Toledo Mud Hens 2, Louisville Bats 1 (box) Good pitching and a strong showing from Daz Cameron steered the Hens to a victory in the first of this six-game set in Louisville. Two pitches into the game, Cameron hammered a fastball from veteran lefty Josh Osich 415 feet over the centerfield wall. He racked up
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Tarik Skubal put up another solid start, but Cleveland’s mastery over the Tigers’ offense won out again as they took this one by a score of 4-1. Skubal was coming off a nine strikeout performance against the Seattle Mariners last week, and this outing had much in common with it. Skubal allowed a solo home
So, better to lose competitively than to get run over and stomped every series, right? The Tigers have endured a pair of tough losses back to back, but they’re certainly playing a much better brand of baseball in May. Michael Fulmer blew his first save on Sunday afternoon, while Eric Haase came within inches of
The Tigers fought through their own mistakes throughout this one, and almost pulled the game out in the bottom of the ninth in spite of themselves. In the end, they fell 6-5 to Cleveland in the opener of this three-game set in Comerica Park. All around this was just a sloppy game from the Tigers,
How do you follow up your first career no-hitter? That’s a question that the Detroit Tigers haven’t had to answer in nearly 14 years. After Justin Verlander tossed his first no-no on June 12, 2007, he returned to the mound five days later to throw six innings of three-run baseball. Monday night Spencer Turnbull makes
Toledo Mud Hens (7-10) Matt Manning has had a home run ridden start to his 2021 season. Through four starts, he’s already allowed nine long balls, and while many of them were somewhat cheap, there have been plenty of hard contact and deep fly balls as well. Manning is still striking out more than a
Well the centerfield carousel continues to turn. After Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers optioned JaCoby Jones to Triple-A Toledo. Returning in his place is Victor Reyes, who was sent down two weeks ago when Nomar Mazara returned from the injured list. The 29-year-old Jones still had two option years available,
Wearing their legacy Negro League uniforms, the pin-striped Detroit Stars had the Kansas City Monarchs on the ropes all game long but never landed the knockout punch. In the end, the Monarchs weathered the storm, kept it close, and walked it off against Michael Fulmer. The Tigers got right to work in this one. Professional
Time/Place: 2:10 p.m., Kauffman StadiumSB Nation site: Royals ReviewMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (3-3, 3.69 ERA) vs. LHP Kris Bubic (0-0, 0.96 ERA) Game 46 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Mize 46.1 17.8 9.9 4.90 0.3 Bubic 18.2 20.0
The Detroit Tigers’ four-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday at the hands of the Kansas City Royals, 7-5, in a game where Matthew Boyd did not quite have his regular stuff and the wrong team secured the Malek-Lite (scoring seven runs in a game). Sunday is a new day and the boys
Saturday evening at Kauffman Stadium the Tigers saw their four-game win streak come to an end at the hands of the Royals in a 7-5 loss. Originally slated to start at 4:10 p.m. EDT, a rain delay pushed the start back by 80 minutes. The Royals’ offense didn’t delay in putting runs on the board,
Time/Place: 4:10 p.m., Kauffman StadiumSB Nation site: Royals ReviewMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Matthew Boyd (2-4, 2.45 ERA) vs. RHP Brady Singer (1-3, 3.96 ERA) Game 45 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Boyd 47.2 19.5 5.3 3.07 1.4 Singer 38.2 23.5
The Detroit Tigers have looked pretty darn good these past couple of weeks, having won eight of their last 10 games coming into Saturday’s tilt against the Kansas City Royals. Both teams entered the series with momentum behind them but the Motor City Kitties emerged victorious in the opening game Friday night, 7-5. Now, the
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 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
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
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
Toledo Mud Hens 9, Columbus Clippers 5 (box) A solid outing from Logan Shore and a five run outburst in the fourth inning powered the Hens to their fifth win on Thursday. A two-run single from Aderlin Rodriguez plated Victor Reyes and Derek Hill in the third inning to start the scoring. With two runs
Toledo Mud Hens 8, Columbus Clippers 2 (box) The offense was the story in this one, as the Hens scored early and often, building an insurmountable lead by the fifth inning and cruising to their fourth victory of the year. 2B Yariel Gonzalez kicked things off with a two-run double to center to score Renato