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Tigers Blast Royals The Tigers erupted for six runs in the third inning, and cruised past the Royals 9-5 yesterday. Detroit took a quick lead with two runs in the second, but Kansas City got those back in the top of the third. In the bottom of the third, the …

Lobstein Lifts Tigers Kyle Lobstein allowed just one run over 5-2/3rds innings, as the Tigers defeated the Giants 6-1 last night. Lobstein gave up just four hits, as he earned his first major league win. Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer for Detroit. Torii Hunter had three hits. The Tigers …

Tigers Fall to Giants Again David Price gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Tigers lost again to the Giants, 5-4 yesterday. Price settled down, and gave up just one more run before leaving the game with two outs in the ninth. Detroit came back on the …

Tigers Fall to Giants Rick Porcello gave up six runs over three innings, and the Tigers lost to the Giants 8-2 last night. 10 of the 19 San Francisco hitters Porcello faced got hits. He left after the third, when the game was delayed for nearly three hours by rain. …

Tigers Erupt Late The Tigers scored seven runs in the top of the 11th inning, and beat the Indians 11-4 last night. Detroit opened up a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but Cleveland came back, and tied it up in the seventh. The Tigers loaded the bases in the …

Tigers Blanked at Cleveland Justin Verlander gave up seven runs, as the Tigers fell to the Indians 7-0 last night. Verlander left the game with two outs in the seventh. The final run charged to him came off a single off reliever Pat McCoy. The Detroit offense did very little …

Tigers Win in Ninth J.D. Martinez’ three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Indians last night. Rookie starter Kyle Lobstein gave up two runs in the first, but then pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning. Phil Coke earned …

Tigers Rout Indians The Tigers took a quick early lead, then piled on more runs late in the game to rout the Indians 12-1 yesterday. Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs. Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez also homered, and Tyler Collins hit his first major league homer. Outfielder Stephen Moya …

Tigers Fumble Away Loss to Chisox The White Sox scored five runs off Rick Porcello in the first two innings, and beat the Tigers yesterday 6-1. Three of those runs were unearned, thanks to three Detroit errors, plus a misplay in left field by J.D. Martinez that could have been …

Tigers Split With Chisox The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning off Chris Sale, but that was all they got, as they lost their first game against the White Sox on Saturday 6-3. Sale gave up homers to Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez, but settled down, and pitched …