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DETROIT -- Danny Duffys recent stretch of strong starts can be traced to his time in the bullpen.The Kansas City Royals left-hander has been the teams best starter since he rejoined the rotation in mid-May. Hes 4-1 with a 3.11 ERA and a 6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio over those 11 starts. Hell make his first post-All-Star break start on Saturday night at Detroit.Hes throwing a lot more strikes, Royals manager Ned Yost said. That stint in the bullpen helped him. He figured out down there that he can be aggressive in the strike zone and have success. Hes brought the bullpen mentality into a starting mentality.Duffy has gone deep into games in his last three starts, reaching at least the seventh inning and coming up one out shy of a complete game against Philadelphia. He struck out 23 batters in those outings while issuing just one walk.My fastball command has been there, said Duffy, who is 3-6 with a 3.24 ERA in 15 career appearances against the Tigers. If you have fastball command, you can afford not to be perfect with your secondary pitches. You can throw everything off your fastball. Im just trying to keep it simple, just following Salvy (catcher Salvador Perez) and doing what the coaching staff thinks is best.Duffy made 49 starts the previous two seasons but was often plagued by control issues. He issued 106 walks over 286 innings in those two seasons. Hes only allowed 12 walks since rejoining the rotation, which has led to longer starts.Its been pretty gratifying to not be a guy whos gone five-and-dive, like I did for so long in my career, Duffy said. Im not saying thats not something that will ever happen again. But I have confidence when I take the ball that Im going to do everything I can to hand the ball off to the bullpen late in the game.Tigers right-hander Mike Pelfrey, who will oppose Duffy, has not gotten past the seventh inning in any of his 17 starts this season. He has kept his team in the game in two July outings. He held Tampa Bay and Toronto to one run apiece while going at least six innings. Hes 1/3 with a 5.35 ERA in seven career starts against Kansas City.Detroit won the opener of the three-game series on Friday night, 4-2. That moved the second-place Tigers 1 1/2 games ahead of Kansas City, but both teams will have to chase down division leader Cleveland or shoot for a wild card.We were playing well (prior to the break), though we didnt do great in Toronto, but weve got to play better, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. The wild-card team is not going to be three games over .500, so we need to play better and it has to start now.For the second straight game, the Tigers will be without left fielder Justin Upton. He was placed on the bereavement list on Thursday after a death in his family.Tyler Collins was recalled from Triple-A Toledo on Friday as his fill-in and smacked a solo homer than started a three-run, seventh-inning rally.Im really happy for him, contributing to a big win for us, winning pitcher Justin Verlander said of Collins. Its great to see the ball leave the yard and see him do it. Replica Shoes .J. -- Seven games into a disappointing season, New York Giants defensive catalyst Jason Pierre-Paul is getting the feeling hes back. Fake Shoes From China . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. Making his first appearance since injuring his wrist a month ago, Del Potro had difficulty with his service games in the first set. https://www.fakeshoes.net/ . 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Paul Menard was third, 1.338 seconds off the pace.Id like to hope so, the 2015 Cup season champion said after being asked if he can keep this up after earning his seventh Xfinity win this season and record-extending 83rd of his career. I dont know exactly how many [races] I have left, thats changing every day. But, hopefully, with whatever we have left, we can have the same amount of success weve had here.Busch has been virtually unbeatable on Indys 2.5-mile oval all weekend.He posted the fastest practice times in both the Xfinity and Sprint Cup Series on Friday, won the poles, captured the first of two heat races to establish the rest of the starting order and put himself in position to secure his second straight sweep of the two races in Indy.No NASCAR driver has ever won both poles and both races here.The only prize Busch didnt claim Saturday was the $100,000 dash-for-cash prize, for which he was ineligible. That payout went to fifth-place finisher Justin Allgaier, who was the best of the non-Cup regulars. Allgaier said the thermometer in his car reached 137 degrees.How dominant has Busch been?The Joe Gibbs Racing sttar held off two former Brickyard 400 winners and one, Harvick, couldnt even catch the leader after taking new tires during the final caution period, which extended the race to 63 laps.ddddddddddddThe difference: Buschs perfectly timed restarts.New tires for those guys were good for them, not so much for us, Busch said after completing the final 36 laps without a stop. On the restarts, the second-to-last one was really good. The last one was OK.It was at least good enough.Busch surrendered the lead only once -- when he pitted after 27 laps -- and retook the lead when Brendan Gaughan made his pit stop.The only other time Buschs lead was even in jeopardy occurred after rookie Roy Black Jr. hit the wall in the second turn, slid down the track and was hit by Harrison Rhodes, bringing out a caution with six laps to go.Harvick, who drives for Stewart-Haas Racing, and Kyle Larson, who drives for Chip Ganassi Racing, both stopped and changed tires. But they wound up battling each other so hard that they couldnt catch Busch.Our goal was to overachieve today, and we did that, Harvick said. We had a couple of good restarts and wound up second. Not a bad day.Even if Buschs day was much more rewarding.I think our chances are pretty good, Busch said, referring to the Brickyard 400. Starting up front means a lot here in Indy. I think our Toyota today was strong. I think our Toyota tomorrow will be even stronger. ' ' '