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Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:13 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – The Tigers on Sunday had one go-ahead run taken off the board by a questionable ruling by first base umpire Tim Timmons. They had another go-ahead run wiped out by an extremely questionable base-running decision by Miguel Cabrera. Manager Ron Gardenhire

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:28 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – The only certainty regarding the Tigers’ starting rotation, at least before the game Sunday, was that Matthew Boyd would start Monday in Chicago and Spencer Turnbull would go in the series finale Thursday. In between? Well, stay tuned. Daniel Norris, conceivably,

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:23 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – It must be on every team’s scouting report. Be aggressive out of the box on any ball hit to left field against the Tigers. Christin Stewart graded out as the worst-throwing outfielder in the big leagues last year. The Reds, old

Lynn Henning The Detroit News Published 11:24 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 The minor-league season has been canceled, but the development of the Tigers’ prospects is still a critical aspect of the team’s rebuild. In this series, Lynn Henning will take a look at some of the key players. Today: Jason Foley. They were words

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 4:41 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – In the end, it may not have mattered, but Tigers’ starter Spencer Turnbull wants a do-over. “I wish I could go back and start over tonight,” he said. “But it is what it is. I would’ve loved to give a better

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 4:58 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – The Tigers got through the first couple of weeks of this truncated season without much adversity — no new COVID-19 cases, few injuries and a lot of wins. Suddenly, though, the fortunes have turned. The club made two rather ominous announcements

Tim Dahlberg Associated Press Published 4:32 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 In Los Angeles the other night, the cutouts behind home plate had extra big smiles on their faces as Mookie Betts smashed three home runs at Dodger Stadium. On the same night, Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning at Wrigley Field,

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 11:26 PM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit – In the end, it may not have mattered, but Tigers’ starter Spencer Turnbull wants a do-over. “I wish I could go back and start over tonight,” he said. “But it is what it is. I would’ve loved to give a better

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:27 PM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit — Cameron Maybin was going through his post-game routine Friday night, only halfway paying attention to his cell phone blowing up with text messages. “I saw stuff about ‘making history’ but I was more focused on us losing and trying to get

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:38 PM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit – The Tigers got through the first couple of weeks of this truncated season without much adversity — no new COVID-19 cases, few injuries and a lot of wins. Suddenly, though, the fortunes have turned. The club made two rather ominous announcements

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 3:15 PM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit – The Tigers got through the first couple of weeks of this truncated season without much adversity — no new COVID-19 cases, few injuries and a lot of wins. Suddenly, though, the fortunes have turned. The club made two rather ominous announcements

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:32 AM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit – Eighteen. And counting. The Tigers’ chronic inability to beat the Cleveland Indians has extended into 2020. With a six-run fourth inning, the Indians Friday night beat the Tigers for the 18th straight time, 10-5 at Comerica Park. “It’s definitely frustrating,” said reliever

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:33 AM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Detroit — Before Friday night’s game at Comerica Park, Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire and Indians skipper Terry Francona had a chance to commiserate on the craziness and unpredictable nature of this COVID-stricken season. “We’ve both had our health issues,” said Gardenhire, 62, a cancer

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 11:34 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit – Eighteen. And counting. The Tigers’ chronic inability to beat the Cleveland Indians has extended into 2020. With a six-run fourth inning, the Indians Friday night beat the Tigers for the 18th straight time, 10-5 at Comerica Park. “It’s definitely frustrating,” said reliever

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:52 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit — Before Friday night’s game at Comerica Park, Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire and Indians skipper Terry Francona had a chance to commiserate on the craziness and unpredictable nature of this COVID-stricken season. “We’ve both had our health issues,” said Gardenhire, 62, a cancer

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:57 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit — You draw fast conclusions at your own peril with this Tigers baseball team. As manager Ron Gardenhire repeated before the game Friday, it’s going to be a mix-and-match situation at a few positions. If somebody is in left field one day, it

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 1:59 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 Detroit – Tigers catcher Grayson Greiner stared into the Zoom lens for a couple of beats, processing what he’d just heard. “In your entire athletic life, you’ve probably never lost 17 straight times to the same team,” was how the conversation started. “The

The Detroit News Published 11:08 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 A rough three-season stretch for the Detroit Tigers has produced at least one silver lining: a burgeoning farm system. That system now is No. 6 in baseball, according to Baseball America’s midseason rankings published Wednesday. That’s a five-spot climb from the preseason rankings, and continues a gradual

Lynn Henning The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 A year ago, when he was an Arizona State University slugger maybe headed for the 2020 MLB Draft’s first overall pick, Spencer Turnbull imagined summer, 2020. It would be spent at some summer minor-league outpost. He would be dealing with everyday games, and

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 7:19 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 Detroit – The image of Matthew Boyd dejectedly handing the ball to manager Ron Gardenhire and walking head-down off the field is becoming disturbingly common already this season. “We have to get this thing cleaned up,” Gardenhire said Wednesday after Boyd was tagged