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Tigers unleash Price on Reds

Jun 17, 2015 - 2:14 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Tigers hope to rebound on Wednesday night behind ace David Price as they head to Cincinnati to resume a home-and-home series with the Reds.

Price takes the mound tonight coming off the third shutout of his career and first since 2012.

Price won his second start in a row on Friday as he held Cleveland to seven hits and zero walks in his third complete game of 2015. Price struck out eight in going the distance for a second straight outing, improving to 6-2 with a 2.44 earned run average.

"His focus is always good," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus told his team's website, "but the last two outings, it's almost like he's turned it up a notch."

The lefty has fanned 11 over nine innings to beat the Chicago White Sox on June 6 and has 14 career complete games. Price is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in two starts versus the Reds, giving up three runs with 22 strikeouts over 16 innings.

The Reds will turn to right-hander Johnny Cueto, who makes his first career start against the Tigers.

Cueto has lost just once over his past six starts, but struggled a bit in a no-decision versus the Chicago Cubs on Friday. He was charged with four runs on seven hits over seven innings, but he combated that with nine strikeouts and zero walks.

The 29-year-old is 4-4 on the season with a 2.85 ERA and has fanned nine batters in three of his last five starts. He had given up just six runs total over four previous outings before facing the Cubs and hasn't gone less than six innings all season.

The Tigers and Reds split the first two of this four-game series in Detroit. Cincinnati bounced back from a shutout loss on Monday with last night's 5-2 triumph that was keyed by three solo homers.

Todd Frazier hit two of those home runs and went back-to-back with Jay Bruce in the fifth inning. He has 20 homers on the season and helped the Reds halt a three-game slide.

"I just squared them up," Frazier said of his two home runs. "All I try to do is hit the ball hard."

Michael Lorenzen limited the Tigers to two runs -- one earned -- on six hits over as many innings to earn the win.

Kyle Ryan lasted 6 1/3 innings and was charged with all four runs on just five hits, three of which left the yard.

"I'd rather lose a game on three solo homers than 20 bloop hits over second base," Ryan said. "It's going to happen."

Detroit, which had won six of eight coming in, got an RBI from both Miguel Cabrera and Yoenis Cespedes. Cabrera has driven in nine runs over his last five games.

The Tigers took two of three from the hosting Reds in 2012.






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