That was quite a month of May for our Detroit Tigers. After looking bombed out and depleted through most of April and early May, they’ve turned things around in a big way, putting together a 14-13 record for the month. While still last in the AL Central after Minnesota won on Sunday, they’ve done enough
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The Tigers had a chance to make it 5-0 in Manfred Ball games this year, but failed to push a run across in the tenth, losing in the bottom of the inning 3-2. We’ve seen some interesting usage from manager A.J. Hinch, but their Memorial Day matchup in Milwaukee was the first time we’ve seen
Detroit Tigers (22-31) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (28-25) Time/Place: 2:10 p.m., American Family FieldSB Nation Site: Brew Crew BallMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tyler Alexander (0-0, 4.35 ERA) vs. RHP Corbin Burnes (2-4, 2.33 ERA) Game 54 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
Start passing the brooms. We’re winning today. I want to write about Tarik, Skubal he’s gooood! Okay so I’m no Frank Sinatra, but Tarik Skubal was good today. The Tigers bats were also good and able to get key hits after some big errors by the New York Yankees, as the Tigers swept them for
Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Pinstripe AlleyMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (1-7, 5.23 ERA) vs. RHP Michael King (0-1, 2.29 ERA) Game 53 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Skubal 43.0 25.1
Well Detroit Tigers fans, it has been a fun weekend so far in the Motor City as their patron baseball team has taken the first two games of a three-game set against the Evil Empire, also known as the New York Yankees, with a 6-1 win on Saturday afternoon behind a surging Spencer Turnbull and
The Tigers pitching staff was strong again in this one. Despite some shakiness from Spencer Turnbull, he and the bullpen handled the New York Yankees with little trouble, and the offense took advantage of their opportunities to take this one 6-1 on a cool, sunny spring day in Detroit. Spencer Turnbull cruised through his first
Detroit Tigers (20-31) vs. New York Yankees (29-22) Time/Place: 4:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Pinstripe AlleyMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Spencer Turnbull (3-2, 3.12 ERA) vs. RHP Deivi García (0-1, 4.50 ERA) Game 52 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Turnbull
Detroit Tigers right-handed starter Jose Ureña has been moved to the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 26, with a right forearm strain. Despite blanking Cleveland in his start on Wednesday for 5 2⁄3 innings, Ureña left the game with what was initially described as cramping in the forearm of his throwing arm near the
The Detroit Tigers scored a big win on Friday night when they beat the visiting New York Yankees with a 3-2 extra-innings victory to open up the two-game series. Now on Saturday afternoon, the team gets a shot at starting another winning streak as well as a short-set sweep against the always-hated Yankees. The Bronx
Friday night’s contest with the New York Yankees turned into perhaps the best win of the season so far for the Detroit Tigers. The new school, represented by budding Tigers’ starter Casey Mize, took on the best pitcher in the American League in Gerrit Cole, and went toe to toe with him. The bullpens, incredibly,
The first game of a three-game set with the Yankees in Detroit came down to extra innings and a heroic, full-count, two-out, down-by-one home run by Robbie Grossman to win the game for the Tigers, 3-2. That… was… magnificent. Just magnificent. I’ll take a game like this any day of the week. Baseball is a
Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Pinstripe AlleyMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (3-3, 3.42 ERA) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (6-2, 1.81 ERA) Game 51 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Mize 52.2 18.7 9.3 4.56 0.5 Cole 64.2 38.5
Due to my ineptitude to set Google reminders for tasks this week, I dropped the ball on writing the preview for Friday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees earlier in the day, so this is going to be rather abbreviated… So you’ve got the Yankees coming to Detroit for a three-game series
The Tigers’ season hasn’t been much to look at, in fact, you’re probably well-advised to avert your eyes instead. The roster has been reshuffled a few times and the offense has caught on as of late, but there’s no hiding the fact that the team is in shambles and still isn’t much better than their
Another day, another loss to Cleveland. Matthew Boyd was left out on the mound one inning too long, Shane Bieber allowed just a single hit, and the Tigers drop the fourth game in this interdivision series, 5-2. The first five innings of today’s ballgame were very much reminiscent of yesterday’s game with a relative lack
The up and down nature of Matthew Boyd’s career could seem like a permanent fixture at this point, six years since his 2015 debut. From the afterthought in the Detroit Tigers’ 2015 deadline trade haul, to a solid, if blowup prone, starting pitcher who made 88 starts from 2017-2019, Boyd was never projected to be
Thursday afternoon, fans at Comerica Park will get a look at a pair of early AL Cy Young contenders on a breezy spring day in Detroit. Frankly, Gerrit Cole is running away with it so far, but the next five guys are closely bunched with Shane Bieber and Matthew Boyd included in the mix. Of
Toledo Mud Hens 10, Louisville Bats 3 (box) The Hens pounded out seven doubles in this one, overcoming a slow start to run away from the Bats on Wednesday. Daz Cameron had one of them and was in the thick of the scoring, collecting two hits and a walk. JaCoby Jones doubled and singled and
The third game of the Cleveland-Detroit series, of which the Cleves took the first two, featured solid pitching and defense all around. The Tigers snapped their four-game losing streak by beating Cleveland 1-0, with Michael Fulmer picking up the win in relief. Toeing the slab for the Buckeyes was the young Triston McKenzie, who’s had