Brennan Boesch leaves game due to thumb sprain

Leyland: “Porcello, get in here!”

Rick: “Yeah, coach?”

JL: “I’ve got your game plan for tonight.”

RP: “OK?”

JL: “Yeah. I just got my contract extension, so I want you to pitch like crap tonight.”

RP: “Oh, good. Thanks, Skip. I’d been giving it extra effort through July because I was worried about your contract status, it’ll be good to take a night off.”

JL: “Yeah, exactly. I’m thinking maybe you give up eight or so earned runs, groove it in there really well so that they get a bunch of extra-base hits, I’ll pull you in the fourth and hand it over to the bullpen that had to pitch pretty much the entire game last night.”

RP: “Sounds good. I’ve got that new Head & Shoulders shampoo that Joe Mauer advertises, so I’ve been looking forward to a shower sooner than usual this evening. #HatsoffDET!”

JL: “Awright, good plan. Get out there and really stink up the joint.”

RP: “Will do, Skip. Congratulations again on the extension, a lot of us in the locker room were worried that we’d have to play hard for the whole second half. Glad we have that off our minds and can start concentrating on golf. Verlander’s especially happy, he’s getting really sick of all the Cy Young discussion and was hoping to be able to turn in a couple of stinkers this month and get some good development in on his hotfoot technique.”