RHP Mike Pelfrey collected his second victory of the season on Tuesday despite allowing four runs on 12 hits in 5 1/3 innings. He got a key double play with the bases loaded during the second inning to minimize the damage. Pelfrey had gone winless in his previous four starts. He has a 5.02 ERA but remains the No. 4 starter because the Tigers don't have many options to replace him.

RHP Mike Pelfrey remains a candidate to start Tuesday against Miami although he worked 4 1/3 innings of relief Friday night against Cleveland. "I want to wait and see how everything goes (with RHP Anibal Sanchez on Saturday). Right now he's scheduled to go Tuesday. If for some reason he can't go, he could always go Wednesday." Pelfrey threw 48 pitches in his first relief appearance of the season.

RHP Mike Pelfrey pitched 4 1/3 innings of scoreless ball in his first relief outing of the season. He allowed three hits but didn't walk anybody and fanned two Friday night as he saved manager Brad Ausmus from having to plow through his bullpen. "He was outstanding, did an excellent job," Ausmus said. He picked us up, picked the bullpen up. He was a huge part of the game for us." The 48 pitches Pelfrey threw may have taken him out of his scheduled Tuesday start against Miami. "We haven't discussed it but we have a lot of flexibility because of the starters we have up here," Ausmus said. "We can manipulate (who starts) pretty easily. We can manipulate Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, so to speak. (Daniel) Norris could come back, we could slot him in before Pelfrey or in between Pelfrey and Zimmermann. There's a lot of things we could do." There was no uptick in Pelfrey's velocity coming out of the bullpen over him starting. He was 91-93 with his fastball.

RHP Mike Pelfrey is having his next start pushed back to Tuesday but will pitch out of the bullpen as soon as he's able. Pelfrey started Monday night. "We'll probably use him out of the 'pen for a couple days," manager Brad Ausmus said. "An inning here or there just as an emergency. We're not going to use him haphazardly, but if we need him, he'll be available." Circumstances could combine to send Pelfrey to the bullpen after his Tuesday start against Miami.

RHP Mike Pelfrey entered his Monday start having allowed 90 hits and 30 walks in 71 1/3 innings. He went five innings but gave up 12 hits and walked one in his six-run outing. Pelfrey choked off some threats with three double plays. "That's part of what Pelfrey does," manager Brad Ausmus said. "He wasn't as sharp as he can be. Somehow he muddled through."

RHP Mike Pelfrey collected his first victory in 11 starts on Saturday and will go for two in a row when he faces the New York Yankees on Friday. Pelfrey allowed two runs on five hits in six innings against the Chicago White Sox during his last start. He has made seven career starts against the Yankees, going 2-4 and with a 4.74 ERA. He faced the Yankees on April 9th and gave up six runs -- two earned -- on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. New York catcher Brian McCann has given Pelfrey fits over the years, hitting .465 in 43 at-bats with two homers and 11 RBI.

RHP Mike Pelfrey finally got his first win with the Tigers in his 11th start of the season on Saturday. He gave up two runs on five hits in six innings, allowing just two hits after the first three batters singled off him. Pelfrey had lost his last nine decisions, including his last four with Minnesota a year ago. He also got his first victory over the Chicago White Sox in nine career starts. His most recent victory was Aug. 12 of last season against Texas.

RHP Mike Pelfrey makes his 11th start of the season on Saturday, still seeking his first victory as a Tiger. It won't be easy, considering he'll be opposing White Sox ace Chris Sale, who leads the American League with nine victories. Pelfrey didn't give up any earned runs in his last start at Oakland on Sunday, dropping his ERA below the 5.00 mark for the first time in a month. He's 0-4 with a 6.20 ERA in eight career starts against the White Sox.

RHP Mike Pelfrey made it 10 consecutive starts without a win to start the season Sunday, but this one wasn't his fault. The right-hander held the Oakland Athletics without an earned run for 5 2/3 innings, but an error on the usually reliable 2B Ian Kinsler opened the door for three unearned runs that turned a possible win into a 4-2 defeat. Pelfrey fell to 0-5 despite seeing his ERA improve to 4.96.

