Although Anibal Sanchez is apparently fine, health-wise, he was certainly not sharp in today’s loss to the Twins. Perhaps Sanchez was rusty or pitching tentatively coming back from the shoulder stiffness that kept him out of his last scheduled start. Perhaps it was a combination of both. Regardless, Sanchez was erratic in his 3.2 IP [...]
Anibal Sanchez will be making his first start after being skipped once due to shoulder stiffness. Sanchez experienced the stiffness after his against the Tampa Bay Rays on the 4th on June. The Tigers called up José Alvarez in Sanchez’s stead and the young left-hander gave them six innings of one-run ball. Sanchez will be [...]
Rick Porcello turned in another good performance as he went seven scoreless innings; he gave up no runs and also struck out five Twins on three hits. The Tigers’ offense also chipped in with a four-run sixth inning to blow the game open—relatively speaking, at least—and chase the Twins starter, Scott Diamond. Click for more!
Hallelujah! Austin Jackson is back! The Tigers were 18-11 with their leadoff man and only 18-17 without him. His absence was definitely missed. As expected, the Tigers optioned Avisail Garcia to Toledo to make room for Jackson. Tigers (R. Porcello — R) 1. Austin Jackson (R) CF 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Miguel Cabrera [...]
The Tigers’ front office or, at the very least, manager Jim Leyland seem married to the idea of a Proven Closer, a reliable “name” guy who has closed in the past. Ideally, they can be trusted to hold down a role they’ve held many times in the past, such as one José Valverde. How many [...]
The Tigers’ offense looks to get back on track after a disappointingly quiet performance on Monday against a pitcher who wasn’t at his best. Max Scherzer is hoping to become the first Tiger pitcher to post a 9-0 record since 1938, when Vern Kennedy did it in his only full season with the Tigers. Doug [...]
Rick Porcello turned in yet another solid performance, as he went six innings and allowed two runs on three hits and two walks, with seven strikeouts. Porcello’s seven strikeout performance was the Tigers’ 35th outing with seven or more strikeouts from a starter. No other team in MLB had more than 23 (via @Thompson_Tigers. Porcello [...]
The Indians are pushing their ace Justin Masterson to Monday after placing Zach McAllister on the DL. Carlos Carrasco, who was literally brought up this morning, will start in Masterson’s place. Carrasco is 3-1 against the Tigers with a 8.36 ERA. The Tigers haven’t faced him since 2011. Rick Porcello will be starting against the [...]
Justin Verlander went seven innings and gave up three runs on seven hits, with two walks and six strikeouts, as the Tigers picked up another win and padded their AL Central lead. The Tigers currently lead the division by 3.5 games, their largest lead of the season. After an uneven stretch of baseball, the Tigers [...]
Tigers currently lead 4-0. Ubaldo slowly, painfully unraveling since allowing a solo homerun to Victor Martinez in the second. U. Jimenez — R 1. M. Bourn CF 2. J. Kipnis 2B 3. N. Swisher 1B 4. M. Brantley LF 5. C. Santana C 6. M. Reynolds 3B 7. J. Giambi DH 8. M. Aviles SS [...]
Justin Verlander continued to get himself “back on track” after a rough stretch, and the previously dormant Tiger offense perked up, as the Tigers won the second game of the weekend series in Baltimore 10-3. Verlander was not the dominant Verlander fans have come to expect, but he was good enough and continues to put [...]
