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Tigers Blast Twins The Tigers pounded out 18 hits, and blew past the Twins 13-4 yesterday. Torii Hunter and Victor Martinez each drove in four runs. Martinez and Rajai Davis homered. Max Scherzer wasn’t sharp, but hung in through five innings, and earned his 15th win of the season. The …

Tigers Split With Twins The Tigers split their day-night doubleheader with the Twins yesterday, losing the first game 12-4, but taking the nightcap 8-6. In the first game, Minnesota torched spot starter Buck Farmer for seven runs over 1-1/3rd innings. The rest came off Patrick McCoy and Kyle Lobstein, who …

Tigers Massacred by Twins The Tigers lost one of the ugliest games in team history last night, 20-6 to the Twins. Detroit starter Robbie Ray left in the second inning, with Detroit already trailing 6-1. The Tigers made it a one-run game by scoring four runs in the fifth inning, …

Two Releases from Finlandia University Athletics Coach Kristan Schuster adds three more key volleyball players to the 2014 roster, Melissa Putala (Baraga, MI), Kelsey Shope (Rapid River, MI) and Kellie Maddox (Tucson, AZ).Melissa Putala played as an outside hitter at Baraga High School where she was awarded MVP her senior year and made the first team All-Conference., …

Tigers Can’t Support Price David Price gave up one unearned run on one hit over eight innings yesterday… and he and the Tigers lost to the Rays 1-0. After allowing an rbi triple to Brandon Guyer in the first inning, Price retired the final 23 batters he faced. Unfortunately, Detroit …

Porcello Shuts Out Rays Rick Porcello threw a complete-game three-hitter, as the Tigers blanked the Rays 6-0 last night. Porcello gave up a one-out double in the first inning, then retired 20 in a row before allowing a couple of late hits. Victor Martinez gave Detroit an early lead with …

Tigers Win In Extras The Tigers scored three runs in the top of the 11th inning, and held on for an 8-6 victory over the Rays last night. Tampa scored four runs early off Max Scherzer, who settled down and pitched through the seventh. Detroit came back, and took a …

The Michigan Tech soccer team has been picked to finish second in the Great Lakes Athletic Conference in the preseason coaches’ poll released today. The Huskies collected 123 points, and three first-place votes. Defending national champion Grand Valley State received 141 points, and 10 first-place votes. Ohio Dominican, Ferris State, and …

Tigers Prepare to Face Rays The Tigers had yesterday off, and open a set at Tampa tonight. Max Scherzer will start against Chris Archer. Hear the first pitch at 7:10 on FM 99.3 and AM 1400, WCCY. The Royals won last night, so the Tigers trail Kansas City by two …

Sloppy Tigers Fall to M’s The Tigers committed three errors, gave up four unearned runs, and lost to the Mariners 8-1 yesterday. Robbie Ray took the loss… giving up four runs on seven hits over five innings. The Detroit offense collected only five hits, and didn’t score until Victor Martinez …