Friday night’s contest with the New York Yankees turned into perhaps the best win of the season so far for the Detroit Tigers. The new school, represented by budding Tigers’ starter Casey Mize, took on the best pitcher in the American League in Gerrit Cole, and went toe to toe with him. The bullpens, incredibly,
Detroit Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman hit a walk-off home run to beat the New York Yankees with a 3-2 count and two outs in the 10th inning. On the final strike for the last out of the 10th inning between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees, Robbie Grossman struck gold.
Detroit — Looking at it from the outside, it might seem a little daunting for the Tigers, the lowest scoring team in the American League, to face a pair of Cy Young winners in back-to-back games. Players don’t look at it that way. “You don’t reach this level by backing down or bowing down,” manager AJ
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Casey Mize gave up just one run while striking out 7 in 5 pressure-packed innings against the Yankees. But it was Robbie Grossman who provided the most memorable moment of the night, connecting on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, with his team down one run, one man on, 2
Casey Mize dazzled in a stellar pitching matchup between 2 former #1 overall draft picks, tying a career high in strikeouts and limiting New York to just 1 run. He chats with the media post game. #DetroitRoots
Tigers skipper A.J. Hinch speaks with the media after his team was able to pull out a dramatic win over the Yankees in extra innings on a night that was dominated by ace pitching. #Leinenkugels
Robbie Grossman became “Right Man, Right Time” personified in the bottom of the 10th Inning with a Walk-Off Home Run to help the Tigers beat the Yankees. He joins us on Tigers LIVE Postgame. #DetroitRoots
By Noah Trister | Associated Press Detroit — Gio Urshela of the New York Yankees was the beneficiary of a mix-up over the count Friday night, drawing a walk after only three balls. Urshela came to the plate in the sixth inning against Detroit. After he fouled off several 2-2 pitches, the next offering from Kyle
The series opener between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees featured a significant pitching matchup: Rookie Casey Mize — a former No. 1 overall pick evolving into a future top starter — squared off against 30-year-old Gerrit Cole, an established ace (and former No. 1 overall pick himself) seeking his first Cy Young award.
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Catcher Dillon Dingler pounded a two-run home run as the West Michigan Whitecaps rode a dominant performance from their pitching staff to a 2-1 victory over the Lake County Captains Friday night at LMCU Ballpark. The Whitecaps bullpen left a total of 10 Lake County baserunners stranded as Keider Montero, Zac
The first game of a three-game set with the Yankees in Detroit came down to extra innings and a heroic, full-count, two-out, down-by-one home run by Robbie Grossman to win the game for the Tigers, 3-2. That… was… magnificent. Just magnificent. I’ll take a game like this any day of the week. Baseball is a
Grossman’s first career walk-off homer came after the Yankees went ahead in the top of the 10th on a wild pitch and gave the Tigers their 20th win of the season. Grossman’s bat flip was a result of not only the Tigers walking away with a win, but also sending the ball 366 feet to
Here’s a look at Friday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Rays: Wander Franco, SS (MLB No. 1), Triple-A DurhamDrew Strotman, RHP (No. 19), Triple-A DurhamIt was just another day at the office for the top prospect in baseball in Durham’s 9-1 win over Jacksonville. Franco went 2-for-5 with a
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – The Louisville Bats topped the Toledo Mud Hens, 6-4, on Friday Night at Louisville Slugger Field. The Bats jumped out early and hung on to win despite the comeback effort from the Mud Hens. The Mud Hens put two runners on via the walk in the top of the first, but were
José Ureña‘s start against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday ended a lot sooner than he and the Detroit Tigers expected. With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, the 29-year-old was removed from the game after he made one pitch to Eddie Rosario, ending a strong start in which the right-hander tossed 5
Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Pinstripe AlleyMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (3-3, 3.42 ERA) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (6-2, 1.81 ERA) Game 51 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Mize 52.2 18.7 9.3 4.56 0.5 Cole 64.2 38.5
Mickey York and Dan Petry are on Tigers LIVE, discussing tonight’s special pitching matchup with Detroit’s Casey Mize and New York’s Gerrit Cole. #DetroitRoots
Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch rarely, if ever, has to coax or cajole his players to play. He does occasionally, however, have to fight with them to take a game off. He had two such conversations before the game Friday — one with outfielder Victor Reyes and the other with starting pitcher Jose Urena. Reyes was supposed
If Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch had to decide right now, he would skip Jose Urena’s next start — scheduled for Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers — because of lower right forearm cramping. Urena, 29, was removed from Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Cleveland with two outs in the sixth inning. He threw 82 pitches but started dealing with pain