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 KANSAS CITY -- After lasting just 2 2/3 innings in a 13-6 loss to the Royals on Saturday night, Tigers rookie Charlie Furbush was optioned to Triple-A

Toledo.Furbush made just his second Major League start and gave up nine runs on nine hits with two walks, although just four of the runs were earned.Manager Jim

Leyland announced the move following the game, saying it would allow Furbush to start Toledo's game on Thursday, instead of having the left-hander sit idly during the

upcoming All-Star break."He's just got to get Brennan Boesch Jersey ahead of hitters and make pitches," Leyland said. "And he didn't do that Miguel Cabrera Jersey at all tonight. He's going to have to eventually

learn how to control the running game a bit better, obviously. That's a work in progress, but it's a nice work. I like him a lot. He's a good looking young pitcher and

that's what he is."Furbush said he has a few things to work on."Throwing more first-pitch strikes, throwing more quality strikes all around," he said. "That's really

it. Tigers Justin Verlander Jersey You leave balls a little bit too over the plate or not hitting the right location, guys are going to hit the ball."The left-hander was 0-2 in the two games he

started, allowing three runs in a 5-1 loss to the Angels on July 4.Third baseman Danny Worth will be called up from Toledo to take Furbush's roster spot. Furbush's

next turn Authentic Brandon Inge Jersey in the rotation would be Wednesday, July 20 against Oakland.As to whether Furbush will return after making his start for the Mud Hens, Leyland was non-

committal."We're going to play it by ear from there," he said.Peralta in prime position for All-Star runKANSAS CITY -- For manager Jim Leyland, there's one Brandon Inge Jersey big key to

All-Star shortstop Jhonny Peralta's excellent first half -- the fact he's playing shortstop."I just think happy players are good players," Leyland said. "I think he's

happy. He was happy, I think, that we showed confidence to put him back at shortstop."Peralta Tigers Brennan Boesch Jersey received his invitation to the All-Star Game on Friday as a replacement

for Derek Jeter, who pulled out to rest a sore calf. He entered Saturday's game against the Royals hitting .313 with a .896 on-base-plus-slugging and 14 home runs. His

career high in batting average for a full season is .292 and he appears on track to have his best overall season offensively since 2005 with the Indians.Peralta was

traded to the Tigers last July and re-signed as a free agent in the offseason.Leyland said it was big for Peralta that the team committed to him as their shortstop,

since he had been moved back and forth between shortstop and third base for the last few seasons."He accepted it, he did what they wanted him to do," Leyland said.

"But in our minds, just watching him, we felt that he wanted to play shortstop. He was like a kid in a candy store when Tigers Brandon Inge Jersey we told him we were going to play him at

short."Tigers rest regulars in Saturday's contestKANSAS CITY -- The Tigers' starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Royals was missing some regulars, including

recently-named All-Star Jhonny Peralta.Other regulars getting a day off included right fielder Magglio Ordonez and third baseman Brandon Inge. Center fielder Austin

Jackson was held out of the lineup with a sore wrist.According to manager Jim Leyland, giving guys days off is just something you have to do."It'd be a day game Tigers Miguel Cabrera Jersey after

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Peralta's not playing tonight," Leyland said.Sunday's game is set for a 1:10 p.m. CT Authentic Brennan Boesch Jersey start and the forecast calls for it to be 92 degrees -- although it's supposed to

feel like 100.Additionally, Leyland said closer Jose Valverde won't pitch the remainder of the series. Valverde, who was named to the American League All-Star squad,

has pitched Tigers Magglio Ordonez Jersey the last three days.And while he acknowledged the fans want to see the team's best players every day, these decisions aren't usually spur-of-the-moment

moves."That's what fans don't understand; three or four days ago, I talked to Jhonny. I'm not just here to eat my lunch," Leyland said. "I go around, 'Jhonnny, how are

you doing?' He says, 'Oh, OK.' I said, 'You need a blow?' He said, 'Well, maybe Saturday.' So that's all in advance four days, even before he was named to the All-Star

team."With the Tigers completing a stretch of 37 games in 38 days, any extra rest the players can get will go a long way toward keeping them fresh for the second

half."I understand people, but this stretch has been gruesome," Leyland said. "What people don't realize sometimes ... what people don't understand is, sometimes,

maybe guys are doing good because they got rest. And you almost need to rest them before they literally need the rest. You don't want them to get into a slump of some

type, run them into the ground."Leyland impressed with Jeter's historic dayKANSAS CITY -- Sitting in his office at Kauffman Stadium, Tigers manager Jim Leyland watched

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter register his 2,999th hit off Tampa Bay's David Price. Then he saw Jeter get his 3,000th hit, a home run to left that made him just the

second player in Major League history to homer for No. 3,000. Jeter added three more hits for a 5-for-5 day, including the game-winning single.It's no understatement

to say Leyland was impressed, calling it an "unbelievable" show.But when Jeter came up with the score tied at 4 and a man on third, Leyland wasn't sure the first

Yankee to reach 3,000 hits could go 5-for-5."He's Authentic Miguel Cabrera Jersey gotta make an out," Leyland said at the time. "I think he's going to ground out and they don't get the run in. That's

my call."That's not to say he wasn't rooting for the Yankee captain, though."Come on. Knock him in, Derek, knock him in," the skipper cheered.Jeter hit a ground-ball

single up the middle to drive in the winning run and make him the second player in Major League history -- along with Craig Biggio -- to have five hits in the game he

recorded his 3,000thJeter has had his share of spotlight moments, so in a way, Leyland wasn't surprised he had such a big day."Some guys are Authentic Magglio Ordonez Jersey just born Authentic Justin Verlander Jersey for the

dramatics," Leyland said. "They're just born for it. That ain't something they develop, they're born for it. I believe that."