Erie opened the series in Altoona with a 7-3 win Tuesday. In the third after Ben Malgeri doubled, Justice Bigbie drove home the game’s first run on a two-out single. With two out in the fifth inning, Jace Jung connected on a long RBI double which extended Erie’s lead to Erie opened the series in
On a somber evening in Detroit, the Tigers took on the Minnesota Twins in game two of a four-game series. The day started with sad news of the passing of 1968 World Champion and longtime radio color man Jim Price. At 81 years old, Price was beloved by Tigers fans of all generations for his
Detroit — The Central Division-leading Twins have struggled to hit left-handed pitching this season. They came into the game Tuesday with the worst batting average against lefties in the American League (.228) and the third worst OPS (.689). Of course, you wouldn’t know that by the way they gouged Tigers’ lefty Joey Wentz for eight
The Tigers announced this afternoon that longtime radio broadcaster Jim Price has passed away. He was 81. “All of us with the Detroit Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of Jim Price’s passing,” said CEO Chris Ilitch as part of a prepared statement. “Jim was a champion on the field, in the broadcast booth, and throughout
Former Detroit Tigers catcher Jim Price, who was a radio analyst and color commentator for much of the last 30 years for the team, died on Monday. He was 81. Price, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was the backup catcher to All-Star Bill Freehan from 1967-71. He played 64 games in 1968, when the Tigers won
Javier Báez wasn’t initially in the Detroit Tigers‘ starting lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins, but less than three hours before the 6:40 p.m. first pitch, he was added to the lineup as the starting shortstop. The 30-year-old replaced Zack Short and entered the sixth spot in the batting order. Báez’s grandfather died
Bot 1 MIN 0 DET 1 Result of AB Riley Greene scores on error AB: Miguel Cabrera | P: Sonny Gray
Talk about starting your professional career in style. Max Clark, the third overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, launched a walk-off home run Tuesday afternoon in just his 12th professional plate appearance for the first dinger of his career in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. The three-run shot capped a 5-2 victory for the
Practice? We talking about practice? Indeed we are, and with all due respect to Detroit casino legend Allen Iverson, Tuesday’s Detroit Lions-New York Giants joint practice felt like something a little more to some of the parties involved. Lions coach Dan Campbell came to the podium for his morning news conference sounding like he had
Detroit — Tigers shortstop Javier Baez was scratched from the starting lineup on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, he was a late addition to it. Baez’s grandfather passed away three days ago and he’s been working with his family on arranging the wake and funeral in Puerto Rico. The logistics got worked out Tuesday. “Javy
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Tuesday’s joint training camp practice between the New York Giants and Detroit Lions. These shared practices get a little chaotic. To maximize our coverage, I looped in colleague Nolan Bianchi. I spent the day watching Detroit’s offense, while he kept tabs on the defense. To
Former Detroit Tigers’ catcher Jim Price, a member of the classic 1968 World Series winning team, has passed away at the age of 81. Price had a five-year run as a major leaguer, all of which he played for the Tigers. The club acquired him from the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967 and called him up.
DETROIT – Jim Price, who followed a career as a Tigers backup catcher with a 31-year tenure as a beloved voice broadcasting Tigers games on radio and television, has passed away at age 81. “All of us with the Detroit Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of Jim Price’s passing,” said Tigers chairman and CEO
Jim Price, a longtime radio analyst for the Detroit Tigers, died Monday at age 81, the team announced. Price was a catcher on the 1968 Tigers team that won the World Series and spent five years of his career with Detroit. “All of us with the Detroit Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of Jim
This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Thursday is the one-year anniversary of Kerry Carpenter’s Major League debut. It marks not only the start of what has been a successful Major League career so far — he entered Tuesday
The Tigers have added two players to the organization via waiver claims over the past few days. First, on Friday, they picked up left handed pitcher Andrew Vasquez from the Phillies. Then, news came out on Monday that Detroit also claimed second baseman Isan Díaz from San Francisco. Vasquez came up through the minors with
A.J. Hinch hates to talk about the standings. So I went to Comerica Park on Monday to ask the Detroit Tigers manager about the standings. OK, not really. But sort of. In a roundabout way, at least. The Tigers opened a four-game homestand Monday night against the Minnesota Twins in what seemed like one of
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DETROIT — Normally, Alex Lange takes the mound for his warmup pitches with Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” blaring on the Comerica Park sound system. It’s his entrance music as a closer, and the energy fits his high-octane personality. Lange still got about 10 seconds of his music as he finished his warmups for the eighth inning
Detroit Tigers left-hander Joey Wentz allowed eight runs in three innings. There was no chance for the Tigers against the Minnesota Twins in Monday’s opener of a four-game series at Comerica Park, losing 9-3. Wentz, who has a 7.03 ERA in 18 games (16 starts), needed 71 pitches to record nine outs. “It’s a pretty