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Jamie Samuelsen has been a Detroit sports radio personality for nearly 15 years and blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Mike Redmond's sore right forearm prevented him from being on the field Saturday when his team faced the Tigers, but it didn't prevent the catcher from having an impact in the contest.

That's the best solution, Magglio. Go back to what you used to do, to how you used to produce, and the matter of your contract option will take care of itself.

Late-Inning Relief: The Tigers' late-inning relievers Brandon Lyon, Bobby Seay and Fernando Rodney have anchored a surprisingly reliable bullpen.

Not the best of months, nor the worst. Brandon Lyon won as many games as Justin Verlander and one more than Edwin Jackson.

Free Press sports writer Shawn Windsor live-blogged today's Tigers-Cubs series finale from the ballpark.

Forget about what Alfredo Figaro can do at the plate. What can the kid do for an encore on the mound? Figaro's Major League debut last Saturday gave the Tigers a chance to do what they had done too rarely in recent starts from the back end of the rotation: win.

Bobby Seay and Brandon Lyon were unavailable for relief work Friday night for the Detroit Tigers, and that made all the difference in a 5-4 loss that broke a seven-game winning streak.

Nice work, Jake. Unfortunately, you'd have had to hit a couple more today for the Cubs to win.

Among the background stories on a Tigers team with no shortage of drama is their free agency situation.

With an eye on protecting his bullpen, Tigers manager Jim Leyland will flip right-handers Justin Verlander and Alfredo Figaro in the rotation.

Gotta love Scott Boras blasting the Tigers for benching Magglio Ordonez... the guy wants you to believe that he's upset because it's embarrasing for Magglio... not so much.

Back to DL: Jeremy Bonderman's first start in a year didn't go quite as planned and now the right-hander is back on the disabled list.

What in the holy cats happened to Justin Verlander? In light of the news that Bondo is back to being a zombie until at least September, and the news that Dontrelle won't even make his next start , did Verlander decide to freak out on the mound in some sort of misguided attempt to display solidarity? Are the Cardinals really that scary this year ? I ...

After losing to the White Sox Thursday, the Tigers made a roster move, sending Clete Thomas down to Triple-A Toledo and calling up outfielder Don Kelly.

GAME SUMMARY: Final Score: Detroit 7 Chicago 6 WP: Brandon Lyon : 2 innings, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 4 K LP: Scott Linebrink : 1 inning, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 0 K HR: Brian Anderson , Brandon ... Detroit Tigers 7-Chicago White Sox 6: That Was Wild by Blake VandeBunte 12 27 reads GAME SUMMARY: WP: Brandon Lyon : 2 innings, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 4 K LP: Scott ...

The White Sox at least showed some fight on Tuesday night. Trailing 6-3 to the Tigers in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Sox took advantage of some erratic pitching from closer Fernando Rodney , loading the bases with no outs on 3 straight walks to Brian Anderson, Scott Podsednik and Alexei Ramirez.

The Tigers overcame a three-run letdown from their bullpen in the ninth, but thanks to Miguel Cabrera's first homer in June escaped with a 7-6 victory in 10 innings over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday.

Last season, right-hander Brandon Lyon converted on 15 straight save opportunities and, at one point, went 24 games in a row without allowing a run.

In this city on the last day of the 1986 season, in the final game in which Earl Weaver managed the Orioles, Tigers third baseman Darnell Coles hit his 20th home run of the season.