Detroit Free Press

While Detroit Tigers starter Tarik Skubal pitched aggressively through five innings, Eric Haase stole the spotlight. Haase homered twice in a game for the third time this season and carried the Tigers (24-34) to a 4-3 victory Saturday against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Entering Saturday, the Tigers had lost 13 of their past 14 games to
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The Detroit Tigers placed right-hander Spencer Turnbull, who leads the starting rotation with a 2.88 ERA, on the 10-day injured list Saturday morning. Turnbull, 28, was diagnosed with a right forearm strain. The Tigers removed him from Friday’s 9-8 loss to the Chicago White Sox after the fourth inning, which is when Turnbull reported tightness
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Everything went downhill when Detroit Tigers starter Spencer Turnbull left the game. To make matters worse, Turnbull didn’t leave because of his pitch count, or because he got knocked around by the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox. Instead, he was pulled after four innings because of right forearm tightness. The White Sox scored five
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The Detroit Tigers can’t make anything official until Sunday. But right-hander Jose Urena seems ready to return from the injured list Sunday. He is expected to start the series finale against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Urena was placed on the 10-day injured list May 29, retroactive to May 27, with a right forearm
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Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch knew Casey Mize wouldn’t be pleased. “Disappointed, for sure,” Mize said Thursday night. “I love the fact that he’s going to leave tonight pretty pissed off,” Hinch said. “I mean, he didn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the way he wanted to. To his night, he feels he should
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Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd has looked different over his past four starts. “I don’t know,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Tuesday night, after Boyd allowed five runs across 4⅔ in a 10-7 win against the Milwaukee Brewers. “I mean, I’m not sure ‘struggles’ is fair to him.” Boyd allowed a 1.94 ERA, 30 hits, nine walks and
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The first came from a $1 million international signing. The second was slowed, quite literally, in 2020 by a broken foot. And the third was drafted 78 spots after first-rounder Riley Greene in 2019. All three are intriguing Detroit Tigers infield prospects. And all three received promotions Monday in a series of interesting moves that played out like a
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The Detroit Tigers were an entirely different team in May. Their hitters had better plate appearances, using singles and walks to create havoc on the bases. The bullpen was reliable, especially in the late innings. The starting rotation continued to thrive, thanks to pitching coach Chris Fetter. The defense, specifically the middle infield, remained shaky, but the Tigers did enough
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After Detroit Tigers reliever Kyle Funkhouser was optioned to Triple-A Toledo during spring training, he changed his mentality. He was one of the first two healthy players, alongside Beau Burrows, to get eliminated in the chase for a spot on the Opening Day roster. The decision was made March 12, about three weeks before the regular season. Failure
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Detroit Tigers reliever Bryan Garcia was the team’s closer when the 2020 season ended. Once manager AJ Hinch was hired, though, pre-defined roles were discarded. Instead, Hinch focuses on high-leverage situations, in which Gregory Soto, Michael Fulmer and Jose Cisnero have shined recently to help the bullpen to a 1.94 ERA since May 16. Garcia, 26, has
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