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- Updated: May 7, 2016
DETROIT — Tigers manager Brad Ausmus joked before Friday’s game against the Rangers that he’d love for Jordan Zimmermann to lower his Major League-best 0.55 ERA.
The right-hander didn’t do that, but he gave the Tigers a shot, allowing three earned runs over eight innings in a 5-1 loss. It was Zimmermann’s first loss as a Tiger.
“He did an excellent job,” Ausmus said. “Gave up a couple runs early and the home run, but he pitched eight innings and gave us a chance to win.”
Zimmermann (5-1, 1.10 ERA) was the first Tigers pitcher to win each of his first five starts to open a season since Frank Tanana in 1988, and Zimmermann was the American League Pitcher of the Month for April. No Tigers pitcher had won his first six since George Uhle in 1929, and it’ll stay that way.
All three runs Zimmermann gave up came with two outs. After two groundouts to open the second inning, he allowed a single, a double and a single for two runs. It marked the first time this season that Zimmermann allowed more …
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