Toledo Mud Hens 4, Worcester Red Sox 2 (box) Lael Lockhart Jr. threw a pretty solid game and the Hens rode some Andrew Navigato heroics late to a come from behind victory on Thursday. The Hens struck first in this one. Eddys Leonard launched a solo shot, his third of the season, to left field
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On a mild summer afternoon in Detroit, the Tigers and Angels wrapped up their three game set. Detroit took the first two games, extending their longest winning streak in a few years to six straight. The Angels, inversely, had lost seven straight going into this one and were desperate to break stem the bleeding. They
Worcester Red Sox 5, Toledo Mud Hens 4 (box) The Hens had an early lead in this one, but the bats went quiet and they let it slip away to fall behind two games to none in the series. Things started well. With two outs in the top of the first, Bligh Madris singled and
Round 2: Fight! Tonight was game two of a three game set at Comerica where the Tigers were again taking on the Los Angeles Angels. Last night’s affair was a pitching duel until it wasn’t, when the Tigers put up a 6 spot on the husk of Johnny Cueto and cruised to their fifth straight
Worcester Red Sox 12, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) It was a tough night for the Hens. Troy Watson was rocked for six runs, and the Hens offense didn’t offer much in the way of support. Angel Reyes gave up two runs in relief, and it was 8-0 Red Sox after four frames. Finally in
The Motor City Kitties returned home after a week in the Windy City that culminated with a rousing four game sweep of the woeful Chicago White Sox and a return to .500 for the first time this late in a season in…let’s not talk about it. This week they’re playing host to the Los Angeles
The Detroit Tigers wrapped up its Windy City road trip on Monday with a four-game sweep of the lowly Chicago White Sox putting the team at the .500 mark late in the season for the first time in what seems like forever. AJ Hinch’s squad has been hitting on all cylinders since their series at
Former All-Star third baseman Don Wert passed away at age 86, the Tigers announced this afternoon. Wert played all but 20 games of his MLB career with Detroit. Wert signed with the Tigers at age 19 out of Pennsylvania’s Franklin & Marshall College. The right-handed hitting infielder spent five years in the minors, including two full
The Tigers saddled up for their final game of the Chicago series, meanwhile Ty Madden’s entire extended family took over a full section of Guaranteed Rate Field. Madden, of course, was making his major league debut for the Tigers, and opposing him for the White Sox was Davis Martin. In the top of the first,
The Tigers announced a series of roster moves today, including the selection of right-hander Ty Madden, which was reported yesterday. The club also recalled right-hander Mason Englert from Triple-A Toledo. To open active roster spots for those two, the club placed right-hander Will Vest on the paternity list and optioned left-hander Bryan Sammons to Toledo.
Iowa Cubs 5, Toledo Mud Hens 3 (Fri)(box) Toledo Mud Hens 5, Iowa Cubs 3 (Sat)(box) Iowa Cubs 4, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (Sun)(box) The Hens rode a solid outing by Casey Mize to victory on Saturday, but otherwise this home set didn’t go too well for. The Cubs won on Sunday to take the
The Tigers will call up right-handed pitching prospect Ty Madden to start on Monday night against the White Sox, manager A.J. Hinch told reporters (including Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press). Hinch’s announcement came along with the news that fellow right-hander Alex Faedo has been moved from the paternity list to the 15-day injured
After Friday’s late-inning heroics and Saturday’s easy victory, could the Tigers make it three in a row in their four-game wrap-around series at Comiskey New Comiskey US Cellular Guaranteed Rate Field, thus handing the home team their hundredth loss on the year? (When you think about it, a baseball stadium named after an insurance company
When Tarik Skubal is at his best, the Detroit Tigers only need 3-4 runs to win a game. However, it quickly became apparent that Saturday wasn’t one of those days. Skubal was not his usual perfect self, allowing three runs and four consecutive hits in the third inning. But none of that mattered as Detroit