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DUNEDIN, Fla. – city Tigers prototypal baseman Miguel Cabrera may endeavor his prototypal outflow game weekday against the New York Yankees following his Feb. 16 collar on a calculate of drunk driving.

"He module not endeavor (Sunday)," simulator Jim Leyland said. "Monday's more a existence but I'm not trusty most Monday, either," Leyland said before the Tigers closed discover the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 in the team's outflow training person Sat behind play left-hander Phil Coke.

Leyland said Cabrera had an "excellent" workout Sat under prototypal humble railcar Tom Brookens' counselling at the Tigers' outflow tent in Lakeland, Fla., but, "truth be told, I don't poverty to intend second-guessed (about activity Cabrera likewise soon)."

"I'm not feat to place him discover there for digit day and do something crazy," Leyland added.

Leyland said he module meet with Cabrera, nous simulator Kevin author and capableness and conditioning coordinator Javair Gillett before making a test selection on when to place Cabrera in the lineup. Cabrera came in ordinal in AL participant voting last flavour after batting .328 with 38 home runs and a league-leading 126 runs batted in.

He was inactive in Fort Pierce, Fla., most 110 miles from Lakeland. Police said they approached Cabrera's car, broken downbound on the lateral of the road, and smelled beverage on his breath, and that he took a gulp from a bottleful of scotch in face of an officer.

Coke is sticking as a official this flavour after making his exclusive move in his threesome previous seasons, the Tigers' last game of 2010.

"I wager same I'm on the correct road; I wager I'm not far soured correct now," he said.

He didn't woman the bag with some of his figure pitches over digit innings, allowing digit of Toronto's five hits.

"He went after them real good," Leyland said. "They impact a couple of balls on the nose and they also mis-hit quite a few. That was beatific to see.

"Other than that, it was his prototypal outing. I'm not feat to intend agog most some of 'em, intense or good, the prototypal outing. They every did fine today, obviously. For the most part they threw strikes and place the ball in play."

Brandon hierarch doubled and scored in the ordinal play soured Bret Cecil and Scott Sizemore impact a two-run threefold soured Jesse Carlson in the fifth.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with digit discover in the fifth before Alberto Albuquerque struck discover Jose Bautista and got cristal soprano on a control ball.

"Very impressive, but I wouldn't poverty to place myself in that status likewise some times," Leyland said.

Notes: Toronto left-hander Marc Rzepczynski and city right-hander Max Scherzer are regular to move Sunday in Lakeland.

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