Phil Coke

Starter Justin Verlander tossed seven and one third innings of solid ball and Phil Coke cleaned up the rest of the way in beating the Texas Rangers 7 - 5 yesterday afternoon.  The Detroit Tigers bats woke up as they got homers from Alex Avila, Ryan Raburn and two from Delmon Young...

In a game that ended up closer than expected after taking a 7 zip lead, the Tigers went on to beat the Cleveland Indians ; 8 – 7 to sweep the series.  After spotting starter Rick Porcello to a 7 zip lead … Porcello struggled in the middle innings allowing the Indians to close the gap...

The Tigers pulled out a well pitched, makeup game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.  Tiger starter Phil Coke pitched six and a third innings of shutout ball, before giving way to the relief staff.  Ramon Santiago hit a 10th inning triple, which scored Victor Martinez from first base to pick up the win...

It sounds like a skipping record … Tiger bats continue to struggle!  It’s the same story every game.  Tiger starting pitchers provide a better than sufficient effort and Tiger hitters can’t come through with the necessary clutch hit...

The Seattle Mariners found a strange way to post a 7 – 3 win at Comerica Park last night.  The Mariners seem to have Tiger starter Phil Cokes’ number.  Coke faced the Mariners for the second time in a week, and was on the wrong end of another lopsided score...

The Tigers starting pitching continued to dominate the Chicago White Sox and Tiger hitters put enough runs on the board to sweep the Chicago White Sox in the wrap up of the series, 3 - 0.  Starting pitcher Max Scherzer tossed eight stellar innings in picking up his fourth win of the season...

Detroit pitcher Phil Coke had a miserable start to last night’s contest with the Seattle Mariners that the Tigers were unable to recover from.  Coke walked the first two batters he saw and it just got worse from there.  Tiger pitchers dished out 11 walks and 15 hits in a 13 - 3 loss at Seattle on Tuesday night...

The Detroit Tigers started off their west coast swing with a 3 – 0 shutout of the Oakland Athletics.  Phil Coke picked up his first win as a starting pitcher.  Coke and two relievers combined on a three-hitter, Ryan Raburn hit a two-out RBI double in the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie...