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- Updated: August 7, 2016
DETROIT — Anibal Sanchez, demoted to the bullpen amid struggles earlier this season, has been hanging around the Tigers’ starting rotation recently, thanks to injuries on the team. While his numbers as a starter have been drastically different than his last couple of seasons, the Tigers were lucky to have him on the mound Sunday.
Sanchez turned in eight innings of work for his longest outing of the season at Comerica Park in the Tigers’ 3-1 loss to the Mets. Sanchez’s lone run allowed came on a home run in the seventh inning by Michael Conforto.
Sanchez notched 10 strikeouts and issued no walks. It was the first time he had 10-plus strikeouts and no walks since Aug. 3, 2014.
“There’s no question it was his best outing of the year,” Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. “He was outstanding. He went deeper than he’s gone in any other game. He kept the pitch count down, had some strikeouts. Definitely his best …
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