Phil Coke
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 3: Phil Coke #40 of the Detroit Tigers reacts to a double by Brian Dozier #2 of the Minnesota Twins during the ninth inning of the game on April 3, 2013 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Tigers 3-2.
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One [pitch] gets away from me and he gets the barrel on it ... I tip my cap to him for hitting a mistake pitch.
It wasn't anywhere close to what I felt in Detroit [throwing on Tuesday]
The Tigers have tried left-hander Phil Coke and set-up man Joaquin Benoit as the closer. Coke failed, and Benoit’s shift weakens their eighth-inning bridge. They’ve signed Jose Valverde to a minor-league contract, but there’s no guarantee he can rekindle his past successMore quotes »
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Al Alburquerque pitches Detroit Tigers into tough spot, draws criticism from Jim Leyland after wild outing
ninth inning of a 7-5 loss to the Houston Astros.AP Photo Miguel Cabrera just missed hitting a game-winning grand slam. Phil Coke missed his spot on a fastball that Carlos Corporan hit for a tiebreaking double. But the guy who missed his spots by the most from MLive.com Read more »
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Houston 7, Detroit 5: Chance for series sweep flies away in 9th
a strikeout in the eighth inning, gave up a leadoff walk in the ninth to J.D. Martinez before Leyland replaced him with lefty Phil Coke. Chris Corporan, who hit a solo home run in the second inning off starter Max Scherzer, hit a double off Coke to score Barnes. from Detroit Free Press Read more »
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Jose Ortega not available Tuesday
With Phil Coke on the disabled list with a groin injury, Ortega has been called up to take his place. Ortega, 24, pitched 2 2/3 innings with the major-league club last season. In Triple-A, he's thrown 14 innings without giving up a run this year. He's stru from CBS Sports Read more »
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Leyland: Tigers call-up has 'electric stuff'
AM ET 05.13 | Phil Coke landed on the DL Sunday, even though he was originally thought to be "day-to-day," and the Tigers recalled righty Jose Ortega from Class AAA Toledo. Manager Jim Leyland said the Tigers have great trainers and medical staff, but he's from FanNation Read more »
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Cleveland 4, Detroit 3 (10): Valverde blows save; Tigers squander chances
keeping the ball down. Certainly gave us a chance to win the game. We were a couple strikes from winning it. Jose Ortega, Phil Coke and Joaquin Benoit combined to allow one hit and two walks with three strikeouts over two innings in relief. Backup catcher from Detroit Free Press Read more »
