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Detroit — They came to watch Miguel Cabrera chase milestones. They stayed to watch the Tigers take a home series from the Boston Red Sox. Behind some gritty pitching by rookie left-hander Tarik Skubal and an outbreak of extra-base muscle, the Tigers beat the Red Sox, 8-1, in the rubber match of the three-game set Thursday

Detroit — The Tigers had just tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. This was Tuesday night in the opener against Boston. A shutdown inning in the top of the fifth would be huge, but with two outs, starter Wily Peralta walked Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez. Manager AJ Hinch bounced out of

Detroit — Red Sox lefty starter Eduardo Rodriguez has been navigating his way through the season with his cutter and change-up doing most of the work for him. On Wednesday night, he broke out his four-seam fastball against an unsuspecting Tigers team. The results weren’t pretty for the home team. Rodriguez struck out 10 in five innings

Detroit — Anticipation rises as the fans rise, as the numbers rise. In a Tigers season of rookie revelations and youthful spark, Miguel Cabrera is back to being the show. It’s not a sideshow, and if you thought it was, you’re an idiot (with all due respect). Cabrera is handling his chase for 500 home runs with

Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch came oh so close to calling Gregory Soto his closer before the game Wednesday. Hinch was talking about Soto’s electrifying save Tuesday night. The lefty threw 10 pitches in a four-batter inning that rang up 100-mph or faster on the radar gun. Only four other pitchers have thrown that many

The Detroit News Major League Baseball unveiled its 2022 schedule on Wednesday and the Detroit Tigers will open the season on March 31 at Seattle. After four games against the Mariners and three more games on the West Coast against the Oakland Athletics, the Tigers will play their home opener on April 8 against the Chicago White

Detroit — Anticipation rises as the fans rise, as the numbers rise. In a Tigers season of rookie revelations and youthful spark, Miguel Cabrera is back to being the show. It’s not a sideshow, and if you thought it was, you’re an idiot (with all due respect). Cabrera is handling his chase for 500 home runs

Detroit — J.D. Martinez was an eye-witness to 92 of Miguel Cabrera’s home runs when he was playing for the Tigers from 2014-2017. Before he came out for batting practice Tuesday, his first trip back to Comerica Park since 2019, he wanted to know where Miggy stood on his quest for 500 homers. His line of

Detroit — J.D. Martinez was an eye-witness to 92 of Miguel Cabrera’s home runs when he was playing for the Tigers from 2014-2017. Before he came out for batting practice Tuesday, his first trip back to Comerica Park since 2019, he wanted to know where Miggy stood on his quest for 500 homers. His line of

Two away. Miguel Cabrera on Tuesday night hit home run No. 498 in the second inning of Detroit’s series-opener against the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park, driving a fastball from lefty Garrett Richards out of the park to move within striking distance of home run No. 500. Cabrera took ball one, a 94.9 mph fastball before getting

Detroit — As red flags go, they don’t get much clearer than this. Infielder Isaac Paredes, on a rehab assignment with the Toledo Mud Hens, was clocked at six seconds going from home to first in a game. “Well below what we need,” manager AJ Hinch said. As a result, Paredes, out with a hip injury,

Hamtramck — What a morning it was. Not only was ground ceremoniously broken on a $2.6 million renovation plan for historic Hamtramck Stadium, now appropriately named after Detroit Stars Negro League star Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, but president and CEO Christopher Ilitch gave the firmest indication to date that the Tigers are going to start adding top-shelf

Trade deadline passed Friday for MLB teams who had quite the seismic day and week peddling all kinds of high-profile treasure. As for the Tigers, they treated the Richter scale gently, sending Daniel Norris to the Brewers for a kid pitcher named Reese Olson. This exercise in minimalist shopping didn’t endear general manager Al Avila

Detroit — A really good story just keeps getting better. Tigers rookie and hometown guy Eric Haase was named American League Rookie of the Month for July, in a vote by baseball media. “I love the story,” manager AJ Hinch said. “But I love the player and the production more.” In 23 games, Haase posted

Detroit — Maybe it was the two home runs he hit Thursday night. Maybe it’s the sudden presence of the Cabrera Countdown Counter at the base of the giant scoreboard in left field. Whatever the reason, Miguel Cabrera’s quest for 500 home runs suddenly seemed to capture everyone’s imagination this past week at Comerica Park. The

Detroit — After two tough losses to the team with the third lowest winning percentage in baseball, stranding the tying and go-ahead runs on the bases in the last two innings of both games, a win wasn’t mandatory for the Tigers, but it was — let’s call it soothing. With the bullpen putting up five straight zeros,

No blaming those who follow Detroit baseball for wondering if, perchance, September might bring a sneak peek at, say, Riley Greene, or maybe Spencer Torkelson, when teams have the option of calling up extras for their big-league rosters. But it isn’t going to happen. Greene and Torkelson, as well as Dillon Dingler, and shortstop Ryan

It’s a natural question, wondering when those prep and college pitching stars drafted by the Tigers last month will work in minor-league games somewhere within the Tigers chain. The answer today is the same as the answer before any of the pitchers signed: The Tigers don’t know. “I don’t want to overstate it, but we

Detroit — He’s 5-foot-10, 180 pounds and if you think he’s got sneaky power with a baseball bat in his hands, you should see him on a tee box with a driver in his hands. He can straight bomb it. “That gets me in trouble, too,” Tigers shortstop Zack Short said before the Tigers completed their

Detroit — Rookie right-hander Matt Manning was out of the sixth inning with no damage, about to walk off the mound with a solid, quality start, keeping the Tigers down by just one skinny run. But what should have been an inning-ending 6-4 fielder’s choice ended up igniting a three-run inning and sending the Orioles to