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17	August 2018

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Blaine Hardy was supposed to be a short-term starter while injured Tigers pitchers recovered.

A string of solid outings by the veteran left-hander Josh Sweat Jersey Elite , though, has Detroit management reconsidering that plan.

Nicholas Castellanos homered and Hardy pitched one-run ball into the sixth, leading the Tigers over the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday for their fifth straight win.

Hardy (3-1) allowed one run on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He has given up two runs or less in six of his seven starts � the first starts of his five-year career.

Manager Ron Gardenhire said he�s considering a six-man rotation when Francisco Liriano returns from the disabled list � a week after dismissing that as an option.

�We got some guys in there who might need extra days that could probably use it,� Gardenhire said. �We started thinking we could probably do this with some of these guys, give them a breather going into All-Star break.�

Hardy said he won�t be sweating out a decision.

�I�ve really gone start to start from the get-go,� he said. �Even if they tell me I�m in the rotation for the rest of the year, I�m probably going to do the same thing. You never know what�s going to happen.�

Jose Iglesias added an RBI single as Detroit improved to 8-1 against the White Sox this season, including 6-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Castellanos homered twice on Saturday and connected again in his first at-bat Sunday. Before Saturday Terrell Edmunds Steelers Jersey , he was mired in a 1-for-21 slump over the previous five games.

Matt Davidson hit his 12th homer and Kevan Smith had two hits for Chicago, which has dropped four straight.

James Shields (2-8) allowed three runs on six hits in six-plus innings. Shields walked Jeimer Candelario with one out in the first and Castellanos followed with a homer.

�I got behind in the count to Castellanos,� Shields said. �I thought he just popped it up, but it ended up going over the fence. They�re hot right now.�

After Davidson�s solo homer in the second � his first since May 13 � Iglesias drove in Niko Goodrum in the fourth to make it 3-1.

THE HEAT IS ON

The temperature at the start was 92 degrees and it rose a couple of degrees from there.

�The only place I�ve probably seen hotter weather is Texas,� Hardy said. �It�s one of those things where you go out there and try to go as long as you can.�

CLOSING TIME

With closer Shane Greene unavailable after pitching four straight days, Joe Jimenez struck out the side in the ninth for his second save.

�He�s been throwing really well as a setup guy whenever we put him in,� Gardenhire said. �You can see the velocity. He�s a power guy and he�s confident now. He�s gotten over that I-don�t-want-to-make-a-mistake thing and he just attacks.�

TRAINER�S ROOM

Tigers: LHP Daniel Stumpf (ulnar nerve irritation) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday.

White Sox: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (rotator cuff inflammation) reported no problems following a 25-pitch session on Saturday. The plan is for him to throw another session � 25 pitches or more � during the three-game series at Cleveland.

UP NEXT

Tigers: LHP Matthew Boyd (4-4, 3.23 ERA) starts the opener of a two-game series at Cincinnati on Tuesday night. RHP Sal Romano (3-7 Dale Murphy Jersey , 5.67) pitches for the Reds.

White Sox: RHP Dylan Covey (3-1, 2.29 ERA) takes the mound in the opener of a three-game series at Cleveland on Monday night. Covey is 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in his last three starts. RHP Trevor Bauer (5-5, 2.69) goes for the Indians.

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WASHINGTON � The Washington Nationals will try again Saturday to cool off Philadelphia�s Odubel Herrera.

That is something nobody has been able to in more than a week.

Herrera homered for the fifth straight game and finished with four hits Friday night, helping the Phillies rout the Washington Nationals 12-2 in the opener of a three-game series.

He is hitting .472 (17 for 36) with six homers, 11 runs and 10 RBIs in his last eight games and raised his season average to .308.

�I don�t think there�s any words for it. I mean it�s simply incredible what he can do,� Friday�s starter and winner Zac Eflin said.

�The thing with Odubel is that he can shake off anything at any given time. � It can look like he�s struggling and then next pitch he hits it 440 feet.�

Herrera hit a tiebreaking two-run shot in the third inning for his 13th homer of the season, matching the club record for consecutive games with a long ball. He has connected in six of his last seven overall.

The Phillies (40-33) pounded out 15 hits and jumped ahead of the Nationals (40-34) for second place in the National League East behind the Atlanta Braves.

�To me, today was the first game where we really got blown out. That was a blowout right there Marquez Valdes-Scantling Color Rush Jersey ,� Nationals manager Dave Martinez said after Washington lost for the eighth time in 11 games, including the completion of a suspended game.

�We�ve just got to keep our heads up, guys go home and rest, come back tomorrow and do it again.�

Washington�s Michael A. Taylor extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI double and Bryce Harper went 1-for-3 with a walk in the leadoff spot.

The Phillies got a homer and four RBIs from Carlos Santana, who also singled and walked twice.

Philadelphia�s Aaron Nola (8-2, 2.55) opposes rookie RHP Erick Fedde (0-2, 5.63) in a matchup of 2014 first-round draft picks on Saturday. Nola was the seventh overall pick in the first-year player draft and Fedde was the 18th.

Nola hasn�t taken a loss since May 20 but scuffled in his last start, allowing four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings of a no-decision at Milwaukee. The Phillies prevailed 10-9.

�My command really wasn�t where it usually is Denzel Ward Color Rush Jersey ,� Nola told mlb.com. �My fastball was cutting a little bit and missing off the plate a little bit. They had a good approach against me.�

Against the Nationals, Nola is 1-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 starts. Harper is 8-for-17 with two home runs versus Nola, Daniel Murphy is 8-for-20 and Anthony Rendon is 4-for-17.

Fedde makes his fourth start of the season for Washington and third since replacing injured Stephen Strasburg in the rotation. He�s coming off a loss to the Yankees on Monday, when he allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

�He pitched well except when he made one mistake,� Martinez told the Washington Post, referring to Aaron Hicks� two-run homer in the fifth. �We were very, very excited to see this.�

Fedde will be making his first career start against the Phillies.

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