TOLEDO -- By the looks of his start for the Toledo Mud Hens Saturday night, Justin Verlander is ready to come back to the Detroit Tigers. A solid outing in which Verlander struck out nine and went 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball gave the Mud Hens' record crowd of 13,300 something to cheer for, even though Toledo went on to lose 6-1 as a result of an eighth-inning implosion.
Verlander's curveball was particularly sharp as Verlander was able to toy with its speed well and drop the pitch in as low as 77 mph.