play video DET@SEA: Coke works out of a jam in the ninth Facebook Twitter Email ST. PETERSBURG -- Phil Coke has lost five games so far this season entering Saturday's game, more than the other six relievers in the Tigers' bullpen combined. His ERA is 6.56, the second highest of all the pitchers currently on the staff. But Jim Leyland said Saturday he still considers Coke "a big part of our ballclub.""He's been real spotty," Leyland said when asked about the struggles of the high-energy 30-year-old left-hander. "He's shown signs of brilliance, and other times he's not been real good. He's fighting himself right now. He has terrific stuff. We like him very, very much. There's no reason he...
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