SEATTLE — Drew Smyly is probably thrilled the month of May is finally over.
Smyly (2-4) lasted just four innings and threw 105 pitches against the Seattle Mariners in the Detroit
Tigers’ 3-2 loss Saturday night.
After picking up the victory in 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on May 3, Smyly is 0-3 with a 5.68
ERA in his last five starts.
"He had a little trouble with his command again," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. "He
had trouble getting ahead and when he did get ahead, it seemed like they would work their way back into
3-2 counts."
Chris Young allowed two runs and three hits over six innings to improve to 5-2. After allowing the first
two runners to reach base in the ninth inning, Fernando Rodney picked up his 14th save of the season.

After a relatively tidy first inning, Smyly ran into troubles in the second. He threw 38 pitches in the
frame as the Mariners scored a pair of runs to take the lead.
Stefen Romero and John Buck each singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Cole Gillespie hit a
dribbler off the end of the bat just past the mound to score Romero and give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
Willie Bloomquist added another run with a two-out RBI single that scored Buck from second.
"A rough second inning. Threw too many pitches," Smyly said. "I think every hit that
inning I had them at 1-2 and couldn’t finish them. They were taking really good two-strike breaking
balls. (They) got back in a hitter’s count and put it in play. It didn’t work out for me."
Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer to left field with one out in the fourth inning to get the Tigers on the
board. It was Cabrera’s second home run in two games this series against Seattle and his 10th homer of
the season.
Seattle answered in the bottom half. Gillespie singled and stole second base to move into scoring
position. Bloomquist came through again with two outs, hitting a single to left to score Gillespie and
give Seattle a 3-1 cushion.
"One-hundred pitches in four innings in not very efficient," Smyly said. "I only walked
one person, but it’s just way too many pitches per batter."
Ausmus said he didn’t believe Smyly’s issues with the high pitch count were due to mechanics.
"I think it’s something he can fix, but I think it’s something he’s going to have to fix
himself," Ausmus said.
Austin Jackson doubled to lead off the seventh and chase Young. Jackson scored on a wild pitch by Dominic
Leone to pull back within a run. A walk to Don Kelly and single from Rajai Davis put a pair of runners
on, but Gillespie ran down a line drive from Ian Kinsler at the wall to preserve Seattle’s lead.
Rodney walked Alex Avila to lead off the ninth. Don Kelly followed with a broken-bat flyball to left that
dropped in to put two runners on with no outs. Rodney struck out and Andrew Romine and Davis before
getting Kinsler to ground out to short to seal the victory.
"I thought we had a chance to win that game, but we couldn’t seem to get the big hit," Ausmus
said. "And when we did seem to get the big hit, it wasn’t a hit. It was caught."
NOTES: Seattle 2B Robinson Cano missed his third straight game with a sore hand. Manager Lloyd McClendon
said that Cano is improving, but is still day to day. … Seattle SS Nick Franklin is 0 for 14 with nine
strikeouts over his last four games. His average for the season fell to .128. … Tigers 2B Kinsler went
0 for 5 and left seven runners stranded on base, with three in scoring position. … RHP Max Scherzer
(6-1, 3.00 ERA) takes to the mound to face LHP Roenis Elias (3-4, 4.02 ERA) in the finale of the
three-game series Sunday.SEATTLE — Drew Smyly is probably thrilled the month of May is finally over.
Smyly (2-4) lasted just four innings and threw 105 pitches against the Seattle Mariners in the Detroit
Tigers’ 3-2 loss Saturday night.
After picking up the victory in 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on May 3, Smyly is 0-3 with a 5.68
ERA in his last five starts.
"He had a little trouble with his command again," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. "He
had trouble getting ahead and when he did get ahead, it seemed like they would work their way back into
3-2 counts."
Chris Young allowed two runs and three hits over six innings to improve to 5-2. After allowing the first
two runners to reach base in the ninth inning, Fernando Rodney picked up his 14th save of the season.

After a relatively tidy first inning, Smyly ran into troubles in the second. He threw 38 pitches in the
frame as the Mariners scored a pair of runs to take the lead.
Stefen Romero and John Buck each singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Cole Gillespie hit a
dribbler off the end of the bat just past the mound to score Romero and give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
Willie Bloomquist added another run with a two-out RBI single that scored Buck from second.
"A rough second inning. Threw too many pitches," Smyly said. "I think every hit that
inning I had them at 1-2 and couldn’t finish them. They were taking really good two-strike breaking
balls. (They) got back in a hitter’s count and put it in play. It didn’t work out for me."
Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer to left field with one out in the fourth inning to get the Tigers on the
board. It was Cabrera’s second home run in two games this series against Seattle and his 10th homer of
the season.
Seattle answered in the bottom half. Gillespie singled and stole second base to move into scoring
position. Bloomquist came through again with two outs, hitting a single to left to score Gillespie and
give Seattle a 3-1 cushion.
"One-hundred pitches in four innings in not very efficient," Smyly said. "I only walked
one person, but it’s just way too many pitches per batter."
Ausmus said he didn’t believe Smyly’s issues with the high pitch count were due to mechanics.
"I think it’s something he can fix, but I think it’s something he’s going to have to fix
himself," Ausmus said.
Austin Jackson doubled to lead off the seventh and chase Young. Jackson scored on a wild pitch by Dominic
Leone to pull back within a run. A walk to Don Kelly and single from Rajai Davis put a pair of runners
on, but Gillespie ran down a line drive from Ian Kinsler at the wall to preserve Seattle’s lead.
Rodney walked Alex Avila to lead off the ninth. Don Kelly followed with a broken-bat flyball to left that
dropped in to put two runners on with no outs. Rodney struck out and Andrew Romine and Davis before
getting Kinsler to ground out to short to seal the victory.
"I thought we had a chance to win that game, but we couldn’t seem to get the big hit," Ausmus
said. "And when we did seem to get the big hit, it wasn’t a hit. It was caught."
NOTES: Seattle 2B Robinson Cano missed his third straight game with a sore hand. Manager Lloyd McClendon
said that Cano is improving, but is still day to day. … Seattle SS Nick Franklin is 0 for 14 with nine
strikeouts over his last four games. His average for the season fell to .128. … Tigers 2B Kinsler went
0 for 5 and left seven runners stranded on base, with three in scoring position. … RHP Max Scherzer
(6-1, 3.00 ERA) takes to the mound to face LHP Roenis Elias (3-4, 4.02 ERA) in the finale of the
three-game series Sunday.