COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps saw a dominant pitching performance and clutch hitting carry them to their seventh-straight victory 3-1 over the Lake County Captains in front of 7,176 fans Saturday night at LMCU Ballpark. Whitecaps starter Carlos Pena put on a show, tossing six scoreless frames COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
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DES MOINES, Iow. – The Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Iowa Cubs 19-8 on Saturday night at Principal Park. The pitching match-up consisted of Ashton Goudeau for the Mud Hens and Michael Rucker for the I-Cubs. Rucker would retire the Mud Hens in order to begin the ballgame, getting Parker DES MOINES, Iow. – The
Erie and Harrisburg continued to trade blowouts as Erie won on Saturday 8-0. The SeaWolves opened the scoring in the third inning against DJ Herz, who was making his first start since being acquired by the Cubs in the Jeimer Candelario trade on July 31. Danny Serretti doubled and Ben Erie and Harrisburg continued to
The Tigers announced that right-hander Matt Wisler was released from his minor league contract with the club. Wisler signed in February but hadn’t received a call-up to the majors, and he has a 4.40 ERA over 47 innings with Triple-A Toledo. Digging deeper into the numbers, Wisler had a 25.2% strikeout rate and 12.4% walk
DETROIT — The Tigers had never beaten Aaron Civale in 10 matchups against him with Cleveland. It took a performance from an almost-former Tiger to topple Civale in his Rays debut. The Tigers were close enough to a deal before Tuesday’s Trade Deadline that they had Triple-A Toledo catcher Donny Sands on standby in Pittsburgh,
After a lacklustre showing on Friday night, the Detroit Tigers looked to rebound for the Saturday afternoon Fiesta Tigres game with over thirty thousand in attendance. In the end, the Tigers won 4-2 in a nail-biter of a finish, with a very unexpected pitcher getting the save. (No, it wasn’t Zack Short. Try again.) Tarik
Bot 1 TB 0 DET 0 Result of AB Manuel Margot’s diving catch AB: Riley Greene | P: Aaron Civale
The Tigers have a knack for finding pitching prospects at a bargain, and it looks like they may have done it again. Troy Melton was the team’s fourth round draftee in 2022, but he was somewhat overlooked at the time. Now, he’s at West Michigan, and his performance demands the attention he didn’t get on
Toledo, OH – The Toledo Mud Hens started to put the weekend with a 3-1 loss to the Iowa Cubs. This game didn’t start until an hour after the original start time due to some rainy weather but, the game eventually started to avoid a second doubleheader in the series. Toledo, OH – The Toledo
DETROIT — The grounds crew at Comerica Park did wonders to turn the playing surface from a baseball diamond to a soccer pitch for last Sunday’s Crystal Palace-Sevilla preseason match, then back to a ballfield for Friday’s Tigers-Rays series opener. Then the Rays wore it out on Reese Olson. The lines of the soccer pitch
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps saw dominant pitching propel them to a 2-0 win over the Lake County Captains – their sixth win in a row and Midwest League-most 14th shutout of the year – in front of 5,855 fans Friday night at LMCU Ballpark. Whitecaps pitchers COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
Harrisburg piled on late in a 13-3 win over Erie on Friday night. Ty Madden and a pair of Harrisburg pitchers dueled with zeroes through the first four innings. Michael Cuevas went the first 2.2 innings for the Senators before handing the ball to Alemao Hernandez. The fifth inning proved Harrisburg piled on late in
On Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays paid a visit to Detroit for the first of a three-game series with the Tigers. Unfortunately, despite their recent struggles, the Rays reverted to their early-season form, smothering the Tigers to the tune of a 8-0 score. Reese Olson got the nod for the Tigers, in his ninth
Top 1 TB 2 DET 0 Result of AB Isaac Paredes’ two-run double AB: Isaac Paredes | P: Reese Olson