After a gruelingly long winter and what seemed like an even longer spring training, the Boys of Summer finally are home. The Detroit Tigers take on the New York Yankees with first pitch at 1:08 p.m. Follow our team coverage here. If you’re at the ballpark, stop by our photo booth at Adams and Witherell … Continue Reading →
The Tigers begin their quest for a World Series title with their season-opening game today against the Twins at 4 p.m. Follow all the action here with live updates throughout the game by Tony Paul of The Detroit News.
The Tigers get another crack at clinching their ALDS tonight — and will get one tomorrow, too, if things don’t go according to plan out West this evening. Detroit again will have to deal with a raucous Oakland crowd, which is so loud, it’s even drawn comparisons to the old Metrodome. Tigers manager Jim Leyland … Continue Reading →
It’s over. Tigers ace Justin Verlander lost his no-hit bid with one out in the ninth inning Friday night at Comerica Park. Pittsburgh’s Josh Harrison hit a soft liner up the middle, crushing Verlander’s bid for the third no-hitter of his career. Verlander struck out 12 and walked just two. The Tigers won, 6-0. Come … Continue Reading →
So, Jose Valverde blew his first save since September 2010. By not doing so, he would’ve deprived this sellout crowd of some bottom-of-the-ninth heroics. Austin Jackson singled with the bases loaded, sending home Danny Worth with the winning room — and sending the Tigers into a mob scene near the pitcsher’s mound. It capped a big day for … Continue Reading →
Tigers closer Jose Valverde flirted with trouble often last year, even though he went 49-for-49 in save chances. He won’t be perfect in 2012, however. Valverde was hit hard early and often today and coughed up a two-run lead in the top of the ninth inning. The Tigers are coming to bat with the game tied … Continue Reading →
With the thick of the Red Sox lineup due up in the top of the ninth inning, the Tigers, no doubt, were thrilled to add their slim lead before closer Jose Valverde trots in to close it out. Prince Fielder picked up his first RBI as a Tiger, sending a 1-2 pitch from lefty Franklin Morales into … Continue Reading →
And I thought Justin Verlander’s day was done after seven. Shows how little I know. The Tigers ace came bouncing out of the dugout with a spring in his step after the Tigers got him a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh, then proceeded to shut down the Red Sox 1-2-3 before leaving … Continue Reading →
A definitely downfall of that error by Miguel Cabrera back in the sixth inning: While it didn’t lead to any Red Sox runs, it did extend Justin Verlander’s inning by 10 pitches. And now, through seven, he’s at 95 pitches — and the bullpen is warming up for the first time today. Midseason, Verlander would … Continue Reading →
Well, Miguel Cabrera finally got some action at third base. And it was, umm, interesting to say the least. The first ball hit his way came here in the top of the sixth, when Jacoby Ellsbury looped a foul pop-up that Cabrera ran to — OK, he actually overran it. He correctd himself in time … Continue Reading →