Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 8:28 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Minneapolis — This isn’t about moral victories or silver linings anymore for the Tigers. Yes, they played some good baseball in this series. Evidence of growth, individually and collectively, was apparent in every game. But, when they boarded the flight home Monday night,
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We hear from Tigers starter Michael Fulmer after he loses to the Twins for the first time in his career. #DetroitRoots
We hear from Jeimer Candelario, who doubles twice and scores both runs for the Tigers on Monday. #DetroitRoots
We hear from bench coach Lloyd McClendon — again pinch-hitting for manager Ron Gardenhire — after the Tigers drop the series finale to the Twins 6-2. #ItsMillerTime
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 5:15 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 This time, the Detroit Tigers didn’t have it in them. They’ve made 11 comeback wins in the shortened season, because of offensive outbursts from rookies, recent newcomers and veterans alike. But facing Minnesota Twins starter Michael Pineda, the Tigers’ bats slowed. Relievers Cody Stashak
The Tigers hit the road a week ago with the feel of a surprise contender, lifted by a winning streak that eventually hit six games and brought them within a game and a half of a playoff spot. They return home with a more difficult path to the postseason, but The Tigers hit the road
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:06 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Minneapolis – The Tigers have come from behind to win baseball games 11 times this season. But there was no comeback coming on Monday. The Twins scored four times in the third inning and beat the Tigers 6-2, winning four out of five
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 3:02 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Minneapolis – Defensive indifference. When is it OK for the defense to be indifferent in baseball? The Tigers played a situation absolutely by the book in the ninth inning on Saturday, and yet it made for a fun debate. “All day long,” shortstop
Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press Published 3:06 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 For seven years, they waited. Well, not waited. Hustled and hurried? Yeah. Took their swings in BP, hit the field in central California (Lodi and Visalia!), southern Iowa (Burlington!) and western Montana (Missoula!)? That too. In short, labored. All with an eye on
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 2:43 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Minneapolis – Tigers bench coach Lloyd McClendon was there from the start with Victor Reyes. He remembers looking at this shy, skinny kid the Tigers took in the Rule 5 draft back in 2018 and shaking his head. The bat he was holding looked thicker
Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire missed his second consecutive game Monday as he deals with continued symptoms related to gastrointestinal issues. Bench coach Lloyd McClendon stepped in again, and he sounded optimistic about Gardenhire’s health after they talked earlier Monday. “Gardy’s feeling a lot better,” McClendon said Monday morning. “We spoke Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire missed
Another week, another slew of exciting big league callups for top prospects. From MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list alone, we saw the Pirates’ Ke’Bryan Hayes, Miami’s Jazz Chisholm, and the Yankees’ Deivi García and Clarke Schmidt make their Major League debuts. They join an ever-growing rookie class in 2020 Another week, another slew of
The Detroit Tigers came back to defeat the Minnesota Twins, 10-8, in a wild game on Sunday. It will go down as a critical win for this team. The Detroit Tigers are currently on the outside looking in for a playoff spot in the American League, and they face an uphill climb to make the
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:33 AM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Detroit Tigers right-hander Kyle Funkhouser wouldn’t say what his teammates did to him, third baseman Sergio Alcantara and righty Bryan Garcia. All three achieved career firsts Sunday — Funkhouser got his first win; Alcantara launched his first homer; Garcia notched his first save. “They took care
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 4:37 AM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Minneapolis — The Tigers may have to give the visiting clubhouse attendants a little extra in the tip jar when they leave here on Tuesday. They made a bit of a mess in the shower area Sunday. “They put me in a cart, a
We hear from Tigers reliever Kyle Funkhouser after he earns his first career victory Sunday. #DetroitRoots
We hear from Grayson Greiner, whose tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning was the difference Sunday. #DetroitRoots
We hear from bench coach Lloyd McClendon — again pinch-hitting for manager Ron Gardenhire — after his Tigers end a four-game skid with a 10-8 win over the Twins. #ItsMillerTime
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