ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul DeJong wanted another chance against Milwaukee reliever Alex Wilson. He made the most of it.
DeJong hit a tiebreaking, leadoff homer in the eighth inning, Yadier Molina...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tommy La Stella homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-8 on Tuesday after Mike Trout departed with a groin...
DETROIT (AP) — The Tigers have put third baseman Jeimer Candelario on the 10-day disabled list with left wrist tendinitis.
Detroit announced the move Monday and made it retroactive to Sunday. Infielder Dawel Lugo was recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
Candelario is hitting .272 with five home runs and 16 RBIs. He joins Miguel Cabrera, Leonys Martin, Jordan Zimmermann, Alex Wilson and Daniel Norris on the DL for the Tigers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Corey Dickerson celebrated his first game-ending home run in the major leagues. Twice.
Dickerson's disputed one-out drive in the ninth inning that lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Detroit Tigers 1-0 Thursday.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians' pitching is helping its all-or-nothing offense get by in the early part of the season.
Roberto Perez hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning against reliever Alex Wilson, Josh Tomlin bounced back from a rocky outing and Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Tuesday night.
DETROIT (AP) — Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer in the 13th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 13-10 victory over Detroit on Friday — about an hour after the Tigers spilled onto the field to celebrate what they thought was a game-winning hit of their own.
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers reliever Alex Wilson broke his right fibula when hit by a 103.8 mph line drive off the bat of Minnesota's Joe Mauer on Saturday night.
Wilson will not need surgery to repair the non-displaced fracture, which should heal in four-to-six weeks.
He fell to the ground after he was hit, got up and attempted a warm-up pitch before leaving the game.
DETROIT (AP) — Jed Lowrie was ready for Alex Wilson.
"I've faced Alex before, and I know he's got a good cutter," Lowrie said.
Lowrie hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 9-8 Tuesday night.
"I was able to get on top of it," Lowrie said. "We ground out a lot of at bats to get back in it, and it ends up as a fun night of baseball."
DETROIT (AP) — Tigers star Miguel Cabrera and reliever Alex Wilson have started serving suspensions after their penalties were reduced by one game in settlements with Major League Baseball.
Cabrera will sit out six games and Wilson will miss three games for their actions on a fight-filled afternoon against the New York Yankees at Comerica Park on Aug. 24. Both players had appealed their bans.
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of baseball's biggest hitters were suspended Friday after taking some menacing swings with their fists.
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was banned seven games and New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez got barred four games for their actions on a fight-filled afternoon at Comerica Park.
Major League Baseball handed out the penalties one day after the Yankees and Tigers got into a trio of beanball-related clashes during Detroit's 10-6 victory.
DETROIT (AP) — Once slugger Miguel Cabrera wrestled Yankees catcher Austin Romine to the ground at home plate, an afternoon game at Comerica Park collapsed into total chaos.
All the testiness that had been building between the Detroit Tigers and New York finally boiled over. The toll of Thursday's fury — three bench-clearing altercations, eight ejections, one beaning and a lot of angry words.
DETROIT (AP) — Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and Yankees catcher Austin Romine wrestled on the ground near home plate in the first of three bench-clearing altercations during Detroit's testy 10-6 victory over New York on Thursday.
Five players were ejected, along with both managers and the Yankees' bench coach.
DETROIT (AP) — Once slugger Miguel Cabrera wrestled Yankees catcher Austin Romine to the ground at home plate, an afternoon game at Comerica Park collapsed into total chaos.
All the testiness that had been building between the Detroit Tigers and New York finally boiled over. The toll of Thursday's fury: Three bench-clearing altercations, eight ejections, one beaning and a lot of angry words.
DETROIT (AP) — Michael Fulmer did everything he could against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
Thanks to his defense, it wasn't quite enough.
Fulmer held baseball's best team scoreless for 6 2/3 innings, but the Dodgers found a weakness in the seventh and went on to post a 3-0 victory.
With two outs, third baseman Nicholas Castellanos whiffed on a popup by Curtis Granderson for a two-base error. Fulmer walked Yasmani Grandal and Adrian Gonzalez followed with an RBI single to right.
DETROIT (AP) — Michael Fulmer is helping the Detroit Tigers enjoy baseball again.
One night after the Tigers threw 220 pitches in an ugly loss, Fulmer only needed 101 in his eight innings of Saturday night's 11-1 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays.
"It's fun to play a game where you are scoring runs on offense and your pitcher is getting quick outs," third baseman Nicholas Castellanos said. "That's how you want to play every day."
HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Marisnick wouldn't acknowledge whether he thought his tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning had ended the game. His teammates, however, were teasing him in the clubhouse after the game about a nearly humiliating premature celebration while he was rounding the bases.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Marisnick said with a grin when asked about it. "No comment."
DETROIT (AP) — Geovany Soto broke open a tie game with a two-run single in the eighth inning, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 at Comerica Park on Friday night.
Anthony Swarzak (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the White Sox, who won their fifth straight.
DETROIT (AP) — The moment he made contact, Andrew Romine could tell he had a chance at his first career grand slam.
"I could feel it. I hit it on the barrel," the Detroit utilityman said. "It was a matter of whether it was going to stay fair. Once I realized that, there was a lot of adrenaline going on."