DETROIT -- After another stellar start by rookie Michael Fulmer, Detroit's rotation is beginning to look a lot more promising.
Fulmer allowed two hits over six innings in another outstanding performance, and Justin Upton and James McCann homered to lift the Tigers to an 11-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
Detroit acquired Fulmer last year in the trade that sent Yoenis Cespedes to the New York Mets. The right-hander has won four straight starts, allowing only one run over that span.
"All of a sudden, now you feel like (Justin) Verlander, (Jordan) Zimmerman, Fulmer -- they keep pitching like they're pitching, that's a pretty good top three," manager Brad Ausmus said.
Fulmer (6-1) struck out five and walked three in his third straight start without allowing a run. Detroit has won four in a row.
J.A. Happ (6-3) allowed six runs and six hits in five innings. McCann's three-run homer opened the scoring in the second, and Upton added a two-run shot in the third.
The 23-year-old Fulmer has given a boost to Detroit's pitching staff while it has navigated Anibal Sanchez's struggles. The only hits off Fulmer on Monday seemed like they could have been prevented.
Darwin Barney's groundball single in the third slipped through after second baseman Ian Kinsler moved toward second initially, while the ball went to the area he'd vacated.
In the fifth, Barney's soft roller toward the mound got past Fulmer for an infield single.
With the Tigers out to a huge lead, Detroit pulled Fulmer after 88 pitches.
"It's been fun," Fulmer said. "I love this team, and I think we're going to stay hot."
It was a sloppy game for the Blue Jays from almost the very start. Center fielder Kevin Pillar stepped in on Nick Castellanos' deep line drive in the second, and he couldn't recover in time to prevent the ball from going over his head for a triple. McCann's homer later in the inning made it 3-0.
Kinsler added a single in the second and came around to score on a balk, a passed ball and a wild pitch. The Blue Jays threw three wild pitches in the game, and Pillar made an error in the sixth.
"I'm not sure how much I can dissect that game," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We were bad in every phase, and that kid, Fulmer, pitched a heck of a game against us."
It was 6-0 after Upton's homer, and Detroit added three more runs in the sixth and two in the eighth.
Emergency personnel attended to a woman behind the first-base dugout after a line drive was hit to that area in the bottom of the seventh. She appeared to be OK, and the game continued. She later walked out while holding what looked like an ice pack on her head.
SHARP INNING
Sanchez pitched for the first time since being demoted to the bullpen. He worked a perfect eighth inning with one strikeout.
"I was glad," Ausmus said. "I wanted Sanchie to come in and have a good inning. He said he felt good after."
BAD OUTING
All but two of Happ's 12 starts this season have been quality starts, but those two were pretty bad. He allowed eight runs in two innings against Tampa Bay on May 18, and Monday against the Tigers was ugly, too.
"I try to be 100 percent honest with myself after every start, and I went back and looked at the video, and I don't know what happened," Happ said. "I executed pitches tonight the same way I have done in other starts when I have gotten much better results. Tonight, nothing went right."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: Barney, playing while SS Troy Tulowitzki recovers from a right quadriceps injury, improved his batting average to .337. He's 12 for 28 since May 28, the day Tulowitzki went on the disabled list.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Toronto sends RHP Aaron Sanchez (5-1) to the mound against the Tigers on Tuesday night.
Tigers: Detroit starts LHP Matt Boyd (0-1) against his previous organization. The Blue Jays traded Boyd to the Tigers last year in the deal that sent David Price to Toronto.
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Fulmer allowed two hits over six innings in another outstanding performance, and Justin Upton and James McCann homered to lift the Tigers to an 11-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
Detroit acquired Fulmer last year in the trade that sent Yoenis Cespedes to the New York Mets. The right-hander has won four straight starts, allowing only one run over that span.
"All of a sudden, now you feel like (Justin) Verlander, (Jordan) Zimmerman, Fulmer -- they keep pitching like they're pitching, that's a pretty good top three," manager Brad Ausmus said.
Fulmer (6-1) struck out five and walked three in his third straight start without allowing a run. Detroit has won four in a row.
