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The Detroit Tigers had a day off between the home opener and Saturday’s matchup with the Boston Red Sox, but the rest didn’t seem to do the team any good as the Motor City Kitties fell, 14-4, in a game they never stood a chance in. Joey Wentz struggled to find any command in his

Detroit Tigers (2-5) vs. Boston Red Sox (3-4) Time/Place: 4:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Joey Wentz (0-1, 5.06 ERA) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (1-0, 5.40 ERA) Game 8 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR

Omaha Storm Chasers 9, Toledo Mud Hens 4 (box) The Storm Chasers bounced back on Friday, pummeling Hens’ starter Reese Olson to run away with this one and get back in the series. The Hens remains up 3-1 with two games remaining this weekend. Olson has had some home run trouble, and concerns remain about

Toledo Mud Hens 8, Omaha Storm Chasers 5 (box) A grand slam to center field off the bat of Andy Ibañez was the difference on Thursday in a wild game that saw runs scored in all but two innings. Brenan Hanifee got the start for Toledo but he was knocked around, allowing a pair of

The Tigers were in the driver’s seat early on in their home opener. Unfortunately, the bats went ice cold after the early innings and the Red Sox got to the Tigers’ bullpen to spoil the party by a score of 6-3. Spencer Turnbull had a nifty first inning, using just nine pitches. For his part,

The home opener for the Detroit Tigers is finally here as the Boston Red Sox swing through town to kick things off at Comerica Park for a three-game weekend series that start on Thursday and skips Friday before concluding on Sunday. The two teams arrive with an equivalent 2-4 record, both earning a series win

Toledo Mud Hens 7, Omaha Storm Chasers 6 (box) A low scoring affair early on turned into a wild seesaw battle late, as the Mud Hens poured it on offensively to make it two in a row over the Storm Chasers on Wednesday. Lefty Zach Logue got the start and was pretty good, scattering a

The Detroit Tigers didn’t quite get that sweep. After they took games from the Houston Astros on Monday and Tuesday, the defending champions salvaged the series with an 8-2 victory over Detroit on Wednesday as the Tigers fall to 2-4 on the young season. After a not good but not bad season premiere in Tampa

Toledo Mud Hens 9, Omaha Storm Chasers 2 (box) As storms bear down on the Great Plains, the Mud Hens’ bats provided the thunder, as Parker Meadows, Akil Baddoo, and Andre Lipcius all went deep to back starter Alex Faedo on Tuesday night. Faedo, who in the middle of changing his arm slot back to

After a tense, extra-inning victory on Monday night against the reigning World Series champions, could the now-juggernaut Detroit Tigers continue their winning ways and pull off a pair of victories in a row? I must say, I took a look at the Tiger lineup before the game and I made a few mental notes: Matt

Pop the champagne, Tigers fans! Detroit is victorious for the first time in 2023! In a back and forth battle with the reigning champs, the Tigers emerged with an 11th round knock out of the Astros to win 7-6. It certainty wasn’t easy, but it feels all the better for it. Matt Vierling was the

While the International League got Triple-A action underway this weekend, the lower levels don’t begin the 2023 schedule until Thursday, April 6. So teams take the bit of extra time, as usual, to think about their prospect assignments. Both the Double-A Erie SeaWolves and the West Michigan Whitecaps released their rosters on Sunday. There were

Now that the opening series of the 2023 season is in the rearview mirror the Detroit Tigers now travel across the Gulf of Mexico from Tampa Bay to Houston to take on the defending World Series champion Astros for a three-game midweek set. The weekend sweep at the hands of the Rays was a gut

It was not the start to the season Detroit Tigers fans wanted to see as their team was swept by the Tampa Bay Rays on the road on opening weekend. While there were a couple of bright spots, they merely serve as a silver lining for an otherwise abysmal overall performance — particularly on offense.

St. Paul Saints 6, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (Saturday box) Prospect starter Reese Olson’s home run issues carried over to the Triple-A level, and the offense drew a ton of walks but couldn’t push the runs across on Saturday. Olson lasted just two innings. As is his custom, the strikeouts were there, but so were

The Detroit Tigers entered the 2023 baseball season with a payroll of $120,807,500, which ranks 19th of the 30 major league clubs, and is about $15 million lower than it was in 2022, when the team racked up 96 losses and posted fewer runs per game than any Tigers’ team since 1905. The 2023 40-man

After dropping the season opener on Thursday, then losing in rather miserable fashion in a blowout on Saturday, the Tigers tried to salvage a win from their three-game series in St. Petersburg on Sunday. That wasn’t going to happen against that Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff, though, as they were quietly swept with a 5-1

Suffering through a long, drawn-out rebuild, there seemed to be a bright light at the end of the long dark tunnel as the club started the 2022 campaign. The organization had its stash of top prospects either in the majors or about to take the field, and ownership and the front office had just added

A pretty miserable outing for Spencer Turnbull led to a thorough collapse in the third inning that put this one out of reach early. The offense and the bullpen were lousy, and the Tigers didn’t put up much of a fight, falling to 0-2 on the young season. Turnbull was making his first start since

Toledo Mud Hens 7, St. Paul Saints 4 (box) International League play opened up on Friday evening, and the 2023 Toledo Mud Hens had control of this one from the beginning. They built a big lead and cruised to a 7-4 victory for an enthusiastic crowd on Opening Day at Fifth Third Field. The pitching