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One hit. That’s all the Detroit Tigers fans packing Comerica Park — well, as much as they could (and maybe more than) in a pandemic — were hoping for, all weekend long. And, of course, the baseball gods obliged as they often do: One hit. By Harold Castro. To break up a perfect game on

Gregory Soto trotted up the clubhouse stairs and into the dugout at Camden Yards in Baltimore. He wasn’t going to pitch because he closed the previous two games, putting the Detroit Tigers in a position to sweep the Orioles. Regardless, Soto was preparing for three consecutive days of work, something manager AJ Hinch tries to avoid at all

What a weekend. It’s like Comerica Park came alive and Detroit Tigers fans learned how to be fans again. Doing the wave. Screaming like crazy. While waiting for Miguel Cabrera to hit his 500th home run. MORE FROM SEIDEL: Tigers fans didn’t need a home run to show their love for Miguel Cabrera “It’s unbelievable,”

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch wants to put one scenario to rest. First/third baseman Spencer Torkelson and outfielder Riley Greene won’t make their MLB debuts in 2021. The organization wants their top prospects to fully develop in the minor leagues before bringing them all the way up, which should happen sometime in 2022. But Torkelson and Greene —

The Detroit Tigers showed up to the ballpark Sunday, but the results were ugly. Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie completed 7⅔ perfect innings before Harold Castro lined a fastball for a single into right field to break up the historic attempt, nine years to the day after MLB’s last brush with perfection. (Felix Hernandez threw MLB’s

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Jeimer Candelario: Comerica Park crowd ‘so special’ Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario talks Saturday, August 14, 2021, after his team’s 6-4 win over Cleveland at Comerica Park. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers starter Julio Teheran gave his best effort Saturday in Lakeland, Florida, but couldn’t attain

A crowd of 32,845 fans packed Comerica Park on Saturday in anticipation of Miguel Cabrera’s 500th home run. They weren’t treated to the historic milestone, but the Detroit Tigers gave them one of their most exciting performances of the season. If there was ever a time for manager AJ Hinch to sell his team’s rejuvenated brand of baseball, it

Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera walked from the on-deck circle to home plate Friday in front of 22,107 fans. The crowd at Comerica Park stood and offered Cabrera — one home run away from No. 500 — an ovation in the first inning. Before each pitch, the ballpark went silent. When Cabrera struck out in

During the 2019 season, Detroit Tigers shortstop Niko Goodrum — more recently considered a true utility player — sustained a left groin strain. He went to the injured list Aug. 24 and never returned, missing the remainder of the year. The Tigers don’t think the same will happen this time. Goodrum, 29, is expected to

Detroit Tigers rookie Matt Manning pulled back and unleashed the hardest pitch of his MLB career. 97.6 mph. His fastball velocity maxed out in the sixth inning of Thursday’s 6-4 win, going through the Baltimore Orioles’ lineup for the third time. Since arriving for his MLB debut on June 17, Manning’s speed has been questioned throughout his 10

BALTIMORE — Behind the Detroit Tigers‘ dugout, a group of fans waved Venezuelan flags. The crowd chanted: “We want Miggy.” They were asking for Venezuelan native Miguel Cabrera, who is one home run away from becoming the 28th player in MLB history to reach No. 500. Manager AJ Hinch planned to start him at designated hitter

Late Wednesday night, Jacob Robson called his parents in Windsor, Ontario, with some huge news. “He goes, ‘Where’s Dad?’” said his mother, Jill Schroeder, describing the moment. “And I say, ‘He just went to bed.’” It was around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night. “Wake him up,” Robson replied. “And I was like, ‘Why?’” Schroeder said. “I need

BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has changed his mind. One home run away from No. 500, Miguel Cabrera will not play Thursday’s series finale against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, postponing his milestone chase until the Tigers return to Comerica Park in Detroit on Friday to begin a six-game homestand. The Tigers

BALTIMORE — Marcus Semien, who signed a one-year, $18 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays this past offseason, entered Thursday pacing the American League with 33 doubles, immediately followed by three players with 31 two-baggers. Two of them suit up daily for the Boston Red Sox: Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez. The other? Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario,

BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is one home run away from 500. After Cabrera crushed No. 499 in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, infielder Jonathan Schoop expressed his anticipation for Cabrera to complete his 19-year journey to 500 — becoming the 28th player in MLB history to do so — at Comerica

BALTIMORE — Miguel Cabrera crossed home plate. He pointed to his family in the stands, completed his personal handshakes with Jeimer Candelario, Eric Haase, Harold Castro and Jonathan Schoop and then entered a roaring dugout. The fans at Camden Yards — supporting the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles — stood on their feet to celebrate. Cabrera

BALTIMORE — Niko Goodrum ripped a two-out double down the first-base line, scoring two runs in the fifth inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 3-0 lead over the Baltimore Orioles. But Goodrum couldn’t stay in the game. While running the bases, Goodrum sustained a left groin injury. Manager AJ Hinch and athletic trainer Doug Teter

BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers announced four roster moves ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards as a result of Tuesday’s collision between outfielders Akil Baddoo and Derek Hill. The Tigers placed Baddoo on the seven-day concussion injured list and Hill on the 10-day injured list with a left ribcage contusion. To

BALTIMORE — Jeimer Candelario understands. He remembers his miserable 2019 season, bouncing between the Detroit Tigers and Triple-A Toledo and finishing with a .203 batting average over 94 games in the big leagues. Expected to be a part of the future, his results weren’t encouraging. What Candelario went through in 2019 compares to Willi Castro this season. Castro,

BALTIMORE — Whenever former Western Michigan pitcher Keegan Akin takes the mound, the Baltimore Orioles seem to always lose. Since June 11, the Orioles have lost in each of Akin’s 10 appearances, including seven starts. The Detroit Tigers made the most of his troubles Tuesday, chasing him in the third inning on the way to a 9-4 win at Oriole