Verlander On His Season: 'I Wouldn't Call It Good'
All that improvement, and then ... a game like Thursday.
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All that improvement, and then ... a game like Thursday.
Justin Verlander still hasn't lost to the Minnesota Twins in more than three years, though he came awfully close on Thursday.
Delmon Young is returning to Tampa Bay on a minor league deal after the Rays selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft.
Chris Herrmann's second RBI double of the game broke an eighth-inning tie and helped the Minnesota Twins to a 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he was less enthralled with Miguel Cabrera's pressure-packed, game-sealing hit than he was to hear that the superstar slugger had a clean bill of health after a bit of a scare the day before.
The last few weeks have been a little rough on those behind the plate for the Detroit Tigers, so designated hitter Victor Martinez could be returning to the catcher spot this weekend.
Only two players in the history of the game have recorded 4,000 major league hits – Ty Cobb and Pete Rose. Ichiro Suzuki of the New York Yankees joined that list – unofficially – Wednesday.
Torii Hunter hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning and scored from second base on a passed ball to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Wednesday night.
I imagine when you have managed as many games as Jim Leyland has; you grow to hate some aspects of the game.
Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer was put on the seven-day concussion disabled list after he experienced dizziness during his pregame route and was scratched from the lineup against the Detroit Tigers.
Phil Coke stood by his locker, a pained expression on his face, a signed paper with his minor league assignment in his pants pocket.
The Detroit Tigers lost their game against the Minnesota Twins Monday, and they also saw a couple of their players get a little banged up.
The fans that stuck around rose to their feet only to go home disappointed when the reigning AL MVP swung and missed on a third strike.
We've talked a lot lately about who is Detroit's best All-Time Athlete.
"I wouldn't write another article about how he shouldn't get it," Rigney added.
If Cabrera continues to hit like he has been hitting, his season might still go down as one of the greatest of all time.
It wasn't that long ago that some were wondering why Miguel Cabrera - for all of his unquestioned greatness as a hitter - wasn't hitting better in the late innings.
Scherzer (18-1) gave up two runs on five hits over eight innings. Scherzer and Roger Clemens are the pitchers since 1919 to have 18 wins in their first 19 decisions.
Cabrera leads the major leagues with a .358 batting average and 117 RBI and trails only Baltimore's Chris Davis in homers.
A hobbled Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 6-5 win over Kansas City.
Not many teams have figured out how to pitch to the Detroit Tigers this season. The Kansas City Royals are one of the few.
Former major league outfielder Chad Curtis has been found guilty on charges that he inappropriately touched teen girls.
James Shields allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings and was part of a combined four-hit shutout in Kansas City's 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night to give the Royals a sweep of a day-night doubleheader.
Danny Duffy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and beat Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on a combined two-hitter Friday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Torii Hunter does not have a problem with the new instant replay rules as long as one longstanding baseball tradition remains intact - managers going out to argue.
