Cleveland — Tigers bench coach Steve Liddle pulled starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull aside after his 100-pitch, five-inning effort against the Indians Saturday and, quite literally, threatened to call his parents.
"I told him, 'If you do as good a job staying out of trouble as you do getting out of trouble, you'll win a Cy Young Award,'" said Liddle, after the Tigers were blanked by the Indians, 2-0. "I told him, 'I'm going to have to call your parents and see if you were a little trouble-maker growing up.'"
That Turnbull got through those five innings giving up just two runs was remarkable.