RHP Mike Pelfrey will be seeking his first win of the season Sunday when he pitches the series finale at Oakland. He might not be looking in the right place. Pelfrey has never won beaten the Athletics, having gone 0-3 with an 11.05 ERA in his three career starts. One of those losses came at home earlier this season, when he gave up five runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings.

RHP Mike Pelfrey botched his chance for his first victory since last Aug. 12. He gave up a solo home run, the second he allowed in the game, in the sixth inning after Detroit forged a 4-3 lead over Philadelphia with three solo home runs in the bottom of the fifth. Pelfrey allowed 11 hits in six innings, although he didn't walk anybody. "Other than the home runs," manager Brad Ausmus said, "he pitched quite good. He pitched well enough to win." Pelfrey is still putting on an average of close to two runners per inning, about double what good pitchers allow.

RHP Mike Pelfrey tries to build off one of his better starts of the season when he faces Minnesota on Tuesday. Pelfrey, who is still looking for his first victory as a Tiger, allowed two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings against Baltimore. He didn't give up a run until the sixth inning but wound up with a no-decision as the Orioles rallied from a 5-0 deficit. Pelfrey will be making his second start this month against the team he pitched for the last three seasons. He allowed five runs on eight hits in four innings at Minnesota while getting a no-decision on May 1.

RHP Mike Pelfrey is looking for a win. He has lost eight straight decisions going back to last year and nearly ended that slide in this game as the Tigers took a 5-0 lead but the bullpen couldn't hold it. Still, he pitched better this time before leaving with one out in the sixth inning. "I would say Pelfrey's outing would be the one positive," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said.

RHP Mike Pelfrey may be pitching for his spot in the rotation when he takes the mound Thursday at Baltimore. He is 0-1 with an ERA of 8.62 in his last three starts, and gave up five runs in five-plus innings in his last start against the Texas Rangers on Saturday. He is 0-4 with an ERA of 6.23 this year.

RHP Mike Pelfrey had a roller-coaster outing against Texas on Saturday and remained winless as a Tiger. Pelfrey drew heavy boos after allowing home runs to the first two batters he faced, Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara. He settled down until the sixth, when he gave up three consecutive hits, capped by Adrian Beltre's two-run homer, and wound up with a no-decision. Pelfrey, who signed a two-year, $16-million contract this offseason, is holding onto his starting spot mainly due to a lack of other options. "I'm embarrassed," he said. "These guys gave me a three-run lead in the sixth inning and I couldn't hold it."

RHP Mike Pelfrey allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks over four-plus innings of work on Sunday but did not figure into the final decision. It was his first game against his former team since signing with the Tigers over the offseason. Pelfrey has allowed at least four runs in four of his five outings this season.

RHP Mike Pelfrey lost for the fourth time in as many outings on Tuesday but there were some encouraging signs. His final stat line wasn't particularly good -- five runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings -- but he allowed just three runs on six hits entering the seventh. Oakland's Marcus Semien blasted a two-run homer off him in the inning. Pelfrey did not issue a walk after allowing 12 in his first three starts. "I felt a lot better, I threw a lot more strikes, but at end of the day, it still wasn't good enough," he said. "The home run definitely leaves a bad taste in my mouth."

RHP Mike Pelfrey will make his fourth start of the season against Oakland on Tuesday. Pelfrey took the loss in his first three outings, including a 4-0 loss at Kansas City on Thursday. He has struggled with his control, issuing 12 walks in 14 2/3 innings. Pelfrey is not in imminent danger of losing his rotation spot but that could change if his issues continue. He's 0-2 with a 14.63 ERA against Oakland in two career starts.

RHP Mile Pelfrey walked five Royals in five innings in a 4-0 loss Thursday after walking six in six innings in his previous start at Houston. "I'm going to go back and watch video and figure something out," Pelfrey said. "But I need to be a lot better than I have been. It's frustrating on my part. It is two games in a row that should have been a lot worse, I think, with all that traffic on the basepaths." Pelfrey is winless over his past 16 road starts since winning May 14, 2015, at Detroit while with the Twins. He is 0-7 with a 5.54 ERA over his past 11 starts.

RHP Mike Pelfrey will start the series finale at Kauffman Stadium. He is 1-1 with a 4.74 ERA in five career starts at Kansas City. In three 2015 starts against the Royals, Pelfrey went 1-0 with a 2.20 ERA while with the Twins.