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St. Petersburg, Fla. — If you are looking for a living, breathing, human example of the Tigers’ resiliency this season, lock in on veteran lefty Derek Holland. “I wish people understood how far I’ve come,” he said. “It’s not been an easy road.” The Tigers are his fifth team in five years, that after pitching in

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The 2021 season has come to an end for two players who greatly impacted the Tigers turnaround this season. Gregory Soto and Derek Hill were both placed on the injured list Sunday. Soto, the Tigers’ representative in the All-Star game this season, was hit in the left hand by a line drive,

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Tigers center fielder Derek Hill was carted off the field in the fifth inning of the Tigers’ 4-3 win Saturday after he hyperextended his left knee crossing first base. Leading off the inning, Hill dropped a bunt. Running at full speed, he hit the bag with his left heel and lost his

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Manager AJ Hinch said his ballclub wouldn’t sulk, sag or pout after blowing a three-run lead in the ninth Friday night and getting walked-off. He wasn’t lying. “We’ve been this way, it’s not a surprise to me that we showed up today with a lot of energy in the clubhouse, a

St. Petersburg, Fla. — These are frustrating times for Tigers’ catcher Eric Haase, but probably not for the reasons you think. He’s fighting through a very odd stretch, both at the plate and behind the plate. Since coming off the injured list (stiff back) on Aug. 27, he’s 11 for 62 (.177) with just two

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Lefty reliever Gregory Soto sauntered out to the field several hours before the game Saturday and had a leisurely game of catch and long toss with Kyle Funkhouser. The only unusual part of that scene was the presence of head athletic trainer Doug Teter. But by all accounts, Soto escaped serious

St. Petersburg, Fla. —  The Tigers were three outs away from evening the series. Up 4-1 and with closer Gregory Soto on the mound, the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and then walked it off in the 10th, beating the Tigers 7-4 Friday night at Tropicana Field.

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers were three outs away from evening the series. Up 4-1 and with closer Gregory Soto on the mound, the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and then walked it off in the 10th, beating the Tigers 7-4 Friday night at Tropicana Field.

St. Petersburg, Fla. — A season like the one Willi Castro has endured could ruin a player. Going from getting Rookie of the Year votes in 2020 and winning the regular shortstop job to losing the shortstop job; moving to second base and losing the regular second base job, to taking on a utility role, even

St. Petersburgh, Fla. — What’s amazing about the underhand pitch Tyler Alexander flipped over the hitter-catcher-umpire all the way to the backstop in the fifth inning Thursday was that there was an actual purpose to it. To set the scene, Rays Manuel Margot asked for — and was given — a timeout by home plate umpire

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers beat up the vaunted Rays bullpen in Detroit over the weekend, scoring 15 runs in three games. Different story at Tropicana Field Thursday. “That was standard operation Tampa Bay Rays,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Tigers 5-2. “Six pitchers, all really good arms, we

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The look on Michael Fulmer’s face Wednesday afternoon when pitching coach Chris Fetter sauntered out to the mound was priceless. Fulmer, protecting a three-run lead, pitched a clean, 14-pitch eighth and had just won a 10-pitch battle striking out Jace Peterson for the second out in the ninth. “What the (bleep) are you

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Tigers rookie right-hander Matt Manning left the mound after six innings pounding his glove with a look of satisfaction. He pounded his hand into his glove while walking back to the dugout congratulations. Manning outdueled Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff, whose 2.48 ERA ranked fourth in MLB,

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers have displayed some real extra-inning magic with back-to-back 11th-inning walk-off wins against teams that are runaway winners in their divisions. Detroit also improved to 12-7 in extra-inning games and only Seattle, with 13 wins, has more in extras. Tigers manager AJ Hinch was

By Brandon Rothenberg |  Special to The Detroit News At the flip of a switch, everything just seemed to click for Nick Plummer. Now 25 years old, the 2015 St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft pick out of Birmingham Brother Rice finally has found his groove at the plate, last month earning a promotion to Triple-A Memphis. He’s hitting .292

Detroit — The dueling Peraltas portion of the festivities at Comerica Park Tuesday night ended in a mark-less draw before Mother Nature intervened. The Milwaukee Brewers’ Freddy Peralta and Tigers’ Wily Peralta — who spent the first six years of his career with the Brewers and left the year before Freddy arrived — put up

Detroit — The colors were different. He was in the wrong dugout. But everything else about Daniel Norris was just as it ever was. “It’s definitely weird being back here,” he said. Norris, who had been with the Tigers since 2015, was traded to the Brewers on July 30 for Double-A right-hander Reese Olson. He stayed

By Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — The Seattle Mariners will host baseball’s 2023 All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park. The team announced a news conference for Thursday at Seattle’s Space Needle with baseball commissioner Rob Manfred. The purpose of the news conference is to announce that Seattle will be the site of the 2023 All-Star Game,

Beth Harris |  AP Sports Writer Los Angeles – As the standing ovation for his 3,000th career strikeout grew louder, Max Scherzer paused on the mound. He doffed his cap, tossed the souvenir ball toward the dugout, and immediately got back to work. Mr. Efficiency, indeed. No time to waste when it’s September, your new team

Detroit — Robbie Grossman noticed it as soon as the Tigers reconvened after the All-Star break. There was something different about Jeimer Candelario. “You could tell when he went home for the All-Star break and came back, he had that look in his eyes,” Grossman said. “You could tell he went home and worked on some