Lincoln, Pirates Beat Tigers 4-1
Brad Lincoln allowed two hits and a run in six innings, Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the sixth time in seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
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Brad Lincoln allowed two hits and a run in six innings, Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the sixth time in seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
RHP Doug Fister was out of sync in the first two innings Friday night, leading to four Pittsburgh runs.
The first 50 games of the season, Detroit was scoring three runs or fewer slightly less than half the time.
A.J. Burnett pitched six shutout innings to win his seventh consecutive start and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the fifth time in six games, 4-1 over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
Former major league outfielder Chad Curtis has been ordered to stand trial on charges he touched two female students at a Michigan high school where he was a volunteer strength trainer in the school's weight room.
A.J. Burnett is in position to match the longest winning streak of his career. His current string of winning starts began with a victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Jacob Turner made his first major league start of the season Thursday and looked improved over the pitcher who was tagged for an 8.53 ERA over three spot starts for the Tigers last year.
It is reaching the point where Quintin Berry is becoming part of the main show, not a side show.
Fresh from the shower, Johnny Damon strolls through the Indians' clubhouse wearing a terry cloth bathrobe with his number 33 and last name on the back.
1. Both were career minor leaguers, who made their major league debuts at the age of 27 for the Detroit Tigers, Rhymes in 2010, and Berry in 2012.
The Tigers take on the Tampa Bay Rays next weekend in St. Petersburg.
Quintin Berry hit a tiebreaking single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
Although nobody on St. Louis' roster has any major league experience with scheduled starter Jacob Turner, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is quite familiar with the Detroit Tigers' prized pitching prospect.
CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler tweets that the Tigers say they'll activate catcher Alex Avilafrom the DL on Thursday.
Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde has a sprained right wrist, but the team is hopeful the injury won't keep him out too long.
The Detroit Tigers are ready to welcome Alex Avila back from the disabled list.
Jake Westbrook pitched his first complete game in over two years, giving up only an unearned run in the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.
There seems to be several "givens" in life. You have to accumulate debt.
The Detroit Tigers were the popular preseason pick to repeat as AL Central champions, but their inconsistency has them trailing in a relatively weak division.
Tigers catcher Alex Avila was out and about in Detroit on Wednesday morning providing ice cream for free to patrons walking around the city.
Justin Verlander breezed through six steamy innings Tuesday night against St. Louis before his control wobbled and he allowed two unearned runs in the seventh.
It was a win, but a win with a cloud over it.
As the Tigers were getting ready to start a 3 game set with the Cardinals, it was pretty apparent what was on the mind of skipper Jim Leyland; we need more "dirtbags."
Center fielder Austin Jackson has returned from injury.
Austin Jackson and Delmon Young combined for four RBI's to help the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Tuesday night.
