COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps enjoyed a dominant showing from their bullpen as they scored five unanswered runs to defeat the Dayton Dragons 5-4 in front of 5,726 fans Sunday evening during a 4th of July celebration at LMCU Ballpark. WATCH: ELIEZER ALFONZO’S GAME-TYING HOME RUN The COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
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The SeaWolves won a pitcher’s duel against Akron on Saturday, 2-1. Lael Lockhart and Akron’s Will Dion traded zeros for the first four frames. Lockhart stranded runners in scoring position in the first three frames. Dion, despite allowing two singles, faced the minimum through his first five frames. Akron struck The SeaWolves won a pitcher’s
DENVER — Hours before the Tigers took the field for batting practice Saturday, Javier Báez was on the infield at Coors Field with coaches Gary Jones and Alfredo Amezaga, working on his first step. He didn’t like the passive approach he’d taken on a Kris Bryant grounder Friday night, even though he got a double
COLUMBUS – The Toledo Mud Hens drop a rain-shortened game against the Columbus Clippers 7-1 on Sunday evening. The pitching match-up consisted of the rehabbing Alex Faedo for the Mud Hens and the rising Joey Cantillo for the Clippers. Parker Meadows and Justyn-Henry Malloy would draw back-to-back walks to open COLUMBUS – The Toledo Mud
The Tigers released right-handers Heath Hembree and Trevor Rosenthal, according to Chris McCosky of the Detroit News (Twitter link). Rosenthal signed a minor league contract with Detroit in March, while Hembree inked a minors deal of his own in May. Neither player saw any action for the Tigers this season at the big league level,
The afternoon, high-altitude rubber-match finale of a weekend series in Colorado featured lots of action and plenty of dingers, and the Tigers won the game 14-9. With the win, the Tigers ended their seven-game road trip with a 4-3 record. They are once again four games back of the Minnesota Twins for first place in
DENVER — Michael Lorenzen signed with the Tigers as a free agent in December believing they could help him take the next step in his career. He still isn’t where he wants to be yet, but his progression now includes his first career All-Star selection. The Tigers will be represented at the All-Star Game by a
Top 1 DET 4 COL 0 Result of AB Javier Báez’s grand slam AB: Javier Baez | P: Connor Seabold
Detroit Tigers (36-46) at Colorado Rockies (33-52) Time/Place: 3:10 p.m., Coors FieldSB Nation Site: Purple RowMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning (1-1, 4.15 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Seabold (1-4, 5.98 ERA) Game 83 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Manning 17.1
Twins infielder Royce Lewis saw his career-long injury woes continue during yesterday’s game against the Orioles. The 24 year old suffered a strained left oblique while attempting to beat out a groundball. Lewis has played well in the big leagues when healthy, pairing a career 136 wRC+ in 140 plate appearances with strong defense on
For a team whose bullpen was often the source of woe in their last great era, the Detroit Tigers have developed quite a few high end relievers recently. The latest is right-hander Jason Foley. With Joe Jimeñez and Gregory Soto traded, Alex Lange was the top choice in the bullpen to start the year, and
DENVER — Truth be told, A.J. Hinch loves bullpen games. Give the Tigers manager a bunch of relievers with different styles, let him match up against an opposing lineup for nine innings, and he’s in his element. “I think in general, maybe not every team, but a lot of teams would pick this method if
For most of this game, it looked like we were watching a heck of an old fashioned pitchers’ duel. In reality, both teams were running out bullpen arms left and right, and neither offense could get anything going. Finally, the Tigers turned it on late to tie this and Zach McKinstry won it in the