DETROIT &045; Everything really did happen rather fast, and Nook Logan just rolled with the punches.

By mid-afternoon Wednesday, he was getting ready for his game with the Toledo Mud Hens. By 7 p.m., he was starting in the outfield for the Detroit Tigers in his first game at the Major League level.

Logan, the former Natchez High and Copiah-Lincoln Community College standout, had gotten the call every minor league dreams of &045; the call to the bigs.

He played in the Tigers’ 4-2 win over Kansas City Wednesday and went 1 for 3.

&uot;My manager in Toledo (Larry Parrish) got the call, called me in the office and said they needed me up here,&uot; Logan said. &uot;I played today. I don’t know. It hasn’t sunk in yet. You get the call, and they throw you in there and let you play.&uot;

Logan said it was about 3 p.m. when Parrish called him in and notified him of the Tigers’ plan for the call-up. The parent club had a vacancy on the roster when it put infielder Craig Monroe on the disabled list.

But the Tigers are also without leadoff hitter Alex Sanchez, who is in Florida with his wife while she is pregnant with twins, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Logan hit ninth in the lineup Wednesday with Omar Infante hitting in the leadoff spot. Logan squared to bunt the first pitch he saw from Kansas City pitcher Darrell May and reached base on an infield single.

&uot;I’m extremely proud of Nook,&uot; Co-Lin head coach Keith Case said. &uot;A lot of people overlook him. He’s just stayed in there and has been fairly consistent throughout. I know he’s had a lot of strikeouts but a pretty good average. A lot of people don’t give him credit for what kind of ball player he is. He studies the game more than people give him credit.&uot;

Logan, in his first season in AAA, was playing every day for the Mud Hens in center field and hitting leadoff. His batting average had been on the rise since May and was up around .270 until the All-Star break last week.

Fortunately for Logan, Toledo was just a 45-minute drive from Comerica Park in Detroit. He drove back to Toledo after the game and will have to drive back today for the Tigers’ game against Kansas City starting at 12:05 p.m.

Logan left the Toledo Mud Hens as the International League leader in stolen bases but didn’t get the signal Wednesday against the Royals.

&uot;They had a lefty going, and he had a pretty good move to first base,&uot; he said. &uot;He was a tough lefty to read. And you only go if they tell you to.&uot;

Logan showed improvements this summer from the left side of the plate, an area the Tigers recommended he get comfortable with due to his speed. The left-handed hitter gets out of the box plenty quicker than a righty, and that makes Logan that much faster.

Logan was leading the team in strikeouts but also had the most at-bats on the team. He put the ball in play all three times at the plate Wednesday.

&uot;I think that off-season program he went through last year really, really paid off,&uot; Case said. &uot;(His numbers) are still a little bit better from the right side than the left. I think the strikeouts are what he is working on. That was the biggest thing &045; to put the ball in play from the left side.&uot;

Logan will suit up again today with the Tigers and possibly for as long as Monroe is on the disabled list. Sanchez is reportedly set to return by this weekend and may likely return to his position in center field and leadoff batter.

Logan hasn’t heard what the Tigers’ plans are for him yet.

&uot;They didn’t say,&uot; he said. &uot;I’m just happy to be up here.&uot;