Dirks Taking Advantage Of Playing Time
Who benefits from Detroit's latest roster shakeup? It could be Andy Dirks and Don Kelly.
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Who benefits from Detroit's latest roster shakeup? It could be Andy Dirks and Don Kelly.
Detroit has gone through four second basemen so far this season will be on their fifth the first time Danny Worth opens a game at the position, which will happen shortly.
The Tigers continue to do their Jekyl and Hyde act, sometimes looking like a team with its eye on the post-season prize, and other times falling flat. Are the Tigers just a .500 team then, the record they finished with last season? Or are they just teasing us before getting their act together?
The Tigers salvage one game out of the four game series shutting-out the Boston Red Sox 3-0 Sunday night.
Well, now some news that you haven't heard in almost 24 hours. The Detroit Tigers-Boston Red Sox game is in rain delay.
The Tigers tied it up in the sixth inning only to see that disappear as David Ortiz hit a solo home run in the ninth to give the Red Sox the only lead needed as the Detroit Tigers drop the first game of a doubleheader 4-3 on Sunday.
The Detroit Tigers have no control over the weather, which has wiped out four of their home games in a 14-day span.
Jhonny Peralta is about two months ahead of where he was last year in the home run department.
So now it's second base roulette for the Tigers. Detroit has gone through four second basemen so far this season will be on their fifth the first time Danny Worth opens a game at the position, which will happen shortly.
The game between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox has been rescheduled due to rain.
Boston will get its first look at Detroit left-hander Andy Oliver, who was called up from the minors to make his 2011 debut Saturday in place of the injured Phil Coke.
The Detroit Tigers traded second baseman Scott Sizemore to the Oakland Athletics for left-handed reliever David Purcey on Friday.
The Detroit Tigers recalled left-handed starter Andy Oliver from Triple-A Toledo after Friday night's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
A five-run third inning by the Red Sox put the Tigers in a hole they could not dig out of, as the Detroit Tigers lose to the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Friday night.
The Detroit Tigers today announced the club has acquired lefthanded pitcher David Purcey from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for second baseman Scott Sizemore.
