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St. Louis, Mo. — The Tigers were down to their last strike in the ninth inning, one strike away from wasting a brilliant pitching performance by rookie lefty Tarik Skubal. Trailing 2-1 with two outs in the ninth, Miguel Cabrera walked off the bench and lined a double to right field off Cardinals closer Alex

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Toledo, Ohio — Detroit Tigers prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson are taking the express train through the minor leagues. Neither has spent longer than 84 games at one stop from the low minors to their most recent station here with the Toledo Mud Hens. They regularly change

St. Louis, Mo. — AJ Hinch was asked before the game if he thought his starting pitcher Casey Mize would be ready to hit, since, you know, he never has. Not even at Auburn. “Well,” Hinch said with a wry grin, “he will go up to bat. I don’t know how much we’ll let him hit.”

St. Louis, Mo. – AJ Hinch was asked before the game if he thought his starting pitcher Casey Mize would be ready to hit, since, you know, he never has. Not even at Auburn. “Well,” Hinch said with a wry grin, “he will go up to bat. I don’t know how much we’ll let him

Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Toledo, Ohio — Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd surrendered a bloop single to the game’s leadoff batter, and proceeded to retire the next 13 St. Paul Saints in order before coming out nearing his pre-determined pitch-count limit. Boyd, making his third rehabilitation start for the Toledo Mud Hens after going on

St. Louis, Mo. — Dog days? In August? Don’t try to throw that old saw at Tigers manager AJ Hinch. “The mental fatigue is real for players but it’s reality,” he said before the game Tuesday. “If we get to where we want to get to, this isn’t even the stretch run yet. This is just August.

Job promotion happens for a reason, which is why a bunch of Tigers farmhands at Double-A Erie a week ago were bumped to Triple-A Toledo, a doorstep from Comerica Park. Three of them are doing just fine in their first week: outfielder Riley Greene, first baseman Spencer Torkelson, and shortstop Ryan Kreidler. They happen to

Not bad, Ryan Kreidler. The Tigers promote you to Triple A following a three-month stretch at Double-A Erie and you act, in your first six games at Toledo, as if you’re attacking Single-A pitching: Six games, 20 at-bats, 11 hits, two doubles, .550 batting average, three walks as part of 23 plate-appearances, good for a .650 on-base percentage, .609 slugging average, and 1.559 OPS. And, take another

Detroit — The Tigers have had members of the 500-homer club, but nobody — at least, before Miguel Cabrera on Sunday in Toronto — had ever reached the milestone wearing the Old English D. MORE: Henning: Miguel Cabrera’s 500th home run cements legacy as Detroit, MLB legend MORE: Miggy’s milestone: Cabrera blasts historic 500th home run MORE: Photos:

Toronto — It was getting excruciating, trudging into the ninth game since he hit home run No. 499. He had gone 4 for 31. The last three games, he hadn’t hit a ball in the air, let alone out of the park. Then, in the sixth inning Sunday at Rogers Centre, Blue Jays starter Steven

Stash this sight, this high-arcing shot beyond the right-center field seats at Rogers Centre in Toronto, alongside that forever image of Magglio Ordonez in 2006 parting the heavens with his bomb-blast home run, which sent the Tigers to a World Series. Or, better yet, honor this triumph separately, in a hallowed place by itself, Sunday’s 

Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Miguel Cabrera talks about hitting his 500th career home run Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera discusses hitting his 500th career home run in a teleconference after Sunday’s game in Toronto. Detroit Tigers Zoom teleconference, The Detroit News He didn’t hit it at home, but Detroiters will be celebrating Miguel Cabrera’s

Toronto — As Miguel Cabrera was being mobbed by his teammates on his way back into the dugout after he clubbed historical home run No. 500 in the sixth inning Sunday, he yelled, “Let’s go.” The home run made it a 1-1 game and his message was clear — “We still got work to do.” They pushed

With one more swing that was part baseball fury, part pyrotechnics, Miguel Cabrera dedicated another monument to one of the most gloried hitters in the 120-year history of Major League Baseball. In the sixth inning of the Tigers’ series-clinching finale at Toronto on Sunday, standing at home plate against Steven Matz, Cabrera tore into a

Toronto — It was getting excruciating, trudging into the ninth game since he hit home run No. 499. He had gone 4 for 31. The last three games, he hadn’t hit a ball in the air, let alone out of the park. Then, in the sixth inning Sunday at Rogers Centre, Blue Jays starter Steven Matz,

Toronto — The Tigers could be getting veteran right-hander Jose Urena back at some point next week. The question is, how will he fit back into the pitching plans for the rest of the season? “I don’t know the full answer yet,” manager AJ Hinch said. Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter met on that issue

Toronto — AJ Hinch understands where the questions are coming from. He, like everyone else, cannot wait to celebrate Miguel Cabrera’s 500th home run. But, as he says almost daily now, that’s not the primary focus for him, for the Tigers or, honestly, for Cabrera. “He’s not trying to homer every at-bat,” Hinch said following

Toronto – Nobody had to tell Zack Short he needed to change something. You get seven hits over four weeks and strikeout 30 times, every third at-bat — you know you better fix something pronto. “I mean, I couldn’t even draw a walk,” Short said before the game Saturday. “I was swinging at everything. First time

Toronto – Blue Jays television analyst Buck Martinez played 17 years in the big leagues. He managed and coached in the big leagues. There isn’t much that he watches on a daily basis that he hasn’t seen before. But some of the things skipper AJ Hinch did in the Tigers’ 4-1 win here Friday —