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After 'refresh,' Sanchez impresses in return

SEATTLE -- The Tigers lost Monday for the seventh time in 10 games. Don't blame Anibal Sanchez.

If anything, credit Sanchez in his first start of the season for doing his job and keeping the Tigers close in what became a 6-2 loss to the Mariners at Safeco Field. It wasn't necessarily smooth, and it felt at times like a high-wire act, but with two runs allowed over five innings in a no-decision, Sanchez did his job.

"He threw pretty well, really," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "I thought he did a good job locating his fastballs, changeup was good, mixed in the breaking ball.