J.A. Happ (6-3) allowed six runs and six hits in five innings. McCann's three-run homer opened the scoring in the second, and Upton added a two-run shot in the third.
The 23-year-old Fulmer has given a boost to Detroit's pitching staff while it has navigated Anibal Sanchez's struggles. The only hits off Fulmer on Monday seemed like they could have been prevented.
Darwin Barney's groundball single in the third slipped through after second baseman Ian Kinsler moved toward second initially, while the ball went to the area he'd vacated.
In the fifth, Barney's soft roller toward the mound got past Fulmer for an infield single.
With the Tigers out to a huge lead, Detroit pulled Fulmer after 88 pitches.
"It's been fun," Fulmer said. "I love this team, and I think we're going to stay hot."
It was a sloppy game for the Blue Jays from almost the very start. Center fielder Kevin Pillar stepped in on Nick Castellanos' deep line drive in the second, and he couldn't recover in time to prevent the ball from going over his head for a triple. McCann's homer later in the inning made it 3-0.
Kinsler added a single in the second and came around to score on a balk, a passed ball and a wild pitch. The Blue Jays threw three wild pitches in the game, and Pillar made an error in the sixth.
"I'm not sure how much I can dissect that game," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We were bad in every phase, and that kid, Fulmer, pitched a heck of a game against us."
It was 6-0 after Upton's homer, and Detroit added three more runs in the sixth and two in the eighth.
Emergency personnel attended to a woman behind the first-base dugout after a line drive was hit to that area in the bottom of the seventh. She appeared to be OK, and the game continued. She later walked out while holding what looked like an ice pack on her head.
SHARP INNING
Sanchez pitched for the first time since being demoted to the bullpen. He worked a perfect eighth inning with one strikeout.
"I was glad," Ausmus said. "I wanted Sanchie to come in and have a good inning. He said he felt good after."
BAD OUTING
All but two of Happ's 12 starts this season have been quality starts, but those two were pretty bad. He allowed eight runs in two innings against Tampa Bay on May 18, and Monday against the Tigers was ugly, too.
"I try to be 100 percent honest with myself after every start, and I went back and looked at the video, and I don't know what happened," Happ said. "I executed pitches tonight the same way I have done in other starts when I have gotten much better results. Tonight, nothing went right."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: Barney, playing while SS Troy Tulowitzki recovers from a right quadriceps injury, improved his batting average to .337. He's 12 for 28 since May 28, the day Tulowitzki went on the disabled list.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Toronto sends RHP Aaron Sanchez (5-1) to the mound against the Tigers on Tuesday night.
Tigers: Detroit starts LHP Matt Boyd (0-1) against his previous organization. The Blue Jays traded Boyd to the Tigers last year in the deal that sent David Price to Toronto.
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7:10PM,EDT,June 6,2016
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Toronto - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Bautista walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Donaldson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Encarnación grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bautista out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| J.A. Happ pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Kinsler fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Maybin walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| V. Martínez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Maybin out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Saunders walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Smoak flied out to left, Saunders to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Martin grounded out to first, Saunders to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Travis grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| J.A. Happ pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| J.D. Martinez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Castellanos tripled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Upton walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Upton stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| McCann homered to left (432 feet), Castellanos and Upton scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Iglesias lined out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Kinsler singled to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Kinsler to second on balk by Happ. | 0 | 3 |
| Kinsler to third on passed ball by Martin. | 0 | 3 |
| Kinsler scored on Happ's wild pitch. | 0 | 4 |
| Maybin singled to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Cabrera lined out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Pillar flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Barney singled to right center. | 0 | 4 |
| Bautista popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| Donaldson walked, Barney to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Encarnación flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| J.A. Happ pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| V. Martínez grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Castellanos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J.D. Martinez out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| Upton homered to right (355 feet), Castellanos scored. | 0 | 6 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Saunders grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 6 |
