Jake Cave belted two home runs and Kenta Maeda struck out nine as the Twins outlasted the Tigers for a 7-6 win Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/mlb Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/6569247715560456198 Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 11:21 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers rookie right-hander Casey Mize trotted out to the mound for the fifth inning. He had already given up four runs, but interim manager Lloyd McClendon figured he deserved a chance to finish his first season in the majors on a high note.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Minneapolis – Casey Mize will be better for this. But understanding that and believing that doesn’t make going through this rude big-league baptism any easier. He made his seventh start of the season Wednesday night and it followed a familiar script: He was effective early and then unraveled. The
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The Tigers’ contention for a playoff spot officially ended at the midpoint of the final week of the regular season. Even with the unique circumstances of the 2020 season, from a 60-game schedule to an expanded postseason bracket, that’s progress. The Tigers were eliminated with a Blue Jays win over The Tigers’ contention for a
The Detroit News Published 10:10 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Tigers fans and baseball collectors will have the chance to buy memorabilia from the sport’s last 30-game winner next month. Items from former Tigers pitcher Denny McLain’s collection will be available for purchase during an estate sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 2-4 at his Wixom
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera became MLB’s all-time leader in runs scored among Venezuelan-born players Wednesday with his 485th career home run, a tape-measure drive to left at Target Field off Twins ace Kenta Maeda. Cabrera’s 438-foot drive was his longest home run since July 4, 2019, according to Statcast. With Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera became
Detroit Tigers shortstop Willi Castro is having a terrific rookie season. Let’s look at what’s fueling his success, and see if it will last. Willi Castro had another strong game last night, going 2-for-4 with a walk, hitting a go-ahead single in the 7th, and playing solid defense at shortstop. It was his 11th multi-hit
The expansion of Major League bullpens has resulted in an explosion of specialized roles over the last 30 years. Tigers rookie center fielder Derek Hill can relate. When Detroit took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday in Minnesota, Hill entered the game in center field, The expansion of Major League
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 7:08 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Minneapolis — Daz Cameron’s first thought, after he smoked a pitch from Cody Stashak in the fifth inning Tuesday (the ball left his bat with an exit velocity of 104 mph), was that he hit it to the wrong part of Target Field. The
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:53 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers outfielder Derek Hill has seven at-bats in 13 games. Since being called up to the majors Sept. 2 from the alternate training site in Toledo, he hasn’t started. Nor has he notched his first hit. The 24-year-old’s role is to enter close
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 4:17 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Ron Gardenhire and Rick Anderson collided in the late 1970s, well before they teamed up in the 2018 season to aid the Detroit Tigers’ rebuild. Back then, barely old enough to drink a beer, they matured together in the New York Mets’ minor-league system. They
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we look back at the Latin players that joined the Detroit Tigers and left an everlasting impact. Today, we look at Magglio Ordonez and the risk Detroit took that fateful day on February 7, 2005. Before the days of social media, Detroit Tigers fans would go on chat
The Detroit Tigers manager candidate series continues as George Lombard is one of the most interesting candidates for the vacant manager position. George Lombard might not be a household name in Detroit just yet, but he is one of the front-runners to become the Tigers’ next manager. And Lombard’s fascinating life story and journey to
9/23/1998: Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire in their historic home run race by blasting his 64th and 65th home runs against the Brewers. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/656… Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:17 PM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Minneapolis – Yes, he’s 61 years old. Yes, he’s been in professional baseball since 1980 and his three most impacting mentors in the game were Jim Leyland, Gene Lamont and Ron Gardenhire. But if you try to peg Lloyd McClendon as a dyed-in-the-wool old-schooler
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 11:30 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Detroit Tigers rookie Daz Cameron’s helmet began to bobble as he sprinted around third base. He wishes he would’ve let it fly, but he continued readjusting it until he was one step and a head-first dive away from home plate. That’s when he decided to
Truly great catchers are so rare that when one emerges, he becomes identified with a generation. For example, Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella were the 1950s. The sideburns that peeked from under Johnny Bench’s mask and those photos or videos of him chasing popups across artificial turf linked him to Truly great catchers are so
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 9:27 AM EDT Sep 23, 2020 Matthew Boyd didn’t give Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal any trouble when the rookie asked to borrow his glove. Skubal got to Minnesota for Tuesday’s start against the Twins at Target Field and realized he left his two gloves behind in Detroit. Although Boyd could’ve
We hear from Daz Cameron after he hits a pair of doubles Tuesday night. #DetroitRoots