CLEVELAND -- Jordan Zimmermann once pitched in a college game for Wisconsin-Stevens Point with his jaw wired shut and two metal plates holding it together after a line drive shattered it. That was 11 years ago, and he was drafted that summer. Mercifully, he won't have to go through that experience again.
Though the Tigers starter took a liner to the same spot on his right jaw Wednesday, knocking him out of his start against the Indians in the first inning, Zimmermann was diagnosed with just a bruise, not a fracture, and expects to be able to make his next scheduled start on Tuesday.