| Smoak struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Martin flied out to left. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| J.A. Happ pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Iglesias flied out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| Kinsler grounded out to third. | 0 | 6 |
| Maybin popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Travis lined out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| Pillar grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Barney reached on infield single to second. | 0 | 6 |
| Bautista struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| J.A. Happ pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| V. Martínez struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| J.D. Martinez fouled out to right. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Fulmer pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Donaldson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Encarnación struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Saunders struck out looking. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gavin Floyd pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Floyd relieved Happ. | 0 | 6 |
| Castellanos singled to center, Castellanos to second on error by center fielder Pillar. | 0 | 6 |
| Upton singled to center, Castellanos scored. | 0 | 7 |
| Upton to second on wild pitch by Floyd. | 0 | 7 |
| McCann struck out looking. | 0 | 7 |
| Iglesias lined out to left. | 0 | 7 |
| Kinsler singled to left, Upton scored, Kinsler to second advancing on throw. | 0 | 8 |
| Maybin reached on infield single to shortstop, Kinsler to third. | 0 | 8 |
| Cabrera singled to right center, Kinsler scored, Maybin to third. | 0 | 9 |
| Cabrera to second on wild pitch by Floyd. | 0 | 9 |
| V. Martínez walked. | 0 | 9 |
| Biagini relieved Floyd. | 0 | 9 |
| J.D. Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cabrera out at third, V. Martínez to second. | 0 | 9 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wilson pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| A. Wilson relieved Fulmer. | 0 | 9 |
| Smoak grounded out to third. | 0 | 9 |
| Martin grounded out to second. | 0 | 9 |
| Travis grounded out to second. | 0 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jason Grilli pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Carrera in right field. | 0 | 9 |
| Dominguez at third base. | 0 | 9 |
| Thole catching. | 0 | 9 |
| Grilli relieved Biagini. | 0 | 9 |
| Castellanos struck out swinging. | 0 | 9 |
| Upton struck out looking. | 0 | 9 |
| McCann doubled to center. | 0 | 9 |
| Iglesias reached on infield single to first, McCann to third. | 0 | 9 |
| Kinsler struck out swinging. | 0 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Sánchez relieved A. Wilson. | 0 | 9 |
| Pillar struck out swinging. | 0 | 9 |
| Barney grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 9 |
| Carrera flied out to left. | 0 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Drew Storen pitching for Toronto | TOR | DET |
| Storen relieved Grilli. | 0 | 9 |
| Maybin grounded out to third. | 0 | 9 |
| Romine hit for Cabrera. | 0 | 9 |
| Romine singled to right. | 0 | 9 |
| Saltalamacchia hit for V. Martínez. | 0 | 9 |
| Saltalamacchia walked, Romine to second. | 0 | 9 |
| J.D. Martinez doubled to left, Romine and Saltalamacchia scored. | 0 | 11 |
| Castellanos flied out to center. | 0 | 11 |
| Upton grounded out to third. | 0 | 11 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | TOR | DET |
| Aviles at second base. | 0 | 11 |
| Romine at first base. | 0 | 11 |
| Hardy relieved Sánchez. | 0 | 11 |
| Dominguez grounded out to second. | 0 | 11 |
| Goins hit for Encarnación. | 0 | 11 |
| Goins flied out to center. | 0 | 11 |
| Saunders tripled to deep right. | 0 | 11 |
| Smoak walked. | 0 | 11 |
| Thole grounded out to second. | 0 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Bautista RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .227 | .362 | .469 |
Carrera RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .373 | .422 | .475 |
| Donaldson 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .248 | .356 | .495 |
Dominguez 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .083 | .000 |
| Encarnación DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .244 | .317 | .462 |
a-Goins PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .168 | .212 | .288 |
| Saunders LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .289 | .369 | .526 |
| Smoak 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .269 | .369 | .414 |
| Martin C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .194 | .260 | .281 |
Thole C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .128 | .212 | .191 |
| Travis 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .195 | .250 | .293 |
| Pillar CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .234 | .263 | .342 |
| Barney SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .337 | .385 | .475 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 134 | |||
| a-flied out to center for E Encarnacion in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Saunders (2, Hardy) GIDP: Encarnación Blue Jays RISP: 0-4 (Martin 0-1, Thole 0-1, Travis 0-1, Encarnación 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Pillar (3, bobble) PB: Martin. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 29,771 (71.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:57 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
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