Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera showed up to Kauffman Stadium in vintage form. The 38-year-old crushed a grand slam in the seventh inning — his second homer in the game — for a two-run lead over the Kansas City Royals. His sixth-career grand slam came with two outs in a 3-2 count, beating reliever Greg
KANSAS CITY, MO – MAY 21: Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run against the Kansas City Royals in the seventh inning at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2021 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)
This was one of those games that really could have gone either direction. The Tigers and Royals played a well-balanced game of trading off leads and everyone was, well, pretty decent. I think if we’re going to be completely candid, the most exciting thing in this entire game for me was the reappearance of old
The numbers were certainly in Miguel Cabrera’s favor as he stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh inning on Friday night. The momentum, too. Six pitches into the at-bat against fellow veteran Greg Holland, the Tigers had their answer: Cabrera’s 405-foot grand slam dropped neatly into the left-field fountain area and
The SeaWolves came back from a 4-0 deficit on Friday at UPMC Park to take their fourth-straight game from the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Dylan Rosa tied the game at four in the eighth inning with a solo home run, and ended the game in the ninth inning with a walk-off, The SeaWolves came back from
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo Mud Hens topped the Columbus Clippers, 3-2, in a low-scoring affair on Friday night at Fifth Third Field. Rony Garcia got the start for the Mud Hens on the mound facing righty Eli Morgan of the Clippers. Both had great starts, striking out four each TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo
The chase to 500 hasn’t exactly been proceeded at a rip roaring pace, but Miguel Cabrera continues to gain ground on one of the more storied marks in the game. The Detroit Tigers are in Kansas City tonight, and Kauffman Stadium has been the sight of a lot of great moments from the big man.
Time/Place: 8:10 p.m., Kauffman StadiumSB Nation site: Royals ReviewMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP José Ureña (1-4, 4.22 ERA) vs. LHP Mike Minor (3-2, 5.02 ERA) Game 44 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Ureña 42.2 17.2 10.2 3.58 0.8 Minor 43.0 24.4
It was September 2018 in Venezuela. Harold Castro had wrapped up his Minor League campaign, and although he continued to watch Tigers games on television, his mind had shifted focus to the upcoming season of winter ball. Then, the phone rang, and just like that, Castro was a Major Leaguer. “I wasn’t ready for [the
APPLETON, WI – Friday’s scheduled ballgame between the West Michigan Whitecaps and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers has been postponed due to steady rain in the Appleton area throughout the afternoon. Early Friday, consistent rains swept through Fox Cities Stadium, making the field surface unplayable for the Whitecaps-Timber Rattlers evening matchup. Friday’s APPLETON, WI – Friday’s scheduled
The Tigers’ offense struggled earlier this season but lately, it’s been going like gangbusters. Mickey York and Craig Monroe discuss what the offense has done the last three series. #DetroitRoots
Kansas City, Mo. — Is there a more beleaguered figure in Major League Baseball these days than the hitter? Batting averages are down, strikeouts are up, extra base hits are down. There’s been six no-hitters thrown in the first seven weeks of the season. Debates are now springing up across the industry about whether MLB went
When the Detroit Tigers demoted outfielder Victor Reyes to Triple-A Toledo on May 8, manager AJ Hinch asked him to make improvements. To warrant a return to the major leagues, Reyes needed to find a consistent offensive approach, make contact, draw walks and limit his strikeouts. After nine games with the Mud Hens, Reyes is back on
The zip ties are coming off the seats at Comerica Park. The Tigers announced Friday that they have begun selling more tickets for June games, starting with their first home stand of next month, June 8-13, against the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox. The state of Michigan announced Thursday that beginning June 1, all
Things have been looking up for the Detroit Tigers in recent days, who come off a three-game sweep of the Mariners in Seattle while also having won four of their last games after a three-week doldrums. Now they travel to Kansas City to face their intradivision rivals on the road looking to continue the hot
As we continue to upgrade our Detroit Tigers minor league coverage here at Motor City Bengals, I wanted to tell a bit of the story about how the Tigers Minor League Report came to be. In 2019, I, along with Chris Brown, Kenon Carter, and James Chipman started the Tigers Minor League Report, a website…
Well it’s been quite a week around the world of major league baseball. While the usual nonsense is afoot in some cases, the focus this week has been on some incredible performances, as well as the future of the game in this era of devastating pitching. We’ll hit on the Tigers first, but there was
Matthew Boyd, Detroit Tigers. (Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports) Ryan Bader would have rather fought Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, not ‘friend’ Corey Anderson by Amy Kaplan Trading for Matthew Boyd could solve the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ongoing No. 5 starter issues.
The Detroit Tigers Weekly Draft Report is starting to feel a bit of draft fever, but thankfully we can calm that a bit by looking at one of the weakest position groups in the class, corner infielders.
“Chappy we don’t stink right now” Gus Sinski walked to the mound and uttered these words to Billy Chappell as he spun a no-hitter for the last-place Detroit Tigers in the movie “For the Love of the Game”.