The Tigers made some moves last night before the trade deadline later today. According to mlb.com Detroit traded to the Chicago Cubs reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila for the Cubs for top prospect Jeimer Candelario
If you didn't watch the Tiger game last night and woke up this morning and looked at the box score you had to do a double take. Does that say 24 hits and 19 runs? Yes, 19 hits in the first five innings and nine runs in the fifth inning. The Tigers were led by homers from Alex Avila, James McCann and Justin Upton as they beat the Mariners large 19-9...
Detroit Tiger bats were happening Sunday against The Twins. John Hicks an emergency call-up from the minors came through with his first big league homer plus two more hits to help drive in five runs.
Andrew Romine continues to have a hot bat in the early moments of the season with four hits in eight bats with three doubles in the mix. Yesterday Andrew added his first grand slam of his major league career to the record book. The blast help lead the Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Twins...
Although the weather will not be ideal, opening day at for the Detroit Tigers must and will go on! Fans inside of Comerica Park will notice (if not too drunk) a few new food items this season including a Little Caesars Deep Dish Coney Dog Pizza.
The Detroit Tigers finally got the new season underway yesterday after the wash out on Monday in Chicago. Justin Verlander was hot stuff as were the Tiger bats.
Justin had the White Sox batters scratching their heads as he struck out 10 of them to match the most strikeouts by a Detroit pitcher on opening day when Mickey Lolich did it in 1970...