Tigers Lose To Baltimore In Lakeland
Rick Porcello retired the first eight batters he faced and tossed three scoreless innings Friday, before Nolan Reimold and Jake Fox homered to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 6- 2 win over the Detroit Tigers.
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Rick Porcello retired the first eight batters he faced and tossed three scoreless innings Friday, before Nolan Reimold and Jake Fox homered to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 6- 2 win over the Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit Tigers lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Thursday during an exhibition game.
Joel Zumaya is hurting a little bit, once again. Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said the 26-year-old reliever's surgically repaired right elbow bothered him after pitching Sunday. Zumaya's elbow is a little tender where a screw was inserted during surgery last July 12.
Justin Verlander turned 28 on Feb. 20, the same age RHP Jack Morris was when he became a 20-game winner for the first time.
Miguel Cabrera made his first base hit this spring a big one, clearing the bases on a third-inning double that put the Tigers up for good in a 6-2 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday afternoon at Joker Marchant Stadium.
After almost two weeks of turmoil, Miguel Cabrera returned to where he's most comfortable: a baseball field.
The search for a right-handed bat who can serve as the designated hitter when Victor Martinez catches against southpaw starters will occupy some of manager Jim Leyland's thinking during spring training.
Brad Penny was concentrating on keeping his pitch count down. Detroit's new right-hander was one of 11 pitchers who kept the score down Sunday.
Miguel Cabrera will be in the Detroit Tigers' lineup for the first time this spring as a designated hitter in Monday's exhibition game against the New York Yankees.
Victor Martinez drove in the only run with a sacrifice fly to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 1-0 exhibition victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
Miguel Cabrera might make his spring debut Monday. Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he's not going to push Cabrera, the slugging first baseman who was arrested Feb. 16 under suspicion of drunken driving.
The Detroit Tigers opened the 2011 Spring Training season by shutting out the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 in Dunedin, Florida.
Miguel Cabrera met with his Detroit Tigers teammates for the first time this spring and said he felt welcome.
The Tigers win their first exhibition game 17-5 over Florida Southern College on Friday.
