Niko Goodrum has filled in holes for Detroit, both defensively and offensively, and is making it harder for Tigers manager A.J. Hinch to leave him out of the lineup. Regardless of whether Goodrum is in the starting lineup, he’s making sure that his skipper notices the work that he’s putting in to be a player
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 15: Tarik Skubal #29 of the Detroit Tigers pitches in the bottom of the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at RingCentral Coliseum on April 15, 2021 in Oakland, California. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
(Toledo, OH) The offenses came to play today at Fifth Third Field, but the Detroit Tigers fell to the Cincinnati Reds 12-11 in Friday’s alternate site contest. The Tigers set the tone in the bottom of the second inning thanks to a pair of home runs. The first came off the bat of Aderlin Rodriguez
Yesterday, after a decent stretch of warm weather and sunny skies in the metro Detroit and Ann Arbor area, I was greeted to sleet and miserable grey clouds outside my window. Perhaps if the Tigers had been at Comerica Park, they would’ve recreated some of their Opening Day magic after seeing a few snowflakes fly
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers played mostly clean baseball while sweeping a three-game series from the Houston Astros this week. Their opener in Oakland on Thursday was marred by the Dirty Dozen. Detroit pitchers issued 12 walks in an 8-4 loss to the A’s at RingCentral Coliseum. The free passes led
The Detroit Tigers played an ugly brand of Zombie baseball Thursday night against the Oakland A’s. The Tigers were so sluggish, so inconsistent, so unable to simply throw strikes, that they looked like a group of guys who tried to play a baseball game after pulling an all-nighter. Which also happens to be true. After
Akil Baddoo burst on to the Detroit sports scene with a memorable first 10 games, including a home run in his first swing, a grand slam in his second game, and a walk-off single in his third game. But that’s not all, as Baddoo continued to make the most of his opportunity in the Motor
In a tuneup start against the Cincinnati Reds alternate squad team last night, the right-hander was in mid-season form in the Detroit Tigers 5-2 victory. Turnbull went 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, a pair of walks, and two strikeouts. (Correction to the tweet from what was posted on the Tigers Minor League…
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Detroit manager A.J. Hinch addresses the media about his team’s struggles that resulted in an 8-4 loss against Oakland. #Leinenkugels
The Detroit Tigers rode into Oakland following a three game sweep of the Houston Astros with Tarik Skubal going up against the A’s Sean Manaea. The game started out as a pitchers’ affair, with Skubal allowing just two runs, one of them earned, and just two hits while striking out five hitters. Once Skubal left
The education of Tarik Skubal continues. On Thursday night, the Tigers left-hander allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits in four innings in an 8-4 loss to the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum. He struck out five and walked four. Skubal pitched himself out of bases-loaded jams. But then again, he pitched himself into
Janie McCauley | Associated Press Oakland, Calif. — Stephen Piscotty and Matt Olson homered to back Sean Manaea’s first victory of the season, and the Oakland Athletics won their fifth straight game by beating the Detroit Tigers 8-4 on Thursday night. Piscotty connected in the third inning off Tarik Skubal (0-2), and Olson went deep in
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers arrived in Oakland in a giving mood. Their generosity extinguished a three-game winning streak, as their pitchers issued 12 walks and their infielders committed two errors in an 8-4 loss to the A’s on Thursday. They were coming off a road sweep of the Houston
By Steve Adams | April 15, 2021 at 1:40pm CDT An abnormal number of picks from the 2020 Rule 5 Draft survived Spring Training and made the Opening Day rosters with their new clubs. The Orioles and Marlins both broke camp with a pair of Rule 5 picks on the active roster, while the Pirates
(Toledo, OH) A strong start for the Detroit Tigers led them to a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in Thursday night’s alternate site game at Fifth Third Field. The Tigers struck first in the bottom of the second inning when Danny Woodrow hit a deep drive to right that (Toledo, OH) A strong start
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers will go without the starting right fielder for at least the next 10 days. Nomar Mazara has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left abdominal strain. Reliever Joe Jimenez has been recalled from the taxi squad to take his spot on
Detroit – Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball on April 15, 1947. Seventy-four years later, the Tigers players, coaches and staff members wore black t-shirts under their game jerseys in Oakland with the words Breaking Barriers emblazoned on the chest. And every player or coach who stepped on a field across the Major
The Tigers placed starting right fielder Nomar Mazara on the 10-day injured list with a left abdominal strain and recalled right-handed pitcher Joe Jiménez from the taxi squad on Thursday. Mazara was injured following a swing in Wednesday’s win at Houston. “Putting him on the injured list was more of a reaction to the type
Detroit Tigers (6-6) at Oakland Athletics (5-7) Time/Place: 9:40 p.m., Oakland ColiseumSB Nation Site: Athletics NationMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 7.71 ERA) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (0-1, 5.06 ERA) Game 13 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR