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Miguel Cabrera is surging for the Detroit Tigers while Joe Mauer is enduring a very rare drought without a hit for the Minnesota Twins.
Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 12 games Sunday night against the Braves.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Sunday he planned to give outfielder Torii Hunter the day off Monday against the Twins, per MLB.com. Hunter has started 21 games and appeared in 22 of the Tigers' 23 games.
Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer on a 3-0 pitch Sunday night, and it broke the game open in the seventh inning, helping the Detroit Tigers finish off a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves with an 8-3 victory.
The Detroit Tigers have moved past their slump, and will look to get on an extended run with Doug Fister on the mound against the road-weary Atlanta Braves.
Jose Valverde pitched a perfect ninth for his second save since returning to the Tigers earlier in the week.
On a memorable, history-making night at Comerica Park, Anibal Sanchez struck out a franchise-record 17 batters, and the Detroit Tigers pounded the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three game weekend series, 10-0.
Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 in eight marvelous innings for Detroit, confounding the Atlanta Braves in a dazzling performance Friday night and leading the Tigers to a 10-0 victory.
Atlanta Braves left-hander Paul Maholm knew his shutout streak would eventually end. Surprisingly, facing the Detroit Tigers could help him put more zeros up on the scoreboard.
Alex Gordon's grand slam highlighted a five-run 10th inning for the Kansas City Royals, who rallied against the Detroit bullpen for an 8-3 win Thursday after Tigers ace Justin Verlander left with a thumb injury.
Justin Verlander has left Detroit's game against Kansas City on Thursday with what the team described as cracked skin on his right thumb.
The Miami Marlins have claimed left-hander Duane Below off waivers and optioned him to Triple-A New Orleans.
Tuesday afternoon after Manager Jim Leyland addressed the media and then new and former closer Jose Valverde talked for the first time before an ample amount of reporters.
Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night.
This Tigers reunion with Jose Valverde is borderline laughable.
Word came down around 5:30 Tuesday afternoon that former Detroit closer Jose Valverde was joining the team again.
F Scott Fitzgerald, author of the book which inspired the new Leonardo DiCaprio movie, once said, "There are no second acts in American lives."
From Class A to closer: Jose Valverde is returning to the Tigers.
Now the series between the Royals and Tigers takes on a new level of intrigue.
The Detroit Tigers have called up Bruce Rondon from Triple-A Toledo.
The Tigers announced Monday that starter Doug Fister was not charged for two questionable runs in Sunday's no-decision against the Angels, MLive.com reports.
A guy has been emailing me for the past two weeks and he only wants me to do one thing.
The Tigers return home from their nine-game road trip to begin a nine-game homestand at Comerica Park tomorrow night.
Even if the Tigers were in first right now with the best record in the game, fans would still bash Leyland because that is just what they do.
