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MLB: Tigers Fall to Royals Justin Verlander shut out the Royals through six innings… but unraveled in the seventh, and Detroit lost to Kansas City 5-2 yesterday. Verlander had allowed just two hits over those six innings… but gave up four straight singles to open the seventh. The rest of …

MLB: Tigers Win Fifth Straight Rick Porcello won his 12th game of the season yesterday, as the Tigers beat the Royals 5-1. Porcello left at the end of the seventh inning with a slim 2-1 lead. Joba Chamberlain pitched a perfect eighth… and J.D. Martinez and Alex Avila homered in …

MLB: Tigers Edge Royals The Tigers won their fourth in a row last night… slipping past the Royals 2-1. Anibal Sanchez earned the win… giving up eight hits over seven innings, but allowing just a single run in the first. Both Jaba Chamberlain and Joe Nathan faces scoring threats in …

Morning Sports for Friday, July 11th: MLB: Tigers Rout Royals The Tigers scored eight runs in the fifth inning, and pounded the Royals 16-4 last night. Torii Hunter homered, and 11 Detroit batters collected hits. Drew Smyly earned the win. He gave up single runs in the second and fourth …

MLB: Tigers Sweep Dodgers Max Scherzer turned in seven strong innings, as the Tigers defeated the Dodgers 4-1 yesterday. Detroit gave their All-Star pitcher all the runs he’d need when they scored twice in the first inning. Scherzer’s only mistake was a home run ball he threw to Miguel Rojas …

Longtime Calumet High School hockey coach Jim Crawford will retire at the conclusion of the upcoming hockey season. Crawford became the varsity head coach in 1984. Since then, he’s achieved a record of 522 wins, 251 losses and 21 ties. He’s led the Copper Kings to 15 regional championships, and six …

MLB: Tigers Come Back to Rout Dodgers Justin Verlander gave up five runs in the first inning… but the Tigers roared back to claim a 14-5 victory last night. Verlander settled down, and pitched shutout ball through the sixth. Detroit rebounded with five runs in the second. By the time …

Morning Sports for Tuesday, July 8th: MLB: Tigers Prep for Dodgers The Tigers had yesterday off, and open an interleague set against the Dodgers tonight. Justin Verlander will start against Hyun-Jin Ryu. Hear the first pitch at 7:08 on AM 1400, WCCY. Kansas City won yesterday, so the Tigers’ lead …

MLB: Tigers Swept by Rays Rick Porcello’s bid for a third straight shutout ended quickly last night, as the Tigers lost to the Rays 7-3. Tampa scored early… with a double, a single, and a three-run homer before any outs were recorded in the top of the first. Porcello was …

MLB: Tigers Fall to Rays Anibal Sanchez didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning… but his game fell apart there, and the Tigers lost to the Rays 7-2. Sanchez gave up three runs in the fifth… and was charged with four more before leaving with two outs in the …