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St. Paul Saints 10, Toledo Mud Hens 6 (Box)(Fri) St. Paul Saints 7, Toledo Mud Hens 5 (Box)(Sat) Toledo Mud Hens 7, St. Paul Saints 3 (Box)(F/6)(Sun) After taking a 2-1 lead in the series, the Hens lost on Friday and Saturday. They bounced back on Sunday to split the series, finishing the first half

After a very tough start to the 2023 season, infielder Nick Maton was optioned to Triple-A Toledo after Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers dropped 5 1⁄2 games back in the divisional race and without a major reversal in fortunes soon, this weekend series against the AL Central leaders could end up marking

With the series on the line, the Tigers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. The offense went cold against Bailey Ober after a brief outburst in the third, and a key defensive mistake from Nick Maton cost the Tigers late as the Twins scratched out an unearned run

Tonight’s game was pretty evenly paced, which isn’t an ideal thing to say when it’s the Tigers facing off against another mid-performing AL Central team, but these two clubs looked pretty evenly matched through the night. As an overview, Reese Olson was surprising, as he managed to cruise through most of the Twins’ lineup and

Detroit Tigers (32-41) vs. Minnesota Twins (38-38) Time/Place: 7:15 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Reese Olson (0-2, 5.59 ERA) vs. RHP Pablo López (3-4, 4.40 ERA) Game 75 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Olson 19.1

The Detroit Tigers outhit the Minnesota Twins, 7-6, on Friday night, but it was the AL Central-leading Twinkies that controlled things all night long. A pair of early home runs put the Twins out in front and they never looked back en route to a 4-1 win. Tigers starter Joey Wentz cruised through the first,

Detroit Tigers (32-41) vs. Minnesota Twins (38-38) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Joey Wentz (1-7, 6.82 ERA) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (0-4, 9.00 ERA) Game 74 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Wentz 62.0

Things have turned around for the Detroit Tigers after a first half of June that saw the Motor City Kitties drop nine in a row and 10 out of 12 before a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. Since then, AJ Hinch’s squad took three of four from the American League Central division

Toledo Mud Hens 6, St. Paul Saints 0 (box) The Hens took a 2-1 series lead heading into the weekend after a rehab start for Matt Manning started the game. The right-hander was still a little wild, but he was also hard to hit. Manning tossed four scoreless innings, allowing just a single. However, he

Toledo Mud Hens 5, St. Paul Saints 4 (box) Tarik Skubal’s latest rehab start went off without a hitch and late heroics from the lineup pulled out a win on Wednesday. Skubal threw 52 pitches this time as his progression continues from around 30 pitches last time, to the 50 level, and presumably he’ll have

Things didn’t start off real well, but the good guys managed to avoid losing a series to the Kansas City Royals by finally breaking out with some add on runs to give their pitching staff a margin to work with. Matt Boyd threw a good game, and clutch hits from Javier Báez, Zack Short, and

St. Paul Saints 6, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Zach Logue was knocked around a bit and the offense just couldn’t put together a rally on Tuesday night. Logue gave up four earned over four innings of work. He allowed six hits, walked two, and struck out six. A pair of solo shots in the

I love a good efficiently paced game as much as the next person, and I am admittedly a fan of the new rules that are creating a nice clip to the game. And yet, I would prefer my games to go longer if it means scoring any kind of runs against one of the worst

For most of the game, the Detroit Tigers couldn’t figure out Jordan Lyles, a pitcher with an 0-11 record and an ERA over 9 on the road. And for a while it looked like they might give him his first win on the year. But thanks to a solid start from Reece Olson and some

The Detroit Tigers took three of four from the American League Central division-leading Minnesota Twins over the weekend to get back on the winning track. The Motor City Kitties had a nine-game losing streak going until they took the opener from the Atlanta Braves prior but dropped the next two heading into ALC matchup. Now,

Toledo Mud Hens 5, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 1 (Fri)(box) Toledo Mud Hens 9, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 5 (Sat)(box) Lehigh Valley IronPigs 4, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (Sun)(box) With victories on Friday and Saturday, the Hens claimed a 4-2 series victory over Lehigh Valley before the IronPigs won on Sunday. On Friday, Matt Manning made a

The Tigers got big games from Spencer Torkelson, Andy Ibáñez, and Kerry Carpenter, and then survived a terrifying eighth inning to take their first series of the month with a 6-4 victory over the Twins on Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day to all the guys out there raising the young’uns and doing the work. With

After a pair of wins to open the four-game weekend series against the Twins in Minnesota, the Detroit Tigers looked to extend their winning ways with… what’s this… an acutal starting pitcher, you say? Not a bullpen day?! Well, how about that. Anyway, armed with this newfangled “starting pitcher” idea, the Tigers forgot how to

A bullpen day vs. the Minnesota Twins with Joe Ryan on the mound is generally a recipe for disaster. Instead, the Tigers made it two in a row with power provided by Javier Báez and Matt Vierling, while Tyler Holton and the Tigers bullpen dominated the Twins’ lineup in surprising fashion. Chris Fetter? Still possibly

Trei Cruz has been swinging a baseball bat for longer than he can remember. The third-generation pro has photos of himself swinging the stick from the early age of 2 years old. His father, former Tigers hitting coach and currently the head coach for Rice, José Cruz Jr., was in the middle of an 11-year