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Tigers send 'Near Perfect' Galarraga packing
Posted: 01.24.2011 at 4:50 PM
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DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers have traded right-handed pitcher Armando Galarraga to the Arizona Diamondbacks for right-hander Kevin Eichhorn and left-hander Ryan Robowski.

The trade was announced Monday.  Galarraga gained fame last season when umpire Jim Joyce acknowledged blowing a call with two outs in the ninth inning that cost him a perfect game.

He was 4-9 with a 4.49 ERA in 24 starts and one relief appearance last season in Detroit.  He's 23-26 with a 4.58 ERA over four seasons with the Tigers and Texas Rangers.

Galarraga, who has a one-year contract for $2.3 million, became expendable when the Tigers signed Brad Penny.  Eichhorn was 5-6 record in 15 minor league starts last season.

Robowski was 2-4 record in 35 relief games in the minors last year.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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