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"It looked like we were swinging our bats under water."
Tigers Manager Jim Leyland, sounding a familiar refrain. Detroit dropped a season-high 11 games under .500 after losing its third straight at Oakland.
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Blue Jays: Activated RHP Brian Wolfe from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Class AAA Syracuse.
Indians: Recalled RHPs Brian Slocum and Rick Bauer from Class AAA Buffalo and optioned RHPs Tom Mastny and Jensen Lewis to Buffalo.
Rangers: Recalled RHP Kameron Loe from Class AAA Oklahoma and purchased the contract of RHP Elizardo Ramírez from Oklahoma. Placed LHP A.J. Murray (left rotator cuff strain) on the 15-day DL and optioned IF Travis Metcalf to Oklahoma. RHP Vicente Padilla, meantime, will return from Nicaragua today (bereavement leave) and start tomorrow vs. the Rays.
Rays: Placed 1B Carlos Peña on the 15-day DL. He suffered a broken left index finger when he was hit by a pitch from Boston's Justin Masterson in the first inning Tuesday. The team promoted OF Justin Ruggiano from Class AAA Durham.
Twins: Activated RHP Scott Baker from the 15-day DL, and optioned IF Matt Macri to Class AAA Rochester.
White Sox: Signed RHP Esteban Loaiza, a 21-game winner for the team five years ago, as a free agent.
BY THE NUMBERS
2,416
Career hits by Derek Jeter, who passed Mickey Mantle into third place on the Yankees' career list, behind Lou Gehrig (2,721) and Babe Ruth (2,518).
