The Tigers were about to be swept by the Oakland A’s, but today Kenny Rogers took the mound. Kenny Rogers typically dominates the Oakland A’s and it showed today. The Tigers were also able to break out of their offensive funk and put some runs on the board. While Oakland managed a nice collection of hits, they just could not put them together to form many runs. In the end, it did not matter as the Tigers made the most of their 13 hits.

Manny Ramirez is going to miss the All Star game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Apparently he has a sore knee and needs the time to recover. The report on the Red Sox player came from the Boston Globe. This is nothing new for Manny Ramirez. He has missed a couple previous All Star games due to injury. Even though Ramirez has had the knee problem all season, he’s still playing pretty well. So far, Ramirez has 23 home runs and 63 RBIs. He’s also hitting for an impressive .312.