Tigers-Royals Preview 6-10-13
Maybe the Detroit Tigers have to worry more about a team further down in the division standings after sweeping the club that is right behind them.
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Maybe the Detroit Tigers have to worry more about a team further down in the division standings after sweeping the club that is right behind them.
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.
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.
The Tigers return home from their nine-game road trip to begin a nine-game homestand at Comerica Park tomorrow night.
There's a new age of offensive catchers coming up through the ranks of the big leagues, and Salvador Perez is part of that movement.
No surprise, the Twitter world hates what the Royals just did.
Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown in the AL Central-champion Detroit Tigers' 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
A two-run RBI single by Miguel Cabrera provided the only scoring for the Detroit Tigers who fell to the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday.
The last three Triple Crown winners went on to play in the World Series, and Miguel Cabrera officially has a chance to be the fourth straight to do so if he accomplishes the prestigious feat.
Doug Fister set an AL record by striking out nine straight batters and the Detroit Tigers kept their lead in the Central, beating the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday on Alex Avila's grounder in the ninth inning.
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister just broke the AL record for consecutive strikeouts with nine against the Kansas City Royals.
Jhonny Peralta brought home the go-ahead run when Andy Dirks' hard slide broke up a potential inning-ending double play in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Wednesday night.
Again tied atop the AL Central standings, the Detroit Tigers hope they're able to make the most of their latest opportunity.
The Detroit Tigers get share of first place with a 2-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
The potential tying run was on third with one out in the fifth inning, and Justin Verlander was suddenly in pain.
The Detroit Tigers wasted a key chance to move atop the AL Central.
Kevin Youkilis hopes the Kansas City Royals play the Detroit Tigers as well as they did against his Chicago White Sox.
Bruce Chen had already pitched out of trouble each of the first three innings when the Royals left-hander issued a pair of walks and served up a base hit to Alex Rios in the fourth.
Gavin Floyd is healthy again and hoping to help the Chicago White Sox get back to the playoffs.
This was not the way the Detroit Tigers wanted to head into their next series.
The Detroit Tigers know full well the importance of their upcoming weekend showdown with the Chicago White Sox as the teams battle for the AL Central lead.
The bad number for Detroit on Wednesday night was zero.
On Tuesday morning, Major League Baseball and ESPN agreed to a new eight year, 56 billion (that's billion with a 'B') dollar contract to televise games into the next decade.
Some extended time off between starts helped Anibal Sanchez record one of his better outings of the season.
Not only did pitching ace Justin Verlander allow seven runs in the first two innings, but all three runs he allowed in the first inning came after there were two outs.
