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Tigers Fall to D’Backs Torii Hunter singled in two runs in the top of the eighth to give the Tigers a one-run lead… but Phil Coke and Al Alburquerque walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth… Ian Kroll gave up a two-run single… and the Tigers lost …

From Finlandia University Athletics Finlandia University women’s volleyball coach Kristan Schuster has announced that eight players have committed to play volleyball for Finlandia in 2014. Five of these players are incoming freshman, one is a junior college transfer, and the other two have been students at Finlandia. Lynnette Hokenson is a 5’11” …

Tigers Edge D’Backs The Tigers took an early lead with homers by Torii Hunter and Austin Jackson… and held on to beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 last night. Arizona came back to tie the game in the sixth inning… but Miguel Cabrera’s long fly ball in the seventh drove in Jackson …

Tigers Salvage One from Indians Drew Smyly held the Indians to just four hits over seven innings, and the Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory yesterday. The Tigers opened the scoring early with two runs in the first inning. Torii Hunter added a two-run homer in …

Tigers Lose Twice to Indians Drew VerHagen pitched four shutout innings in his major league debut… but the Cleveland batters figured him out in the fifth, and beat the Tigers 6-2 in the first of two games yesterday. VerHagen struck out four of the first six batters he faced. Cleveland …

Andrew Lund of Calumet won the half-marathon at the Portage Canal Run Saturday, with a time of 1:26:02.7. Daisuke Minakata of Houghton placed second… more than two-and-a-half minutes off the pace. Matt Wong from Houghton came in two seconds later to clinch third place. Christina Carradine from Marquette was the …

Tigers Blow Lead, Fall to Indians For six innings, the Indians could do nothing against Anibal Sanchez. In the seventh, they erupted for seven runs, and went on to beat the Tigers 9-3. Sanchez was charged with four of those seven inning runs. Ian Kroll gave up an rbi double …

Tigers, Brewers Resume Play Tonight The Tigers return to action tonight at home against Cleveland. Anibal Sanchez will start against Trevor Bauer. Hear the first pitch at 7:08 on WM 1400, WCCY. The Tigers have a six-and-a-half-game lead over the Royals in the American League Central Division. Pitching prospect Drew …

Tigers, Brewers Resume Play Tomorrow The Tigers return to action tomorrow at home against Cleveland. Anibal Sanchez will start against Trevor Bauer. Hear the first pitch at 7:08 on AM 1400, WCCY. Tigers’ outfielder Andy Dirks has been pulled from his minor league rehab assignment at Lakeland because of inflammation …

From MTU Athletics Former Michigan Tech basketball player Austin Armga (Waupun, Wis./Waupun), and former Grand Valley State track and field athlete Kristen Hixson (Remus, Mich./Chippewa Hills) were named the GLIAC 2013-14 male and female “Scholar-Athletes of the Year,” respectively, as voted by the league’s faculty athletics representatives. Armga posted a …