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- Updated: August 13, 2016
ARLINGTON — Of all the unusual situations the Tigers have encountered during this injury-plagued summer, the sense of urgency to get another runner on for James McCann had to be on the list. And yet, as the baserunners assembled in the late innings of Friday’s 8-5 loss to Texas, there was the unmistakable feeling that McCann had the chance to complete the comeback he helped build.
McCann’s RBI double off the left-field wall against Yu Darvish in the second inning opened Detroit’s scoring after four straight early runs for Texas. Two at-bats later, with Darvish looking to get through the seventh, McCann helped change his plans with a two-run homer. Once J.D. Martinez walked to lead off the eighth, the Tigers’ best hope was to get one more runner on and bring McCann back to the plate as the potential tying run.
That didn’t happen, thanks to a couple of fielder’s-choice grounders and a line drive that would have gone for extra bases if not for the quick reactions of Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland. …
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