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Houston — It was the morning after, but there was no discernable change in Miguel Cabrera’s mood as he sat somberly at his locker Sunday. “The focus right now is on winning games,” he said. “We’ve been losing too many games. Right now, milestones don’t matter.” Cabrera drove in the Tigers only two runs in the 3-2

Houston — Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game Saturday that right-hander Matt Manning was ready to begin his rehab assignment. Manning, out since April 17 with shoulder inflammation, is expected to start for Triple-A Toledo on Sunday. He left his start on April 16 after two innings and has been throwing in Lakeland the

Houston – It looked like another Miguel Cabrera milestone moment might spark something for the Tigers. Cabrera on Saturday lined a double down the left-field line, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning. It was his 600th career double. Only three players in major league history have accumulated 3,000 hits, 500 home runs

Another milestone for Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera. Another exclusive club. With his two-run double in the third inning off Astros lefty Framber Valdez, Cabrera became just the the third player in major-league history to collect 3,000 hits, 500 home runs and 600 doubles. He is part of a trio that includes St. Louis Cardinals slugger

Houston — If you thought the slow start was tearing Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson apart mentally, you thought wrong. “No, I feel good for where I’m at, honestly,” he said. “Nothing changes. Just keep on keeping on. Keep working hard and the results will follow.” Torkelson was back in the lineup Saturday after sitting out two

Houston — Every start for rookie Beau Brieske these days is like a master’s seminar in pitching. “It’s kind of like learning the recipe,” he said. “Learning what hitters at this level are trying to do to you.” His third class was Friday night and it was conducted by the Houston Astros. The primary lesson —

Houston — The game turned for the Tigers on a misplay in left field in the second inning. But the primary villain in their 3-2 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park Friday night — and the source of lingering frustration — was a scuffling, impotent offense. “It’s frustrating when you don’t win games,” right

Houston — AJ Hinch had to make one of those lesser-of-two-evil type decisions when he built the Tigers’ lineup against Astros right-hander Luis Garcia Friday night. Garcia is a tough night for most right-handed hitters. Over his career, he’s held right-handers to a .177 average, .311 slugging percentage and .554 OPS. Lefties hit nearly 100

Houston — If there is anything to be learned from last season, it’s that you don’t hang your head this early in the season. So when left-handed hitting Kyle Tucker rolled a single off lefty Gregory Soto to the shift-vacated left side of the infield — a place he hardly ever hits a baseball — to bring

Houston — You wonder if facing the Houston Astros Friday night, a team with the most wins in baseball over the last five-plus seasons, a team that’s made the playoffs five straight years, might be somewhat of a letdown for Tigers rookie Beau Brieske. After all, his first two starts were humdingers – debuting on

Houston — You can tell he just doesn’t quite trust it yet. “One start at a time,” he said. “This game will bring you down in a hurry. You can’t be complacent.” Justin Verlander, 39 — and two years removed from his last full season — made his fifth start with his surgically-repaired right elbow Wednesday afternoon

Detroit — You can’t finish what you don’t start. So on a day that started with a win for the Tigers, the loss to cap a getaway-day doubleheader with the Pirates at Comerica Park left a bitter taste as the team boarded a flight to Houston on Wednesday night. Yet the start that Alex Faedo

Detroit — With three starting pitchers from the Opening Day roster on the injured list and a congested schedule the next couple weeks, the door was opened for one of the Tigers’ young arms to get his major league chance. That opportunity came in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader and went to right-hander Alex Faedo,

Detroit — With three starting pitchers from the Opening Day roster on the injured list and a congested schedule the next couple weeks, the door was opened for one of the Tigers’ young arms to get his major league chance. That opportunity came in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader and went to right-hander Alex Faedo, the

The Detroit News A dazzling play from shortstop Javier Báez kept the Tigers even with the Pirates in early stages of Wednesday’s 3-2 victory in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Comerica Park. With one out in the top of the third and a runner on first, Báez — playing on the second-base side of the bag, lunged to

Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch knew something wasn’t right during Tyler Alexander’s last outing in Los Angeles. The left-handed starter didn’t have the same command. He didn’t have the same mechanics. After failing to get through four innings in his third consecutive start, Hinch met with him the next day and Alexander revealed his left

The Tigers’ series opener against the Pirates on Tuesday night was postponed because of inclement weather. The contest, which was called off four hours before the scheduled first pitch, will be made up as the second game of a straight nine-inning doubleheader on Wednesday. The first game is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. Right-hander Michael Pineda is slated to

Detroit — Former Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire used to say of difficult roster decisions, “These things have a tendency to work themselves out.” Gardy’s adage proved itself correct again, at least in the short term. Needing to trim the active roster from 28 to 26 by noon Monday, the Tigers were facing a choice of

Los Angeles — There was nothing subtle about AJ Hinch’s message to his players after the Tigers made a couple of costly errors in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the rubber match of a three-game set at Dodger Stadium. “We’ve got to take care of the ball,” third baseman Jeimer Candelario

Los Angeles — It’s been a heck of a trip for Tigers center fielder Derek Hill. He’s had two bullet liners inside the bag at first base snagged and turned into fast double-plays. He had a perfectly-executed bunt single nullified because he ran inside the baseline and interfered with the throw, according to the home plate