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DETROIT -- Jordan Zimmermann doesnt have much time left to recapture his early season magic. Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic . If he can, the Detroit Tigers rotation should be strong enough to finish off their playoff push.Zimmermann, signed away from the Washington Nationals as a free agent, went 5-0 with an 0.55 ERA in April and was named the American Leagues Pitcher of the Month. A minor groin injury forced him to miss a late May start and he was generally ineffective in June before he was sidelined with a neck strain.He returned for one August start, suffered a setback in that 1 2/3-inning outing, and went back on the 15-day disabled list. Following another lengthy rehab stint, Zimmermann returns. Hell start the second contest of a pivotal three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.The Tigers tied the Orioles for the second wild-card spot with a 4-3 victory Friday.Its probably the worst feeling, knowing youve wasted two or three months and werent able to pitch and help this team, the veteran right-hander said Friday. This first couple of months were really good and probably better than I expected. The last two or three have been horrible, so hopefully I can turn it around for the last half a month and finish strong.Zimmermann (9-5), who expects to throw approximately 90 pitches if the start goes well, is getting thrust right into the heat of the pennant chase.I feel like Ive been around long enough that I can be thrown into a situation like this and be able to handle it, he said. Some other guys, they might not trust. I feel like Ive done enough in my career that they should be able to trust me and put me into this spot.Zimmermanns fastball reached only the low 90s in last rehab start, which didnt surprise him.Im not sure if my velocity will be back this year, said Zimmermann, who is 2/3 with a 4.54 ERA in six career starts against Baltimore. Ive had so many ups and downs, and its down just a tick right now. Hopefully, the more I get out there, the more its going to come back. But I feel strong, I feel like I can locate pretty good, so well see.Zimmermann will be opposed by Ubaldo Jiminez (6-11), who is coming off his best outing of the season. He tossed his first complete game since 2011 against Tampa Bay, holding the Rays to three runs on two hits in the 7-3 victory.It was fun to watch, said Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman, who is expected to come off the DL and start Sundays finale. He was pretty dialed in from the get go. He was able to command all his pitches. His stuff is good enough, he just has trouble commanding it sometimes. But from the get go, he established his fastball on both sides and everything played off of that.Jiminez is 5-11 with a 5.68 ERA in 20 starts against Detroit.The Orioles are in the thick of the race despite having the 11th-best ERA in the American League while issuing the most walks in the league.We kind of enjoy having people scratch their head about us, manager Buck Showalter said. We get it. In the clubhouse, everybody gets it. A lot of people that are just crunching the numbers dont get it. And Im OK with that. Discount NHL Jerseys .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Fake NHL Jerseys . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. https://www.chinanhljerseys.us/ . Galatasaray said in a statement on its website Monday that Mancini signed a three-year contract and will be paid 3.5 million euros for the upcoming season, with his salary upped to 4. FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Nick Stevens passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more Saturday night and Colorado State became bowl eligible with a 49-31 win over New Mexico.Colorado States trio of running backs -- Marvin Kinsey Jr., Izzy Matthews and Dalyn Dawkins -- powered the Rams (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West) to 412 yards rushing and 9.8 yards per carry. Kinsey ran for 127 yards, Matthews for 107 yards and Dawkins 102.Kinsey made it 49-17 with a 75-yard TD run.New Mexico (7-4, 5-2) came into the game averaging 347.8 yards rushing, best at the FBS level. The Lobbos managed 285 yards on 48 carries, though much of that came on Tyrone Owens 79-yard TD run late in the game. Custom NHL Jerseys. Owens finished with 157 yards rushing and passed the 1,000-yard mark for the season.Michael Gallup had five catches for 116 yards and a TD for Colorado State.The Rams program had farewell festivities before and after the game to celebrate the last home game to be played at Hughes Stadium, which opened in 1968. ' ' '