Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Tarik Skubal got off to a dazzling start on Thursday but a fielding mistake helped the Minnesota Twins pull out a 5-3 win at Target Field in Minneapolis against the Detroit Tigers. Second baseman Willi Castro failed to keep his foot on the bag during a routine fielder’s choice
Minneapolis — An old bugaboo from April reared up and bit the Tigers Thursday night. The failure to turn a couple of double-plays — and one big missed opportunity on offense — was at the heart of the Tigers’ 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins Thursday night at Target Field. “It is frustrating,” manager AJ Hinch said. “It hasn’t
PAPILLION, Nebraska – The Toledo Mud Hens rode some major offensive firepower to victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park on Thursday night, winning 12-5. The Mud Hens got started as quickly as humanly possible with Derek Hill swinging at the first pitch of the game, hammering it over the left field wall
DAYTON, OH – The West Michigan Whitecaps gave up six first-inning runs, rallied, and then gave up three eighth-inning runs as part of a 10-8 loss to the Dayton Dragons on Thursday night at Day Air Ballpark. The defeat marks the sixth straight loss for the Whitecaps – their longest losing streak in the 2021
Catcher Jake Rogers critiques Tarik Skubal’s outing Thursday night. #DetroitRoots
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers let one slip away in Minnesota on Thursday. #Leinenkugels
The Tigers built an early lead, but the offense missed it’s chance to blow the game open a bit, and the Twins fought back to take the opener, 5-3. We got a pretty good pitching duel right out of the gate. J.A. Happ mixed in a few more offspeed pitches than normal and worked both
MINNEAPOLIS — For nearly five innings, Tarik Skubal looked like he was playing catch, and Twins hitters were bystanders. By the eighth, the Tigers looked like they had missed an opportunity. It wasn’t just the 13 batters that Skubal retired in order to begin Thursday’s series opener at Target Field, but the baserunners the Tigers
While it’s always exciting to watch young amateur players fulfill their dreams by getting drafted by a Major League team and embarking on a professional career, the people responsible for making that happen — the scouts — often go overlooked and underappreciated. It wouldn’t be practical to name every scout responsible for keeping the game
TOP 4 DET 2 MIN 0 Result of at-bat Eric Haase’s two-run home run Batter: Eric Haase Pitcher: J.A. Happ
The Tigers were coming off an American League pennant and in the thick of the AL Central race in 2007, their roster relatively stacked with young talent and their window for contention seemingly wide open, when they used the 27th overall pick in the MLB Draft on a high school pitcher. They selected Rick Porcello
Detroit Tigers (40-47) at Minnesota Twins (35-50) Time/Place: 8:10 p.m., Target FieldSB Nation site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (5-7, 4.35 ERA) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (4-4, 6.09 ERA) Game 88 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR
Portland 6, Hartford 2 WP-Denyi Reyes (3-1) LP- Nick Bush (0-1) T-2:32 A-4,098 Portland, Maine- Yard Goats infielder Elehuris Montero blasted two homers, but it was not enough as the Sea Dogs defeated Hartford 6-2 on Wednesday evening at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Montero hit a pair of solo
Minneapolis — You can’t blame Ian Krol if he immediately thought the worst. It was Tuesday night and the Toledo Mud Hens were trying to lock up a win in Omaha. The lefty Krol was warmed up and ready and he was summoned in the ninth inning to close out the game. “I ran out of
The best of the best will be representing their clubs at the 2021 MLB Draft. The 30 club representatives who will be in attendance at the Bellco Theatre in Denver on Draft night on Sunday, July 11 includes Hall of Famers, All-Stars, MVPs and Cy Young Award winners. The two Cooperstown members serving as club
Enough about late December. The most wonderful time of the year is coming Sunday, if you’re a devoted baseball prospect fan that is. The 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game will be Sunday at Coors Field in Denver. (It happens to be the same day that the first round of the MLB Draft will be held
Well, well, well…no doubt the Minnesota Twins did not expect to be looking up at the Detroit Tigers at this point. The streaking Tigers have won four of their last five series, and tied the fifth, despite a litany of injuries to the pitching staff. Suddenly they’re one more hot stretch of baseball from creeping
We know, we know. The Minnesota Twins AGAIN? And again again after the All-Star break? How often do we have to play this team? (We also know that you know it’s 19 times a season, it just feels like 700). At the beginning of the season, I doubt either Twins fans or Tigers fans would
Every team deals with injuries–especially in a year where players are returning from a shortened season or perhaps no season at all. Pitcher injuries, especially, are on the rise and teams like the Detroit Tigers have had to do some scrambling to account for all the innings necessary to get through a game and ultimately…
DETROIT — Mike Palmer is on a mission. A mission to make sure hockey is available to everyone, regardless of ability. “My primary focus for Disabled Hockey Michigan is building awareness and growing the game for all abilities,” Palmer said. Palmer is the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association director of disabled hockey, and because of his