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Boston – Wouldn’t it figure. On the night the Tigers’ offense finally breaks out of a 18-game funk, the pitching staff allows double-digit runs. The Tigers, shutout in two of the three games in New York over the weekend, produced more runs than they had in a game since April 13, but it was still

Boston — The last time Casey Mize walked on the field at Fenway Park, he was pitching for a team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. “Seeing Fenway for the first time was remarkable,” he said. “Just growing up a baseball fan, it’s the most iconic park, for me, in this whole great game. It

By Jake Seiner |  Associated Press New York — They’ve waited for the Wahoos, stood by for the Sod Poodles, bided their time for the Biscuits or Trash Pandas. After more than a year of uncertainty and empty ballparks, fans in minor league cities are finally getting baseball back. “Small town baseball, it’s the fabric of the

Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Is there a firmer, more obvious, storyline emerging as the Tigers get ready to draft with July’s third overall pick? Is this draft about to reinforce that

Boston — Let’s get a couple of things straight, right out of the gate. I don’t have the power to “get Al Avila fired.” I cover the team daily for The Detroit News. I do not work in the front office or at Ilitch headquarters. Nor can I fire the hitting coaches. Nor can I

By Harvey Valentine |  Associated Press Washington — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with wife Erica

By Harvey Valentine |  Associated Press Washington — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with wife Erica

Forgive those fans at West Michigan — those merry folks already loving their promotion to the high side of Single-A baseball — who wanted Riley Greene to do a 2021 encore as the Whitecaps this week begin playing honest-to-gosh baseball for the first time in 20 months. Ah, but the Tigers had other ideas. Greene is

New York — The Tigers hitters made Corey Kluber feel like it was 2018 all over again. The two-time Cy Young winner came into the series finale with a 4.15 ERA and a 1.7 WHIP, a far cry from the pitcher that used to give the Tigers fits when he wore an Indians jersey. But

New York — Miguel Cabrera is a slam dunk, first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. He also went into the game Sunday hitting an untenable .125 with three extra-base hits and five RBIs. This can be a nightmare scenario for a manager, as both Brad Ausmus and Ron Gardenhire can attest from their time managing in Detroit. Do you move

New York — Forty minutes after the game and Spencer Turnbull was still agitated. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been that mad coming out of a game,” said the Tigers right-hander after the Detroit Tigers’ 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees Saturday. “Just because if I don’t walk (Gary) Sanchez there in the

New York — The calendar changed. The Detroit Tigers’ fortunes did not. Aaron Judge continued his assault on the Tigers, pounding out three hits including a two-out, two-run single in a four-run sixth inning in the New York Yankees’ 6-4 win Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Judge has five hits (including two home runs, one of them a

New York – This isn’t a movie. AJ Hinch isn’t going to storm into the clubhouse and throw a dozen bats at the feet of his players and accuse them of being lollygaggers. He’s not going to officiate voodoo rituals or knit hats for the team’s bats. The only way the Tigers can get out

New York — He probably didn’t mean it to be as ominous as it sounded. He was just telling the blunt truth about his baseball team. “We’re entering May,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Friday before the Tigers took an 10-0 beating from the Yankees. “We’ve had a month-long look at these guys. Guys are going

New York — Tigers lefty Matthew Boyd will likely miss his next start in Boston next week, but manager AJ Hinch is cautiously optimistic that he won’t have to miss any more. “The first guy I saw this morning was Matt going to get coffee,” Hinch said before Friday’s game against the Yankees. “He was walking on

Chicago — What’s worse than losing both ends of a doubleheader? Potentially losing your No. 1 starter in the process. Matthew Boyd, just three batters into the second inning of the nightcap, called head athletic trainer Doug Teter to the mound after throwing a ball to Leury Garcia. After a brief conversation, Boyd left the game.

Chicago — What’s worse than losing both ends of a doubleheader? Potentially losing your No. 1 starter in the process. Matthew Boyd, just three batters into the second inning of the nightcap, called head athletic trainer Doug Teter to the mound after throwing a ball to Leury Garcia. After a brief conversation, Boyd left the game.

Chicago — The topic was rookie right-hander Casey Mize, who went into his start against the White Sox Thursday having been tagged for 11 runs in 9⅔ innings in the previous two. “He’s a perfectionist by nature,” manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “I don’t think mental fortitude is in question. I think the acceptance that

Chicago — Tigers manager AJ Hinch knows he’s probably not going to get a hero’s welcome when he’s introduced Friday night at Yankee Stadium. It’ll be New York fans first real chance to show him how they feel about his role in the sign-stealing scandal that may or may not have impacted the Yankees’ loss to

Chicago – Game Two of the Tigers-White Sox series was postponed by the chilly and steady rains that fell most of the day and night in the Chicagoland area. The teams will play a straight double-header Thursday, the first game starting at 5:10 p.m. and the second starting approximately 35 minutes after the first. Casey