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Detroit Tigers' Ron Gardenhire (illness) returns, sends message to slumping Isaac Paredes

Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire is back to work.

He left Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins in the sixth inning with a stomach virus related to gastrointestinal issues and stayed in the clubhouse at Target Field for the matchups Sunday and Monday, leaving bench coach Lloyd McClendon to take leadership of the team.

"I think I just ate something wrong, and it didn't do very well in my system," Gardenhire, 62, said Tuesday. "Really got to my stomach. I think there was a little bit more to it than a virus.