August 18, 2011 Tiger reliever Jose Valverde blew his first save opportunity of the season in a loss to the Minnesota Twins; 6 – 5. But, it wasn’t entirely his fault. The Tigers had trouble playing defense
August 4, 2011 Starter Doug Fister picked up his first win as a Detroit Tiger last night. The Tigers took their second in a row against the Texas Rangers, 5 – 4. Fister allowed three runs, two earned, on eight hits in seven innings. Jose
July 27, 2011 Starter Justin Verlander picked up his 14th victory of the season, as the Tigers came back to beat the Chicago White Sox, 5 – 4. JV gave up two 2-run homers through eight innings of work, with Jose Valverde closing out the ninth inning
June 17, 2011 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
May 23, 2011 The Tigers managed to snap a five game losing streak by salvaging a win from their weekend series against the Pittsburg Pirates yesterday. Starter Rick Porcello tossed eight innings while allowing only one hit before giving way to closer Jose Valverde
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 3, 2011 It’s starting to sound like a broken record. The Detroit Tigers continue to struggle at the plate and with their relief pitching. Last night it was Jose Valverde’s turn to give up late inning runs to an opponent
April 14, 2011 The Tigers took the second game in two days with a walk-off run in the bottom on the ninth inning yesterday at Comerica Park. The Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 3 – 2 with a ninth inning home run by third baseman Brandon Inge
February 8, 2011 The Tigers equipment guys are on the way to Lakeland, Fla. The first workout for pitchers and catchers comes Monday. Clubhouse manager Jim Schmakel said it would take two days to load the trucks
