DETROIT — Tigers star Miguel Cabrera has another injury to deal with as he attempts to become the first to win baseball's Triple Crown in consecutive seasons.

Cabrera might have aggravated a previous ailment, or have a new one. Manager Jim Leyland says Cabrera was in pain after his first swing in the ninth inning Tuesday.

Leyland wasn't sure if the injury was in Cabrera's groin or stomach area. Cabrera has been playing through a strained lower abdomen, injured hip and banged-up left leg.

CLEVELAND — The Indians released right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka at his request, giving the Japanese veteran a chance to catch on with another team after failing to secure a spot in Cleveland's rotation.Matsuzaka has spent the entire season at Triple-A Columbus.

ALLENTOWN — The Philadelphia Phillies' top farm club offered a free funeral to an eastern Pennsylvania fan recently diagnosed with ALS.The Lehigh Valley IronPigs announced the winner of its funeral giveaway during a home game at Coca-Cola Park.Steve Paul, 64, of Freemansburg got a standing ovation as he was wheeled onto the field and announced as the recipient of a funeral package valued at nearly $10,000.

DUNCAN, Okla. — With a motive that’s both chilling and simple — to break up the boredom of an Oklahoma summer — three teenagers randomly targeted an Australian collegiate baseball player who was attending school in the U.S. and killed him for fun, prosecutors said as they charged two of the boys with murder.Prosecutor Jason Hicks called the boys “thugs” as he described how Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, was shot once in the back and died along a tree-lined road on Duncan’s well-to-do north side. He said the three teens chose Lane at random and that one of the boys “thinks it’s all a joke.”