Detroit – There was a time Saturday when the sun was out, the grass was dry and the Tigers had an early lead. All three proved unsustainable. The San Diego Padres scored 14 unanswered runs after an 84-minute rain delay and beat the Tigers for the second straight night, 14-3 in front of a lively
We hear from Tigers starter Matt Manning, who was limited to two innings due to the long rain delay. Manning did not allow a run.
The Cardinals saw a pair of high-profile players exit today’s loss to the Cubs due to injury today. Catcher Willson Contreras exited the game in the sixth inning with right hip tightness before third baseman Nolan Arenado exited the game in the ninth inning. Per Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat, Contreras felt some soreness
We hear from Tigers manager A.J. Hinch after his team’s 14-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.
Staff reports | Columbus Dispatch Gahanna Lincoln graduate Jackson Wolf won his MLB debut Saturday night, pitching five innings in the San Diego Padres’ 14-3 victory at Detroit. The 6-foot-7, 205-pound left-hander needed only four pitches to retire the Tigers in order in the first. He allowed three earned runs in the second, with two coming
Well this one got ugly. A rain delay led to a short night for Matt Manning, and AJ Hinch’s bullpen management in this series, along with the Scott Harris’ desire to keep Mason Englert, led to a debacle as the Padres erased a 3-0 deficit and turned it into a complete rout of the Tigers.
SOUTH BEND, IN – The West Michigan Whitecaps struggled in clutch situations on Saturday night as part of a 10-7 loss to the South Bend Cubs at Four Winds Field. The Whitecaps watched the Cubs score their first seven runs and eight in total on two-out base hits, while the SOUTH BEND, IN – The
Keider Montero earned his sixth consecutive win in Erie’s 3-1 win on Saturday in Binghamton. Montero allowed a first-inning run when Wyatt Young singled and scored on Rowdey Jordan’s RBI double. Montero retired the next three to hold the Rumble Ponies at just one run. Erie went ahead on a Keider Montero earned his sixth
Top 2 SD 0 DET 0 Result of AB Manning strikes out Rivas AB: Alfonso Rivas | P: Matt Manning
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Three baseball lifers, each closely intertwined with a proud franchise and a passionate fan base, received career awards from the Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Though few threads directly connect Pat Hughes, John Lowe and Carl Erskine with one another, all three share a deep love for the sport and a
The Guardians selected Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Alex Mooney in the seventh round of the MLB Draft, but paid him like a second-round pick. In the end, Alex Mooney did it his way. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. “I wanted to go to school to play college baseball, and that’s what I
John Lowe spent 29 years as Tigers beat writer at the Detroit Free Press, after stints at the Los Angeles Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer. John Lowe ties his life-long love of baseball back to Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1966, when the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers were playing Game 1 of the World Series.
Gene Myers | Special to Detroit Free Press Longtime Free Press sportswriter John Lowe — who covered the Detroit Tigers for 29 seasons before retiring in 2014 — received the 2023 BBWAA Career Excellence Award in a Saturday afternoon ceremony on the outskirts of Cooperstown, New York. He will receive additional recognition for his award — which
Detroit – There will be time for Tyler Holton to put all this into some kind of perspective; how he went from being a castoff in Arizona to securing a vital role in the Tigers bullpen in a matter of a few months. There will be time for him to stop and smell the proverbial
Detroit Tigers (44-53) vs. San Diego Padres (47-51) Time/Place: 6:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Gaslamp BallMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning (3-1, 3.38 ERA) vs. LHP Jackson Wolf (8-8, 3.39 ERA in Double-A) Game 98 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP
After some speculation, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch all but confirmed Alex Faedo’s return to the team Sunday in the series finale against the Padres. “Alex Faedo will likely be the starter and we’ll confirm it after the game, but we’ve lined him up to be available and told him to be on standby today,”
Detroit — Once again, the Detroit Tigers’ offense provided too little, too late. To be fair, on Friday night in Detroit, it was probably discouraged by a showing from world-class San Diego Padres slugger Juan Soto, who hit one of the longest home runs in Comerica Park history when he sent one 463 into the
Oh man, this kid is smooth. Max Clark, the Detroit Tigers‘ No. 1 draft pick, stood in Comerica Park, wearing a Tigers jersey over his suit. The bottom of his suit pants were rolled up, as the kids do these days, showing off a pair of blue-and-white Nike UNC Dunks — yes, the kid has
Professional sports are a transient business these days. Franchises relocate, leaving entire cities in the lurch. Players bolt, too, taking advantage of free agency when they can. Trade deadlines encourage the movement — incentivize it, even — and the business of tanking means veteran players often get shown the door before anybody’s ready for them
The Nationals officially reached agreement on a roughly $9MM deal with the second overall pick this afternoon, while the Red Sox got contracts done with their top two selections. Some other recent notable signings (scouting reports from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, ESPN and The Athletic): The Tigers have a deal with Competitive Balance Round A selection Kevin McGonigle,