Tigers Fail To Clinch, Lose To White Sox
Detroit needed a win and a Cleveland loss to wrap up the division in the Tigers' final scheduled home game.
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Detroit needed a win and a Cleveland loss to wrap up the division in the Tigers' final scheduled home game.
Although he's on a pitching staff with a 20-game winner and a former league MVP, Anibal Sanchez could be the Detroit Tigers' choice to start the postseason.
The Detroit Tigers tied the game with an astonishing six-run rally in the ninth inning, then beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Saturday night when Omar Infante hit an infield single with the bases loaded in the 12th.
Max Scherzer became baseball's first 20-game winner Friday night, pitching through bad weather for six innings to help the Detroit Tigers to a 12-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Even though Ryan Raburn hasn't played a lot lately, he certainly didn't look rusty at the plate Thursday night.
Anibal Sanchez struck out 10 in a terrific performance, helping the Detroit Tigers top the Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Rick Porcello pitched his first career complete game, Prince Fielder homered among his four hits and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera left the game early again on Monday. This time it had nothing to do with an injury.
Scherzer (19-3) gave up five runs and six hits in four innings as he lost consecutive starts for the first time this season after Boston beat him Sept. 3.
Miguel Cabrera hit a towering three-run homer and the Detroit Tigers ended a three-game skid, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Wednesday.
Miguel Cabrera has done it again, homering for the fourth straight game, and the fifth in six days, the same day he was named an American League Player of the Week along with teammate Austin Jackson.
The Chicago White Sox overcame Miguel Cabrera's fourth homer in fourth games to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on Monday night.
Torii Hunter's RBI single in the 12th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, extending Chicago's losing streak to 10 games.
Max Scherzer took a shutout into the eighth inning before being pulled, and the Detroit right-hander became baseball's first 16-game winner when the Tigers held on for a 3-0 victory over the punchless Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.
Jake Peavy pitched into the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Justin Verlander and Detroit 7-4 Thursday as the Tigers again played minus Miguel Cabrera.
Prince Fielder, Austin Jackson and Torii Hunter homered, and Anibal Sanchez pitched six scoreless innings to help the Detroit Tigers overcome Miguel Cabrera's absence in a 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
Rick Porcello pitched four-hit ball over seven scoreless innings, Jhonny Peralta homered and the Detroit Tigers took advantage of four errors in a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Max Scherzer outpitched Chris Sale in a marquee matchup of All-Star starters, to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Monday night.
The last time the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox met, benches cleared, bullpens emptied and Tigers manager Jim Leyland strayed from his goal of not blowing up at umpires.
Nothing like a few fastballs at the head to make life interesting.
Justin Masterson was able to rely on his defense in his major league-leading third shutout of the season.
Dayan Viciedo will likely hit behind Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko in Robin Ventura's lineup – a middle of the order that could combine for 100 dingers under the right circumstances.
Pitcher Jake Peavy and the Chicago White Sox agreed Tuesday to a $29 million, two-year contract.
There could have been some infighting when the Detroit Tigers were languishing below .500 midway through the season, or even when they trailed the Chicago White Sox deep into September.
Their clubhouse strewn with boxes, their season on the brink of ending after a 10th loss in 12 games, the Chicago White Sox headed out Sunday on their final road trip.
