Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers had their 12 game winning streak snapped last night in a 6 – 1 loss to the Oakland Athletics.  The loss coupled with a Cleveland Indian loss reduced the Tigers magic number to one.  The Tigers could clinch their first division title since 1987, and win the Central Division for the first time since joining the division in 1998...

The Detroit Tigers picked up their 12th in a row and another come from behind win with late inning heroics from anumber of guys.  This time Ryan Raburn and Alex Avila hit ninth inning homers to send the game into extra innings.  In the tenth inning, Carlos Guillen provided the necessary firepower to pull out the 6 – 5 victory over the Chicago White Sox...

Foul tips are one of the perils of playing the catcher position in baseball, but one doesn’t usually associate fire hazard with that risk. In the video below, a foul ball off the bat of the Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski hits the mask of Detroit Tigers’ catcher Alex Avila so hard that sparks fly.

Brian Kersey, Getty ImagesDetroit Tiger starter Justin Verlander only allowed 6 hits in seven innings of shutout ball to post a 5 – 0 win over the Chicago White Sox last night.  Victor Martinez provided the big blast with a three run bomb...

The Detroit Tigers found a way to pick up their 6th win in a row, with their ace not at his sharpest.  Justin Verlander won his 10th straight start and earned his 22nd victory overall, and was helped when Victor Martinez hit a late grand slam that powered the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians 8 - 6...

Jason Miller, Getty ImagesDetroit Tiger starter Rick Porcello surrendered 3 hits and one run in 6 1/3 innings of work in last night’s 10 – 1 win over the Cleveland Indians.   Victor Martinez, Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta provided the big offensive punch for the Tigers as every starting position player chipped in with at least one hit in a 15 hit barrage...

Detroit Tiger starter Doug Fister set a career high for strikeouts in a game.  Fister struck out a career-high 13, Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer and the Tigers picked up their fourth victory in a row as they beat the Cleveland Indians 4 - 2 on Monday to extend their AL Central lead to 7 1/2 games...

Detroit Tiger starter Doug Fister pitched six innings of perfect ball prior to surrendering a run to the Kansas City Royals in the seventh inning, last night.  The Tigers managed to tie it up later and send it to extra innings where Tiger Ramon Santiago hit a “walk-off” home run to win it...

Ace Justin Verlander became the first pitcher to reach 20 wins yesterday as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins; 6 – 4.  In a performance judged as not being one of JV’s best of the year, he and the Tigers still found a way to win...

The Detroit Tigers managed to find a way to make up for starter Rick Porcello’s erratic pitching performance to beat the Minnesota Twins last night, 8 – 1.  Tiger hitters picked up 16 hits, with Delmon Young, Ryan Raburn and Miguel Cabrera picking up 3 hits apiece...

The Detroit Tigers received a strong pitching performance from Doug Fister and went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2 – 0 yesterday afternoon.  All the offense the Tigers would need, was provided by Austin Jackson who hit a home run and sac fly to knock in both runs...

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers last night in extra innings, 3 – 2.  Tiger starter Max Scherzer gave up the first two runs to the Rays before being lifted after six innings due to pitch count.  Reliever Duane Below was tagged with the late inning loss loss after the Tiger defense couldn’t finish a couple of routine defensive plays...