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MLB: Tigers Hold Off Rangers The Tigers took a quick lead… and hung on to beat the Rangers 8-6 last night. Detroit scored three runs in the first… two of them on back-to-back doubles by Victor and J.D. Martinez. The Martinez’ hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning. Miguel Cabrera …

MLB: Tigers Win Fifth Straight The Tigers broke open a pitching duel with five runs in the seventh inning, and beat the Rangers 8-2 last night. J.D. Martinez started the onslaught with a two-run homer. He closed it by striking out with the bases loaded… but, by that time, Detroit …

Morning Sports for Tuesday, June 24th: MLB: Tigers Open Texas Series The Tigers had yesterday off, and open a series at Texas tonight. Drew Smyly will face Colby Lewis. Hear the first pitch at 8:05 on AM 1400, WCCY. The Royals won last night… so Detroit’s lead in the American …

Morning Sports for Monday, June 23rd: MLB: Tigers Sweep Cleveland The Tigers scored seven runs in the fifth inning, and went on to trounce the Indians 10-4 yesterday. After giving up 10 runs in his previous start, Max Scherzer allowed just one over six innings to earn his ninth win …

MLB: Tigers Hold Off Indians The Tigers survived another bullpen meltdown, and hung on to beat the Indians 6-4 Friday night. Rick Porcello pitched six shutout innings, and left with a 2-0 lead. Detroit increased the lead to 5-0 by when J.D. Martinez blasted a three-run homer in the top …

Morning Sports for Friday, June 20th: MLB: Tigers Break Losing Streak The Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak 2-1 victory over the Royals yesterday afternoon. Anibal Sanchez gave up a run in the first inning… then shut down the Kansas City lineup through the seventh. Joe Nathan struck out the …

MLB: Tigers Drop Third Straight The Tigers lost their third game in a row yesterday… 2-1 to the Royals. Detroit starter Drew Smyly pitched well… giving up two runs over seven innings. Tigers’ batters could manage only five hits against K-C starter Jeremy Guthrie and three relievers. The loss dropped …

MLB: Tigers Fall to Second Place The struggling Tigers dropped out of first place in the American League Central with an 11-4 loss to the Royals last night. A few days after recording his first major-league complete game, Max Scherzer gave up seven runs in the second inning to take …

MLB: Verlander, Tigers Fall to Royals Justin Verlander’s struggles continued last night, as the Tigers lost to the Royals 11-8. Verlander pitched shutout ball through four innings… but gave up four runs in the fourth, and three runs in the fifth. His earned run average has ballooned to 4.98, and …

MLB: Tigers Beat Twins in Ninth J.D. Martinez’ sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Twins yesterday. The fly ball to center field was just deep enough to enable Torii Hunter to score. Hunter had opened the inning with a …