Tony Fernández

The Tigers trail the Blue Jays by one full game going into the contest, and Toronto got off to a big start.

Manny Lee, subbing for the injured Tony Fernandez, hit a three-run homer in the second to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead.

But rookie Scott Lusater brings the Tigers back with a two-run shot, his first major league home run, cutting the Blue Jay lead to one.

Allen Trammell opened the third with a solo blast, his 28th of the season, and the score was tied at three.

The Blue Jays have now lost five consecutive games, and there's a tie in the AL East.

That five-game losing streak is of concern, of course, for all Toronto Blue Jays fans.

Some of their sly can be attributed to the injuries of Tony Fernandez and Ernie Witt, two key players.

Fernandez with a broken elbow, gone for the season after going surgery.

I think once he won Rookie of the Year, we have cards that are sick.

We have Tony Fernandez.

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Writing already, the third base will have seven, the four-game hitting streak, seven for 15, 467 overall, 281, 6 home runs and 45 runs batted in.

Tony Fernandez, the shortstop, will bat 8, 0 for the last 12, 244, 5 and 45, a bad cut in the second baseman, will bat 95 for the last 13, 385, overall 239, 3 home runs, 26 runs batted in.

Kona James, Alex Gonzales leadoff will be the shortstop, 2-47, 10-42.

Paul Hollander, D-8, will bat second, 2-68, 15-59.

Um, Petey Alpin, go-ahead homer in the, uh, fifth inning or later, ALCS history, Cleveland, uh, ALCS Cleveland history.

David Fry, Jason Kipnis, Fr- Francisco Lindor, uh, Casey Blake, Tony Fernández, Marquise Grissom, and Jim Thome is the complete list there.

And those are the Nugs.

Thank you, Justin Havens.