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The Detroit Tigers found their mojo on Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, scoring a 4-2 win on the road to even things up in the four-game weekend series. It looked like a severe mismatch on paper — as yesterday’s preview noted — but Bryan Garcia gave the good guys just enough to hand

Key two-out hits and another dominant performance from all six relievers deployed out of the Tigers’ bullpen carried them over the Blue Jays 4-2 on Friday night in Toronto. With right-hander Bryan Garcia, who has yet to stick in the bigs even in relief, getting called up for the start, this matchup with fiery right-hander

The Detroit Tigers took a trip across the Canadian border on Thursday night and came away with a loss at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, after squandering a golden opportunity in the late innings. Tyler Alexander was saddled with the loss despite allowing two earned runs (and an unearned one) in his

When the Tigers drafted Ryan Kreidler with their fourth round pick in the 2019 draft, it mostly went disregarded by fans more interested in first rounder Riley Greene. Kreidler came out of UCLA with solid grades for hit tool potential, but below average power marks. Two years later, he turned heads by exploding into the

Toledo Mud Hens 7, Indianapolis Indians 6 (box) Brendon Davis was the hero on Thursday night, as a back and forth affair was finally put to bed with a two-run walkoff single by Davis in the bottom of the ninth. Our old buddy Daniel Norris got the start for the Hens after signing a minor

TORONTO, Ontario — A battle of the lefties to start off a four-game weekend series between former AL East rivals on a very pleasant evening by the shores of Lake Ontario saw the Tigers fall to the Blue Jays 5-3, after a golden opportunity in the eighth inning wasn’t fully capitalized upon. Tyler Alexander, who

As the Detroit Tigers hit game number 100, reality has more than sunk in for most fans. The All-Star break has come and gone, and now is the time when moral victories — like a series win over the playoff-contending Padres — become a little more acceptable with the goalposts moving in. The next big

Toledo Mud Hens 3, Indianapolis Indians 0 (box) Matt Manning looked reasonably sharp on Wednesday as his ramp up from a lengthy bout with shoulder inflammation continued with 5.2 scoreless innings for the Mud Hens. Manning allowed five hits, striking out six. He threw 57 of 83 pitches for strikes, and had good command for

Spirits were high on Monday night at Comerica Park as Detroit dismantled their 1984 World Series opponent, the San Diego Padres, in vintage fashion. Tuesday night, unfortunately, saw the Friars win their first ever game in the city of Detroit, defeating the Tigers 6-4. In today’s rubber match of the series, the impressive pitching matchup

Detroit Tigers (39-59) vs. San Diego Padres (55-44) Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Gaslamp BallMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (7-8, 3.88 ERA) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (9-4, 3.28 ERA) Game 99 Lineups PADRES TIGERS PADRES TIGERS Jurickson Profar – LF Riley Greene – CF Jake Cronenworth

Indianapolis Indians 5, Toledo Mud Hens 4 (box) Indianapolis jumped on Nivado Rodriguez for four runs in the first and held on to win on Tuesday. The big blow was a Jack Suwinski grand slam. The Hens attempted comeback started with who else? Kerry Carpenter smoked a solo shot, his 27th of the season, in

After taking down the San Diego Padres, 12-4, on Monday, the Detroit Tigers fell in a hard-fought battle that featured some late-game heroics from Riley Greene. The Tigers fell, 6-4, but it took extra innings for the Padres to notch their first-ever win in Detroit. Things started off okay for Garrett Hill aside from some

Frankly, this isn’t all that noteworthy a news item. It’s just been an eerily quiet trading season to date. The additional wild card spot certainly seems to be having an effect on the usual busy trading season. Teams that expected to contend and are in good position atop their divisions may actually feel less pressure