September 21, 2011 Kansas City Star, Getty Images Detroit Tiger starter Brad Penny once again had difficulty providing a solid pitching performance for the Tigers in a 10 – 2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Penny surrendered seven runs to the Royals in four innings of work. The small offensive output was provided by Andy Dirks and Austin Jackson, in a game where Manager Jim Leyland took the
August 23, 2011 Starter Justin Verlander picked up his 19th victory of the season as the Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5 – 2 last night. Alex Avila and Don Kelly hit homers to show the way offensively for the Tig
August 12, 2011 Cy Young candidate Justin Verlander picked up his 17th win of the season and the 100th win of his career as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 4 – 3. With the win the Tigers maintain a three game lead at the top of the Centr
August 5, 2011 Tiger starter Brad Penny continued his early inning troubles in Thursday’s loss to the Texas Rangers at Comerica Park. The Final score: Rangers 5, Tigers 2. Penny gave up all five runs in 6 and 2
July 18, 2011 The Tigers managed just enough offense to win the series finale from the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. The final: Tigers 4, Chisox 3. Starter Brad Penny picked up his seventh win of the season
July 7, 2011 Tiger starter Brad Penny gave up three early runs but buckled down to pitch seven strong innings for the victory. The final score: Tigers 5 – Angels 4. The Tigers finally managed some timely hitting from Victor Martinez, Andy Dirks and Miguel Cabrera to pull out the win
July 6, 2011 Tiger ace Justin Verlander was out dueled by Los Angeles Angel starter Dan Haren last night. The Final score: 1 – 0. Haren pitched a two-hitter while besting Verlander for his 100th career victory, The Angels beat the Tigers for their 10th win in 12 games
June 20, 2011 The Tigers finally figured out how to beat the Colorado Rockies … put Justin Verlander on the mound. JV pitched another complete game in a 9 – 1 win over Colorado. Verlander only allowed four Rockies hits in picking up his fourth complete game of the year
June 16, 2011 The Tigers fell back into a tie for first place after losing to the Indians last night. The final score: 6 – 4. Relief pitcher Charlie Furbush took the loss. The two teams go back at it this afternoon at Comerica Park
June 10, 2011 The Tigers and starting pitcher Justin Verlander continued their winning ways last night. They beat the Seattle Mariners 4 – 1 in the opener of their four game series at Comerica Park. JV pitched another strong eight innings, giving up just one run on five hits while walking one and striking out a season-high 10 batters last night
May 9, 2011 Detroit Tiger starter Brad Penny tossed seven and 2/3’s innings in beating the Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight day. Final score … 5 -2. Austin Jackson hit a tiebreaking home run and reliever Jose Valverde struck out the side in the ninth for seventh save and the 200th of his career, becoming the 41st player in major league history to reach the mark
May 4, 2011 The Tigers found a way to stop the longest losing streak in Manager Jim Leyland’s tenure with Detroit. All they had to do was “demote” one second baseman and “promote” another. Scott Sizemore paid immediate dividends with three hits in Tuesday’s 4 – 2 victory over the New York Yankees
