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Boesch Homer Trumps Bullpen Failure in Win

Kelly Stevens — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:14:37 +0000

Brennan Boesch hit a solo dinger during an eighth-inning rain shower, sending the Detroit Tigers to a 6 - 5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Reliever Joaquin Benoit melted down in the top of the eighth inning gi

Tigers Beat Indians to take First Place

Kelly Stevens — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:35:15 +0000

The Tigers were the recipients of good pitching from starter Max Scherzer and relief pitchers Al Albuquerque, Joaquin Benoit and Jose Valverde in route to a 6 – 2 win over Cleveland. The Tigers also picked up back to back homers from Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Raburn to break the game open in the 4th inning

Tigers Squeak By Twins in Win

Kelly Stevens — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:45:17 +0000

The Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins for the second time in two days … the final, 8 – 7. Victor Martinez, Danny Worth, Brandon Inge and Jhonny Peralta all collected two hits apiece in the victory. The Tigers also benefited from a nice performance from Joaquin Benoit when he struck out Twin All-star Justin Morneau [...]

Tiger Pitcher Benoit Taken Out of Setup Role

Kelly Stevens — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:38:58 +0000

It’s about time. Tiger Manager Jim Leyland said during his Tuesday pregame show that he was taking Joaquin Benoit out of the set-up role. During the telecast, prior to a rain postponement, Leyland did not say who would take over the role. He also didn’t say how he would use Benoit in the future. The [...]

Tiger Bats and Reliever Benoit Continue to Struggle

Kelly Stevens — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:06:51 +0000

The Tigers may have just come off a seven game winning streak, but it was due more to excellent starting pitching than their batting prowess. The final score, 4 – 2. Tiger bats continued to struggle last night as starter Max Scherzer pitched seven strong innings before reliever Joaquin Benoit gave up three runs in relief