Buck Farmer is rolling in relief for the Tigers, though he may not feel entirely relieved.
He's thrown 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. Farmer allowed a single to Kendrys Vargas in the top of the seventh, but stranded him. Going to the bottom of the seventh, the Tigers remain down 7-1. Tyler Collins, Erick Aybar and Jarrod Saltalamacchia are due up.
Tigers offense missing through 6
The Tigers went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning, for the second inning in a row and the third time in the game.