Tigers' Cabrera Hits 300th Homer, Second Of Game
Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera has hit his 300th homer, becoming the second Venezuela-born player to reach that mark.
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Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera has hit his 300th homer, becoming the second Venezuela-born player to reach that mark.
Well, I told you not to panic. It's a long season, remember? The Tigers start the final week of July in first place in the AL Central, one and a half games in front of the White Sox. I never worried for a minute.
Miguel Cabrera and the resurgent Detroit Tigers picked up where they left off coming out of the All-Star break.
Verlander allowed five-runs on four hits during one inning of pitching, Fielder who played at first base went 0-2 at bat and Cabrera was hitless in his only appearance at bat.
Maybe you knew that kid in school. Or maybe you were that kid. The one the teachers said had great potential, tested off the charts, but failed to live up to their potential. That's what the Tigers have reminded me of in the first half of the 2012 season.
Prince Fielder hit a 3-run homer in the eighth to break a tie and Delmon Young followed with solo shot to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Justin Verlander pitched a four-hitter, Miguel Cabrera homered twice and Prince Fielder hit a two-run double as the Tigers ended Minnesota's five-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night.
Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-3 Monday night, driving in three runs with a two-run double plus a sacrifice fly.
When the bottom five in the lineup aren't hitting, it's that much more important the top four become productive.
Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Rick Porcello struck out seven in six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 Monday night.
The first 50 games of the season, Detroit was scoring three runs or fewer slightly less than half the time.
The 83rd Midsummer Classic is less than a month away, but Tigers fans still have time to send Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and all their favorite Tigers players to Kansas City to represent the Tigers in the All-Star Game on July 10.
Miguel Cabrera homered, Brennan Boesch broke out of a slump with a pair of hits and Casey Crosby earned his first major league win, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 Thursday.
At the beginning of this season, one of the major issues surrounding the Tigers was how good they would be defensively with Prince Fielder at first base and Miguel Cabrera at third base.
Switch Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder in the lineup.
Big players come up big in big games, the cliche goes.
Train Wreck. Total disaster. Replaced at third by mid-May.
Josh Hamilton hit four home runs Tuesday night at Baltimore, and it has accelerated what was already a tremendous start.
During the question and answer session, Verlander said he's competitive about "pretty much everything" -- adding, "please don't try to race me on the highway, I will beat you"
Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera used singles instead of home runs to help top the Kansas City Royals.
Miguel Cabrera has been OK at third base.
Try for just a moment to block out all the noise.
Miguel Cabrera doubled and scored on Prince Fielder's single, part of a snowy eighth-inning rally that gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.
Are we prematurely hyped? Of course we are. Do the Tigers present cause for the hype? Of course they do.
In one of the most incredible games played in Comerica Park's 13 year history, the Tigers came from three runs down in the 9th inning to tie the game, and two runs down in the 11th inning to beat Boston 13-12 on a two-run, walk-off home run from Alex Avila.
