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And after the Tigers' early lead held up through his seven innings, the back-end of the bullpen steered to victory. Price was solid, the offense backed him with a run and they beat the Athletics, 1-0, on Tuesday night at O.co Coliseum. "To have a game like I had today, you have to have some good stuff happen and I don't feel like I was at my best for the most part," he said. "You gotta be able to bear down." And it took him some time, but without his best stuff, the left-handed ace finished strong. Price threw seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits, striking out three and walking one. He stranded runners in each of the first five innings – two in three of them – but retired the final eight batters he faced and passed the baton to the triumvirate of Joba Chamberlain, Tom Gorzelanny and Joakim Soria to stop the Tigers' losing streak at three. "That's why he's one of the better pitchers in the game," manager Brad Ausmus said. "He has the ability to get big outs when the game is on the line." After "a lot of thought," Ausmus hooked Price at 109 pitches for Chamberlain in the eighth. He retired both men he faced before Gorzelanny allowed a single to Stephen Vogt and Soria, facing his second four-out save situation of the season, retired pinch-hitter Josh Reddick. Soria stranded a two-out double in the ninth inning for his 14th save of the season. The Tigers offense provided all the punch it needed in the first inning, courtesy of Anthony Gose's penchant for speed, when he singled then stole second base and reached third on a throwing error. He scored one batter later on Rajai Davis' sacrifice fly to rightfield. The Tigers totaled five hits off A's right-hander Jesse Chavez, who shut them down after the first inning. Chavez threw eight innings, allowing one run. He struck out four and walked two. "It's fun to be a part of those games," Price said. "It's even more fun to come out on top." He is 4-1 on the season and the Tigers are 9-1 in his starts. It's just a great team win," he said. "And we continue to do that on my day so that's good." 3 Tigers' Simon out today; Ryan to start if he makes it May 27, 2015 By Anthony Fenech/ Detroit Free Press OAKLAND, Calif. – Alfredo Simon will not pitch today. The Detroit Tigers have placed the right-hander on the bereavement list, as he travels back to the Dominican Republic to visit his father, who is gravely ill, manager Brad Ausmus said after Tuesday night's win over the Athletics. Left-hander Kyle Ryan will be called up from Triple-A Toledo to make the start, but that start is not set in stone as Ryan might be unable to make it to the west coast in time for today's first pitch, scheduled for 3:35 p.m. Detroit time. "We don't know if he'll make it here in time," Ausmus said. "If he'll be here at the beginning of the game or if he would have to rush so much that it would even be worth him trying to start the game." Ausmus said the Tigers anticipate Ryan will be in uniform by the game time but "It's a small window" and couldn't guarantee the starting nod. "I don't know if he'll be rushing or how much sleep he got, he's obviously going to wake up early," Ausmus said. After missing out on a bullpen spot this spring, Ryan is 0-5 with a 4.67 ERA in Toledo this year. The other options to start, Ausmus said, would be "someone in the bullpen." The most likely option in the case Ryan doesn't start would appear to be right-hander Alex Wilson, who has thrown more than one inning on six occasions this year and three or more innings three times. Wilson, 28, was a starting pitcher coming up in the Red Sox organization. Left-handers Blaine Hardy and Tom Gorzelanny could also be called upon, but Hardy threw on three consecutive days before Tuesday and Gorzelanny pitched in Tuesday night's game. Gorzelanny, 32, has 121 big-league starts to his name. Ausmus wasn't sure when Simon would rejoin the team. 4 Verlander's simulated game a success; rehab start next? May 27, 2015 By Anthony Fenech/ Detroit Free Press OAKLAND, Calif. – It was simulated, from the national anthem to the wave to Justin Verlander trying to talk his way into another inning. And it was a success, Verlander's first simulated game in over a month, and it could set up his first minor- league rehabilitation start. "It went really well," the Tigers' right-hander said. "Obviously first and foremost, the most important thing was I felt really good. Stuff was good — it got better as it went along — so all-in-all, I was very pleased." Verlander threw 70 pitches over 4 1/3 innings. He faced Bryan Holaday, Tyler Collins, Hernan Perez and rookie Dixon Machado and his pitching line looked like this: Two hits, one walk, eight strikeouts. Manager Brad Ausmus said the finish on his fastball and the break on his breaking pitches is what stood out. The true test will come with how he feels this morning. "I'm very optimistic I'm going to feel great tomorrow, just judging on going through the process before and how I felt throwing and how I responded to that," Verlander said. "Today is completely different than it was then so I don't anticipate anything besides normal soreness." Verlander's second simulated game of the season — his first, in Pittsburgh during the second week of the season, was cut short — garnered more fanfare inside the Tigers' clubhouse. Many Tigers watched from the sidelines, including Tuesday night's starter David Price, who was live-tweeting the event to the masses. Bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer was one of a few that attempted to start the wave and when Machado led off the second inning with a single, they pulled the ball from play. "It was a lot of fun," Verlander said. "We treated it about as real as we can. The guys in the stands who tried to get the wave going — the fans weren't very receptive to it. "It was great. Those guys cheering me, cheering Machado for the first hit, it was great." Verlander threw all his pitches and reported no hesitancy in throwing breaking balls, specifically his curveball. He mentioned a change in throwing his slider, tweaking the release point in his time off and called it more of a "true slider." After four innings, Verlander tried to get another inning but Ausmus and Tigers pitching coach Jeff Jones settled on a few more pitches, and he finished the outing by striking out Perez swinging. "I tried to lobby for one more inning so maybe I could lobby not to make a rehab start but they weren't having it," Verlander said. He could throw 80-85 pitches in a potential rehab start, he guessed, and, "I would think if I can throw 95-100, I would be ready to go." 5 Detroit 1, Oakland 0: Why the Tigers won May 27, 2015 By Anthony Fenech/ Detroit Free Press At O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.