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BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers want all their pitchers, especially right-hander Michael Lorenzen, to throw strikes. So far, Lorenzen has answered the call. The 31-year-old, who signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract in the offseason, was shelled in his first start for the Tigers. He walked two batters and thought his individual pitches were better than

BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers relievers were riding a scoreless streak of more than 17 innings until right-hander José Cisnero reset the counter Friday night when the Baltimore Orioles hit a solo home run, breaking a scoreless tie, with two strikes and two outs in the seventh inning. Again, the Tigers showed their resiliency. A clutch two-strike,

BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers, one of the hottest teams in baseball, nearly carried a six-game winning streak into their two-city, six-game road trip against the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers. The winning streak, though, stopped at five games in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park. The Tigers, despite late-inning home

Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull learned patience as he rehabilitated from Tommy John surgery. He regained mobility and range of motion without throwing, played catch at varying distances and, finally, returned to games earlier this year in spring training. There were more than 650 days between pitches in the big leagues, from June 4, 2021,

“Woof! Woof! WOOF!” The barking starts whenever Nick Maton walks into the Detroit Tigers‘ clubhouse. “It’s not just barking; he’ll snarl at you, too,” Zach McKinstry said Wednesday afternoon. “I love it.” Maton, affectionately referred to as “Wolfie” by his teammates, barks constantly. “It is 24-7 — seven days a week,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch

Before Wednesday’s game, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch talked about some of the impending challenges in the series finale at Comerica Park. One of the biggest challenges he highlighted: “Getting Cleveland out of town before José Ramírez does anything.” The Tigers were so close. Ramírez — who entered the three-game series with five strikeouts across 75

Detroit Tigers reliever Jason Foley emerged from the bullpen at Comerica Park for the ninth inning, looking to protect a 1-0 lead — and Eduardo Rodriguez’s brilliant eight-inning performance — in Game 2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. The song for his jog to the mound? “What Is Love” by Haddaway. “What is love? Oh

For the fourth time in his career, Detroit Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez completed eight innings. But he wanted more. The 30-year-old, who signed a five-year, $77 million contract in November 2021, wanted to take the mound for the ninth inning in pursuit of a complete game shutout, which would have been the first of his

This time, there was no wild celebration. No walk-off puff of powder. No dumping of Gatorade buckets. The Detroit Tigers‘ fifth-straight win was quick and efficient — some incredible pitching by Eduardo Rodriguez, a huge solo home-run shot by Riley Greene and some great defense by Matt Vierling. As the Tigers lined up for handshakes

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched one of the best games in his career. “I had everything working,” he said. The Detroit Tigers — following a 4-3 victory in Game 1 on Kerry Carpenter’s walk-off home run — beat the Cleveland Guardians again, 1-0, in Game 2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader. This time around, Riley Greene played hero with a go-ahead

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It was 39 degrees at first pitch. The Detroit Tigers postponed Monday’s series opener with the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park, opting for a straight doubleheader Tuesday. Regardless, the Tigers knew they would be playing in cold weather, but by pushing the game from Monday to Tuesday, they wouldn’t have to play with snow in

The Detroit Tigers waited. And waited. And waited some more. The Tigers and San Francisco Giants delayed the start of Sunday’s game at 12:38 p.m. due to inclement weather at Comerica Park, ahead of the scheduled 1:10 p.m. first pitch, only to postpone the finale of the three-game series at 6:15 p.m. The game was

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Mark Gorosh (@sportz5176) and Evan Petzold (@evanpetzold) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: epetzold@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys have the epic highs of walk-off wins and the lows of player errors to discuss. Mark and self-proclaimed “big nap guy” Evan talk the recent clouds hanging over Comerica Park and Javier

UPDATE: The Tigers’ game Monday night against the Guardians has been postponed due to inclement weather and rescheduled as part of a straight doubleheader beginning at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday. Detroit Tigers (5-9) vs. Cleveland Guardians (9-7) When: 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, straight doubleheader (two nine-inning games). Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Game 1

Another day, another postponement. The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians postponed Monday’s game, scheduled for 6:40 p.m., because of inclement weather at Comerica Park in Detroit. The Tigers have postponed back-to-back games. There will be a straight doubleheader Tuesday for the first two games of the three-game series, the team announced Monday afternoon. The straight

The Freebie. The Ghost Runner. The Zombie. The Manfred Man. Whatever you call the runner placed on second base for every team at the start of every extra inning since the start of the 2020 season <we’re at four seasons and, uh, the extra runner may not be going away?> the Detroit Tigers seem to

One of these days, one of these teams is gonna get it. No, not comeuppance. But the brass ring, or a helpful free agent at the trade deadline; that’d be nice, no? Instead of selling off good players for draft picks? Seems like it’s been forever since one of our four major pro teams did

Detroit Tigers (5-9) vs. Cleveland Guardians (9-7) When: 6:40 p.m. Monday. Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (0-1, 4.00 ERA) vs. Guardians RHP Hunter Gaddis (0-1, 8.53).. • Box score Tigers lineup: TBA. GREENE DAZE: Riley Greene leads Detroit Tigers in hits, strikeouts. Here’s what to make of his 2023

The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants postponed Sunday’s game, scheduled for 1:10 p.m., because of inclement weather at Comerica Park in Detroit. The three-game series’ finale was delayed for 5 hours, 5 minutes. The postponed game will be made up July 24. The time of that game has not been determined. The Tigers, at