TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers scored three runs in Thursday’s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. One of those runs came in the eighth inning, after the Tigers started the frame with the bases loaded and no outs. Producing one run in that situation wasn’t enough to beat the American League East’s second-place team. The Tigers
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TOLEDO – The Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Indianapolis Indians in walk-off fashion on Thursday night at Fifth Third Field. The final score was 7-6. The walk-off victory was the second in five days for the Mud Hens, as Daz Cameron had a walk-off single on Sunday which defeated the TOLEDO – *The Toledo Mud
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps got down early and piled on six unanswered runs but couldn’t complete the comeback, falling to the Dayton Dragons 8-7 in front of 6,618 fans Thursday night at LMCU Ballpark. The Dragons plated seven runs against ‘Caps starter Keider Montero – tied COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
TORONTO, Ontario — A battle of the lefties to start off a four-game weekend series between former AL East rivals on a very pleasant evening by the shores of Lake Ontario saw the Tigers fall to the Blue Jays 5-3, after a golden opportunity in the eighth inning wasn’t fully capitalized upon. Tyler Alexander, who
The Erie SeaWolves won their fourth consecutive game with an 8-3 victory over the Reading Fightin Phils on Thursday at UPMC Park. Erie opened the scoring for the first time in the series. Andre Lipcius belted a solo homer against Noah Skirrow in the bottom of the first to give The Erie SeaWolves won their
Friday night’s game between the Tigers and Blue Jays — which will feature George Springer and Toronto’s other sluggers taking the field against Miguel Cabrera and company — will air exclusively on Apple TV+. It will not be available on your local cable provider or MLB.TV. But don’t worry, the game can be watched for
Toronto — Bryan Garcia was throwing in the bullpen here Thursday, just doing some light tossing ahead of what will be his first big-league start here Friday night, when the bullpen phone rang. “Dang,” Garcia said, laughing. “I don’t miss that sound.” That Garcia will be the 15th different starting pitcher used by the Tigers tells
This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Kingston Jones can recite statistics like he’s reading a player page off the top of his head, from standard numbers to key splits. He knows prospect rankings, too, and
Mount Rushmore: To most, it is a monument located in the western part of South Dakota. Recently, that term has become shorthand for the top four in any given subject, and thus, a means of debate. From sports to hip hop — and even movie theater snacks — everything under the sun is subject to a
The Tigers announced Thursday that they’ve placed left-hander Andrew Chafin on the restricted list in advance of the team’s upcoming road series in Toronto. Right-hander Bryan Garcia has has his contract selected from Triple-A Toledo and been designated as a Covid-related replacement player for Chafin (meaning he can be removed from the 40-man roster and
I recently wondered aloud, if I were to climb to the top of the tallest building in Detroit and yell at the top of my lungs “FIRE AL AVILA,” how loud would I need to be for the entire downtown area to hear me? Or at least, most of it?
Apr 16, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Manning (25) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
DETROIT – Gretchen Sanewsky knows how it feels to be excluded. When she was in middle school, Sanewsky and her family moved from Toronto to a small town in New York. According to Sanewsky, the transition wasn’t easy. “You wouldn’t think there’s a lot of difference between Canada and the United States but coming from
The Detroit Tigers made a bold declaration before the season: The rebuild is over! Only there was a teensy-weensy problem with that. It was blatantly wrong. The rebuild was clearly not over. Making that claim was a colossal mistake, a terrible miscalculation and remains an ongoing embarrassment. It was like pulling a half-baked cake out of the
Tigers righty Spencer Turnbull, who has spent the entire season on the injured list while rehabbing from last summer’s Tommy John surgery, is unlikely to make it back to a big league mound this season, manager AJ Hinch told reporters yesterday (Twitter link via Evan Woodbery of MLive.com). Turnbull hasn’t experienced any setbacks, but the
As the Detroit Tigers hit game number 100, reality has more than sunk in for most fans. The All-Star break has come and gone, and now is the time when moral victories — like a series win over the playoff-contending Padres — become a little more acceptable with the goalposts moving in. The next big
CHICAGO, IL – JULY 08: Tarik Skubal #29 of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 8, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
Teams are ramping up to make moves as Tuesday’s Trade Deadline approaches. Blockbuster deals, sure to remake the playoff race, will be made. Nearly every clubhouse will have new faces or say goodbye to others. But what should each team do before the Deadline? With the help of each MLB.com beat writer, here’s a look:
Toledo Mud Hens 3, Indianapolis Indians 0 (box) Matt Manning looked reasonably sharp on Wednesday as his ramp up from a lengthy bout with shoulder inflammation continued with 5.2 scoreless innings for the Mud Hens. Manning allowed five hits, striking out six. He threw 57 of 83 pitches for strikes, and had good command for