Things went from bad to worse in a hurry for the Detroit Tigers Saturday night in an 8-4 loss against the Minnesota Twins. Michael Pineda left the game early due to injury, and bad defense ruined any chances of a comeback. The opening frame went poorly for Detroit and perhaps served as an omen for
Much as they did the entire first half, the Detroit Tigers are stumbling early in the second half of the season. A three-run eighth-inning rally wasn’t nearly enough for a comeback. The Tigers — playing their first home game since July 6 — lost 8-4 to the Minnesota Twins in Saturday’s series opener in front of 34,205 fans at Comerica
Detroit — The Tigers drew the third largest crowd of the season to Comerica Park Saturday night, 34,205, and treated it to some pretty bad baseball. The Minnesota Twins took advantage of a batch of shaky defensive plays late in the game, scoring six straight runs (only two were earned) to beat the Tigers 8-4.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y — When Jim Kaat was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, he felt he wasn’t sure if he belonged. For 32 years, voters also weren’t sure as he gained a decent amount of support, but never enough to be elected. His numbers were borderline, he had spent more than 30 years being considered
Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez has been in contract with Tigers GM Al Avila, manager A.J. Hinch, and pitching coach Chris Fetter in recent days, and Avila and Hinch told reporters (including MLive.com’s Evan Woodbery) that plans are in motion for Rodriguez’s return. The hurler has already started a throwing program and is then slated to work
DETROIT — The Tigers have been in touch with Eduardo Rodriguez and have a plan in place for the return of the right-hander, who has been on the restricted list since June 13 while dealing with a personal matter. “Approximately 10 days ago, he and [manager] A.J. [Hinch] had talked,” general manager Al Avila said
Detroit Tigers (38-56) vs. Minnesota Twins (50-44) Time/Place: 6:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchups: RHP Michael Pineda (2-5, 5.22 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Ryan (6-3, 2.99 ERA) Game 95 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pineda 39.2
As the Detroit Tigers return to Comerica Park for a brief homestand, Saturday’s pre-game for their matchup with the division leading Minnesota Twins turned into a lengthy housecleaning session. Manager A.J. Hinch dropped a ton of injury news, with a mix of positive and negative notes, and most notably revealed that the team is now
Detroit — The Tigers started the day Saturday with just three starting pitchers on the active roster and a couple of TBA’s among the upcoming probable pitching matchups. Manager AJ Hinch offered some clarity. Rony Garcia, who has been on the injured list since July 3, is expected to be activated, perhaps as soon as
Detroit — The wheels have been set in motion, at last, for pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez to work his way off the restricted list and back into the Tigers’ rotation. General manager Al Avila announced before Saturday’s game that he and manager AJ Hinch had been in touch with Rodriguez and he’s begun a workout and
Another year, another trade deadline where the Detroit Tigers are selling off pieces. They could always get creative and add to the roster with some buy-low trades, but they will most likely be selling in exchange for prospects once again.
The Tigers have signed right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez and assigned him to Triple-A, per Emily Waldon of Baseball America (via Twitter). Gonzalez has twice opted out of minor league opportunities this season, first with the Twins, and more recently with the Brewers. He did appear in the Majors with both clubs, tossing 11 1/3 innings
The Detroit Tigers got a bit of an odd breather on Friday after playing a doubleheader in Oakland to open up the second half of the season the day before, splitting the two games to open up the second half of the season at a .500 clip. They now return home to the friendly confines
Carol Cain | Detroit Free Press Business Columnist A few athletes who played in this town need no last name when you reference them. Isiah. Barry. Stevie. And one more. When you say “Willie,” everyone in these parts knows you are talking about Willie Horton. In a very real sense, as revered as the aforementioned icons (and others) are
TOLEDO — After getting demoted to Triple-A Toledo, Spencer Torkelson spent the All-Star break in reflection, fighting himself and trying to figure out what went wrong. “I laid low for a couple of days, really reset, dug deep and had some good thoughts, had some bad thoughts and kind of battled myself through the break,”
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The Erie SeaWolves dropped the series opener 4-2 to the Akron RubberDucks on Friday at Canal Park. Akron opened up the scoring in the fourth. Bryan Lavastida ripped a solo homer off of Chance Kirby to give the RubberDucks a 1-0 lead. Tanner Bibee hit Dillon Dingler with a pitch The Erie SeaWolves dropped the
TOLEDO, OH.: Matt Manning settled in nicely after a tough beginning to his fifth Mud Hens appearance of the season, but Toledo couldn’t crawl out of an early hole in a 5-3 setback to the Columbus Clippers on Friday evening at Fifth Third Field. The Clippers came out swinging with TOLEDO, OH.: Matt Manning settled
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The Detroit Tigers have at least one of their drafted Sooners under contract, sooner rather than later. And cheaper, too. Right-hander Trevin Michael, the team’s 10th-round pick Monday (No. 297 overall), agreed to a deal with a $50,000 bonus, more than $100,000 under MLB’s assigned slot value of $152,800, according to MLB.com’s Jim Callis. Michael,