porcello (9–11) Floyd (10–12) Perry (2) 29,995 71–70 142 September 10 Orioles L 6–3 Hernandez (6–8) Coke (7–5) Uehara (8) 28,575 71–71 143 September 11 Orioles L 5–3 Guthrie (10–13) Scherzer (10–10) Uehara (9) 28,139 71–72 144 September 12 Orioles W 6–2 Verlander (16–8) Gonzalez (0–3) 24,170 72–72 145 September 14 @ Rangers L 11–4 Nippert (4–4) Weinhardt (1–2) 24,452 72–73 146 September 15 @ Rangers L 11–7 Lewis (11–12) Galarraga (4–6) 34,964 72–74 147 September 17 @ White Sox W 9–2 Scherzer (11–10) Jackson (9–12) 28,563 73–74 148 September 18 @ White Sox W 6–3 Verlander (17–8) Santos (2–1) 27,828 74–74 149 September 19 @ White Sox W 9–7 (11) Weinhardt (2–2) Santos (2–2) Schlereth (1) 24,417 75–74 150 September 20 Royals W 7–5 Thomas (6–2) Greinke (9–13) Coke (2) 24,382 76–74 151 September 21 Royals L 9–6 Chen (11–7) Galarraga (4–7) Soria (40) 26,178 76–75 152 September 22 Royals W 4–2 Scherzer (12–10) Davies (8–11) 24,678 77–75 153 September 24 Twins W 10–1 Verlander (18–8) Liriano (14–9) 30,083 78–75 154 September 25 Twins W 11–10 (13) Schlereth (1–0) Neshek (0–1) 34,129 79–75 155 September 26 Twins W 5–1 Porcello (10–11) Duensing (10–3) 32,021 80–75 156 September 27 @ Indians L 6–3 Carrasco (2–1) Galarraga (4–8) Perez (22) 10,161 80–76 – September 28 @ Indians Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 29 157 September 29 @ Indians L 4–0 Talbot (10–13) Scherzer (12–11) 80–77 158 September 29 @ Indians L 4–3 Tomlin (6–4) Verlander (18–9) Perez (23) 12,227 80–78 – September 30 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for October 1
October (1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 @ Orioles L 10–6 Tillman (2–5) Bonderman (8–10) 80–79 160 October 1 @ Orioles L 2–1 Guthrie (11–14) Porcello (10–12) Uehara (12) 20,870 80–80 161 October 2 @ Orioles L 2–1 Matusz (10–12) Galarraga (4–9) Uehara (13) 35,332 80–81 162 October 3 @ Orioles W 4–2 Schlereth (2–0) Bergesen (8–12) Valverde (26) 23,914 81–81

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Phil Nevin
A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Florida State League	Andy Barkett
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Joe DePastino
A-Short Season	Connecticut Tigers	New York–Penn League	Howard Bushong
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Basilio Cabrera

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