Three days after picking up his first hit in the major leagues, Ryan Kreidler ripped a four-seam fastball 408 feet to center field in the ninth for his first home run in Major League Baseball, and the go-ahead run in the Tigers 5-4 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. “That’s all you want,”
TOLEDO – The Toledo Mud Hens fell victim to the St. Paul Saints 10-6 on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field. Daz Cameron led the way offensively, tallying two hits and three RBI, including a two-run home run. Zack Short picked up two hits as well, including a double and TOLEDO – The Toledo Mud
ANAHEIM — Ryan Kreidler couldn’t have asked for a better time or place to hit his first career home run. Less than a week after he was called up, the Davis, Calif., native followed Kerry Carpenter’s game-tying ninth-inning homer by taking José Quijada’s pitch over the left-center-field wall — much to the delight of his
We hear from Eric Haase after he goes 5-for-5 Wednesday, including a homer. #DetroitRoots
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers use four homers to salvage the series finale against the Angels. #Leinenkugels
Once again, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani crushed the Detroit Tigers. But before it was too late, Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler did the same to the Los Angeles Angels in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s series finale at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. They pummeled solo home runs on fastballs from left-hander Jose Quijada.
We hear from rookies Ryan Kreidler and Kerry Carpenter after their back-to-back homers in the ninth lift the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Angels on Wednesday. #DetroitRoots
The Angels and Tigers exchanged a total of seven home runs in a bit of a slugfest, including a monster day at the plate from Eric Haase, but the good guys came out on top courtesy of back-to-back ninth inning home runs from Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler. We haven’t had this much fun all
Teacher Gretchen takes our Dog Day Trivia Challenge!
According to a report from Lynn Henning of The Detroit News, there are three names that are believed to be “under heavy consideration” to be the next general manager of the Detroit Tigers. Yesterday, we went over Josh Byrnes. Today, we’ll be going over a lesser known name in Cardinals director of player personnel Matt…
It has been almost a month since the Tigers parted ways with GM Al Avila, and since Lynn Henning of The Detroit News notes that ownership puts a high priority on keeping matters close to the vest, there hasn’t been much public news about potential targets to take over the front office. However, Hennig lists
The Detroit Tigers starting rotation has spanned 16 pitchers in 2022, but right-handed pitcher Spencer Turnbull was not one of them. He has been off the field recovering from Tommy John Surgery which cut his 2021 season down to just nine starts.
There will be a little more magic at next spring’s World Baseball Classic. On Wednesday, Javier “El Mago” Báez committed to represent Puerto Rico in the tournament. The infielder previously played for Puerto Rico in 2017, when the squad finished second after losing to the United States in the finals. Though Báez has struggled with
The Tigers overcame a shaky start and early three-run deficit to force extra innings and briefly took a lead only to bobble and literally throw the game away in the bottom of the tenth. Now they will need to try for a win to avoid yet another sweep in Los Angeles and they will need
The Detroit Tigers have entered a new era after the firing of Al Avila. There wasn’t a whole lot of excitement about some of Avila’s moves. While he was running things, the organization made an international signing back in 2016, which could prove to benefit the team’s future.
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We hear from Eduardo Rodriguez after he limits the Angels to three runs on five hits over seven innings Tuesday. #DetroitRoots
We hear from manager A.J. HInch after his Tigers rally to tie it but lose to the Angels 5-4 in 10 innings Tuesday night. #Leinenkugels
St. Paul Saints 2, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (F/9)(Gm 1)(box) The first of two was a makeup game for a rainout back on July 17. Elvin Rodriguez pitched well, but the offense had a brutal day at the plate. The only run they managed came courtesy of Derek Hill and Josh Lester back in July.
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates scout Jimmy Lester, with his daughter, Hannah, riding shotgun, flipped on his turning signal and entered the middle lane in a small town outside Portland, Maine. He took a moment to gather his thoughts and turned onto a side street. Scouts from around the league began blowing up his phone with text