The Indians didn't place Michael Brantley on the disabled list, but they still don't know when he'll be able to play after spraining left ankle.
Center fielder Michael Brantley returned to Cleveland on Friday to have an MRI on his left ankle. UPDATED: 9:02 p.m.
DETROIT, Mich. -- This is a daily briefing of the Indians 2010 regular season. The Indians play the Tigers tonight in the first game of a three-game series at Comerica Park.
Comerica Park's dimensions: Left field line 345 feet, left field power alley 370 feet, center field 420, right center field power alley 365, right field line 330.
In-game notes:
Score: Tigers 5, Indians 0 after 6 1/2 innings.
No perfecto: Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game the last time he faced the Indians when umpire Jim Joyce missed a call on what should have been the 27th and final out.
There was no such drama Friday night, but Galarraga gave it a try. He retired 14 straight before Jayson Nix doubled to deep left field with two out in the fifth to ruin the perfect game and no-hitter.
Robbed of perfection on June 2, Galarrage settled for a one-hitter. But he could not repeat that feat Friday. Lou Marson collected the Indians second hit with a single in the sixth and Shin-Soo Choo added a third hit in the seventh.
Early lead: The Tigers took advantage of some more shoddy defense by the Indians to take an early lead against Justin Masterson. Austin Jackson opened the game with a single. Will Rhymes bunted him to second, but he ended up scoring as Marson threw the ball down the right field line.
In the process he almost broke second baseman Luis Valbuena's arm. Valbuena came over to cover first, but Marson threw the ball into the runner. Valbuena tried to reach around Rhmes and make the play, but collided with the Tigers second baseman.
Valbuiena was down for several minutes, but stayed in the game. Rhymes, who went to second on the error, scored when Miguel Cabrera singled over Choo's head in right field. Choo recovered in time to throw him out at second.
More runs: The Tigers made it 4-0 with two more runs in the second. The two runs came on four straight hits off Masterson. After Brandon Inge and Don Kelly singled, Gerald Laird delivered Inge with a single to left and Jackson singled home Kelly.
The Tigers made it 5-0 on Rhymes two-out single in the fifth.
The line: Masterson was gone after six. He allowed five runs on 11 hits and one walk. He struck out five and threw 113 pitches, 76 for strikes.
Pre-game notes:
Game 122: The Indians have acquired right-hander Zach McAllister from the Yankees to complete the Austin Kearns trade. McAllister is 8-10 with a 5.09 ERA in 24 starts at Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre.
The 6-5, 230-pound McAllister was a third round pick of the Yankees in 2006. This year he has 88 strikeouts and 38 walks in 132 2/3 innings. He's allowed 165 hits and 82 runs.
McAllister's career minor league record is 38-32 with a 3.40 ERA. McAllister will reporter to Class AAA Columbus.
Brantley update: Center fielder Michael Brantley returned to Cleveland on Friday to have an MRI on his left ankle. The Indians waited until a half hour before Friday's game before deciding not to put Brantley on the disabled list.
If the Indians had to place Brantley on the DL, it's believed they had a player stashed in Detroit so they could activate him before the game.
"All the tests before the the MRI were good," said manager Manny Acta..
Brantley twisted his left ankle coming out of the batter's box in the ninth inning Thursday after hitting a grounder to short that drove in a run. He had to be helped off the field.
This was Brantley's third tour with the Tribe this year and he was just starting to look relaxed. He was hitting .327 (16-for-49) with 12 runs, one triple, two homers and seven RBI in 12 games since his latest recall.
He was also playing well in center field.
Quick hits:
-Armando Galarraga started against the Indians on Friday for the first time since he lost his perfect game to an umpire's poor call on June 2 at Comerica Park. Jason Donald should have been the 27th consecutive out, but first base Jim Joyce called him safe on an infield hit that was clearly an out.
"We were flying into Detroit after Thursday night's game," said Donald. "Someone asked who was pitching? They said it was Galarraga and everyone started laughing.
"It seems like such a long time ago. What I remember is how well everybody handled the situation from Galarraga to Jim Joyce. I think it did the game good."
Donald was not in the starting lineup Friday.
Said Acta, "We all remember what happened. Tonight I hope we get that first hit out of the way fast."
Indians (48-71): CF Trevor Crowe (S), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (S), RF Shin-Soo Choo (L), DH Travis Hafner (L), LF Shelley Duncan (R), 3B Jayson Nix (R), 2B Luis Valbuena (L), C Lou Marson (R) and RHP Justin Masterson (4-11, 5.23).
Tigers (58-63): Austin Jackson (R), 2B Will Rhymes (L), DH Jhonny Damon (L), 1B Miguel Cabrera (R), RF Brennan Boesch (L), SS Jhonny Peralta (R), 3B Brandon Inge (R), LF Don Kelly (L), C Gerald Laird (R) and RHP Armando Galarraga (3-5, 4.53).
Umpires: H Brian Gorman, 1B Ted Barrett, 2B, Tony Randazzo, 3B Paul Nauert.
Quote of the day: "Have you ever thrown a ball 100 miles an hour? Everything hurts. Even your butt hurts. I see pictures of my face and say, 'Holy bleep', but that's the strain you feel when you throw. I had one of those faces you look at it, man, and say, 'Man he's a bleep.' Could be, depends on if you pissed me off or not," Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, from Baseball Almanac.
Next: RHP Josh Tomlin (1-2, 2.96) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (8-9, 3.86) tonight at 7:05.