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Join Michael Zuidema for “Lunch with The Benchwarmer” — a weekly live chat from noon to 1 p.m. each Tuesday that may start in the sports world, but has no boundaries. This week’s topics: the Tigers’ slump, Lions training camp and more.
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Detroit’s Fernando Rodney forces in the winning run with a 10th-inning walk and the Tigers drop their third straight to the AL East-leading Rays, 6-5.
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The PGA and Oakland Hills will miss Tiger Woods, but it still will be another historical week on a course dubbed “the monster” by Ben Hogan in 1951.
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Detroit starter Kenny Rogers can’t make it out of the fourth inning and is charged with seven runs as the Tigers lose their second straight game to the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Detroit misses some opportunities early against Tampa Bay ace Scott Kazmir and then manages just one hit over the last four-plus innings against the Rays.
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