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Return to big leagues a 'reward' for Tigers' Rony Garcia after two offseason surgeries

Milwaukee — He thought he was in trouble. He knew he’d been messing up on his chart duty between starts, and he knew pitching coach Doug Bochtler was getting frustrated with him. So, when Tigers pitcher Rony Garcia was summoned to Triple-A Toledo manager Tom Prince’s office Saturday night in Louisville, he expected a scolding.

Which is what he got.

But with a twist.

“I knew and I recognize I was having trouble keeping the charts,” Garcia said through Tigers bilingual interpreter Carlos Guillen before the game here Monday. “So he started the conversation about the charts and all that.