Javier Báez. Riley Greene. Spencer Torkelson. Some combination of those three players in the middle of the Detroit Tigers‘ batting order, but always with Torkelson as the cleanup hitter, has happened 10 times this season and eight times since April 29. The Tigers are 5-5 in those games, and 14-17 in their 31 others. The
Omaha Storm Chasers 9, Toledo Mud Hens 0 (box) Another game, another blowout as these two clubs don’t seem capable of playing a close one. Storm Chasers pitching throttled the Hens, holding them to just three hits on the night. Brenan Hanifee got the start for Toledo and wasn’t terrible. He allowed three runs over
MIDLAND — Meet Justice Bigbie. Trust me. Remember that name. After playing just 154 games in the Detroit Tigers minor league system, Bigbie has improved tremendously, impressed his bosses, put up some ridiculous stats and turned himself into a bonified Tigers prospect. Even if he’s not even mentioned on top 30 lists. Yet. The first
Comstock Park, Mich. — Jace Jung doesn’t claim to have everything figured out. He continues to be a student of the game of baseball — and a student of the game of life. Jung has millions in the bank, but he still spends his spring mornings in west Michigan taking online classes, working toward earning
OMAHA, NV – The Toledo Mud Hens shut out 3-0 in the loss against Storm Chasers. Austin Cox of the Omaha Strom Chasers started the game on the mound. Cox entered the match-up with a 3.81 ERA and a 1-0 record on the season. Cox retired the top of the OMAHA, NV – The Toledo
The SeaWolves, despite 10 Harrisburg walks and five wild pitches, could not get the bats going on Thursday night at FNB Field as they fell to the Senators 4-2. Erie jumped ahead in the top of the second against Harrisburg starter Michael Cuevas. Grant Witherspoon led off and doubled, extending The SeaWolves, despite 10 Harrisburg
MIDLAND, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps ran into big trouble on multiple occasions as two five-run innings led to a 10-0 loss to the Great Lakes Loons at Dow Diamond on Thursday night. The Whitecaps loss drops them to two games out of first place behind Great Lakes in MIDLAND, MI – The West
Two weeks have passed since Jim Callis officially started our mock Draft season with our first projection of the first round of the 2023 Draft. Now it’s my turn. While there has been some buzz about players moving up and down, and I’ve tried to reflect some of that below, much of what Jim wrote
The SeaWolves announce today that NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl XI MVP, and Erie native Fred Biletnikoff will throw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to the SeaWolves’ home game against the Somerset Patriots (NY Yankees) on Thursday, May 25. The scheduled game time is 6:05 p.m., and the The SeaWolves announce today that
DAYTON, Ohio — TinCaps pitchers Jairo Iriarte, Alan Mundo, and Adam Smith combined to throw a no-hitter as Fort Wayne beat the Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds affiliate), 6-0, on Tuesday night at Day Air Ballpark. This was just the third no-hitter thrown in Fort Wayne’s 30-year franchise history, and the
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Omaha Storm Chasers 16, Toledo Mud Hens 8 (box) The Storm Chasers wanted a little payback after a tough loss on Tuesday, and they returned serve by crushing the Hens on Wednesday. Things started off reasonably well against lefty Daniel Lynch. Parker Meadows singled with one out in the top of the first and Tyler
On Wednesday morning — back when the Detroit Tigers were inching toward .500, and everyone was happy, and the Tigers had ace Eduardo Rodriguez getting ready to pitch — radio host Mike Stone seemed to put a jinx on the Tigers. Stone was interviewing manager A.J. Hinch on WXYT-FM (97.1) during their weekly segment, and
PAPILLION, Neb. – Despite two home runs and four RBI from Jermaine Palacios, the Toledo Mud Hens fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers, 16-7, on Wednesday night (May 17) at Werner Park. Zach Logue (1-3) made the start for the Mud Hens while Daniel Lynch (1-0) took the mound for PAPILLION, Neb. – Despite two
MIDLAND, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps bullpen ran into trouble for just one inning, but it was enough to lead to a 4-2 loss to the Great Lakes Loons at Dow Diamond on Wednesday night, dropping them a game out of first place in the Midwest League Eastern Division. MIDLAND, MI – The West
Meet Linita Edge, a Detroit traffic controller and mother of two who recently lost her husband. We teamed up with Zachery Dereniowski to give her a well deserved night off, including tickets to a Tigers game and a postgame fireworks experience from the field. After her story went viral, we invited Edge back with an
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch let home plate umpire Nic Lentz know that he was making it all about himself during his ejection on Wednesday. It may be early on in the 2023 MLB season, but there have been a lot of editions of “The Ump Show.” Last week, there was the instance of Alfonso…
Detroit — Miguel Cabrera isn’t winning many footraces these days. But this one looked like a dead heat, which made it worth watching, at least. With two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday afternoon, Cabrera stepped into the batter’s box for his 2,001st career game in a Tigers
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Detroit — Eric Haase wasn’t trying to be argumentative. He just wanted to make his point. “I just simply told him that they’re not on the plate,” he said. “I didn’t think it was that big of an issue. I wasn’t really arguing as much as I was just telling him that’s not a strike.”