New York — Come on, not again.
Some version of that sentence, maybe one more R-rated, had to be going through Tigers' starter Matt Manning’s mind after his outing Wednesday was ended in the first inning when a line drive off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton struck him in the right foot.
Yes, the same right foot where a drive by Toronto’s Alejandro Kirk broke his fifth metatarsal bone on April 11 and cost him 77 days. Kirk’s drive left the bat at 97 mph. Stanton’s exit velocity was 119 mph.
Just as he did with Kirk’s ball, Manning finished the play, ending the first inning and stranding runners at second and third.