Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 10:12 AM EDT Sep 9, 2020 Detroit Tigers outfielder Christin Stewart has been sent down to the alternate training site in Toledo, the team announced Tuesday night after an 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Comerica Park. In a corresponding move on Wednesday morning, the Tigers called up outfielder
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The Dodgers, Rays and A’s are virtual locks to make the postseason. The Braves, Cubs and Padres probably are as well. Here’s where it gets fun: Another 17 teams are within 2 1/2 games of the remaining 10 playoff berths. To sum up: 23 teams in contention for 16 playoff The Dodgers, Rays and A’s
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 11:41 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit Tigers outfielder Christin Stewart has been sent down to the alternate training site in Toledo, the team announced Tuesday night after an 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Comerica Park. Stewart was replaced in the sixth inning for defensive purposes, as Derek
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 11:56 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit — Let’s face it, a playoff chase might have been — and might be — a lot to ask of the Tigers. But they remain on the outskirts of a wild-card spot and keep the conversation going. A victory like Tuesday’s maintains hope.
DETROIT — The Tigers keep taking hits to their lineup with injuries. But they keep on hitting. On Tuesday, they batted around in a five-run fifth inning to pull away in an 8-3 win over the Brewers at Comerica Park. The win, combined with a Yankees loss to the Blue DETROIT — The Tigers keep
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 10:58 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit Tigers first baseman Jeimer Candelario has been on a tear since the beginning of August. On Tuesday, his bat helped clinch a game with heavy postseason implications. He got a change-up in the seventh inning and pulled it 410 feet to right field —
DETROIT — For the second time in a week, the Tigers have lost a key offensive contributor to a hit-by-pitch off the hand against the Brewers. This time, it was Jonathan Schoop, who left Tuesday’s game at Comerica Park with a right wrist contusion after taking an Adrian Houser fastball DETROIT — For the second
DETROIT — Ron Gardenhire was back to work at Comerica Park on Tuesday after missing the last two and a half games. Maybe just as important, he’s back to the clubhouse food menu. “I had a little grilled ham and cheese sandwich. It’s the first thing I’ve put of any DETROIT — Ron Gardenhire was
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:18 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire is back to work. He left Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins in the sixth inning with a stomach virus related to gastrointestinal issues and stayed in the clubhouse at Target Field for the matchups Sunday and Monday, leaving bench
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 6:38 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit — This really doesn’t surprise manager Ron Gardenhire. The way Jeimer Candelario has been hitting this season, particularly of late, doesn’t shock Gardenhire given Candelario’s history. “He’s kind of doing what he’s done at other places,” said Gardenhire, noting Candelario’s success in the Dominican
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 5:02 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit — You could sense the progress from Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire pretty early in his Zoom chat with the media before Tuesday’s game. The voice was strong and clear and, best of all, the appetite was back. “Just had a ham and cheese sandwich,
Ronald Blum and Ben Walker Associated Press Published 3:52 PM EDT Sep 8, 2020 New York — Gene Budig, the self-effacing educator and baseball fan from small-town Nebraska who became the head of three major universities and the last president of the American League, died Tuesday. He was 81. His death was announced by the commissioner’s office
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:02 AM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Detroit Tigers bench coach Lloyd McClendon made a good point Monday afternoon. The 61-year-old watched his club slam into another roadblock in Minnesota, where the breaks didn’t seem to go the Tigers’ way, the offense (mostly) sputtered and the pitching didn’t hold up while
Bill Dow Special to Detroit Free Press Published 6:51 AM EDT Sep 8, 2020 Free Press special writer Bill Dow continues his “where are they now” series about former Detroit Tigers players, coaches and managers. Today’s profile is on former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent: How we remember him Elected as the eighth MLB
Jerry Green Special to The Detroit News Published 9:11 PM EDT Sep 7, 2020 Detroit — It was bedlam. The Tigers had just clinched the World Series in St. Louis with an epic comeback, 52 years ago. In the middle of the clubhouse, Denny McLain was vigorously shaking a magnum of champagne and firing the liquid
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,
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
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
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
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