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Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Angels Blank Tigers The Detroit Tigers’ offensive struggles continued last night, as they fell to the Los Angeles Angels 2-0, Anibal Sanchez took the tough loss, giving up two runs on six hits, and striking out nine over seven innings. …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School – Gremlins Sweep Golf Titles The Houghton girls golf team earned its fifth straight Division One U.P. title at the Pine Grove Country Club in Iron Mountain yesterday. The Gremlins finished 20 strokes ahead of second-place Marquette. Kaaren Liston shot …

Finlandia University has added 35 more players to the roster of its first football team. That brings the number of student-athletes on the first team to 59, with some additional commitments still possible. 19 of the new recruits are from the Upper Peninsula. Players from our area include Nic Walli …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Tigers Edge A’s Yoenis Cespedes’ three-run homer powered the Detroit Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics yesterday. With Alfredo Simon away from the team dealing with a family emergency, reliever Alex Wilson started the game for Detroit. …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Price Shuts Down Athletics David Price pitched seven shutout innings, as the Detroit Tigers edged the Oakland Athletics 1-0 last night. The only run of the game came in the first inning, when Anthony Gose singled, stole second, went to …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Tigers Blanked The Detroit Tigers collected just four hits yesterday, and lost to the the Oakland Athletics 4-0. Oakland starter Jesse Hahn struck out five on the way to his first career shutout. Shane Greene matched Hahn zero-for-zero until the …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Astros Outslug Tigers Anibal Sanchez struggled again, and the Detroit Tigers lost to the Houston Astros 10-8 Sunday. Sanchez gave up three runs in the first inning. He then settled in, and struck out 11 before getting into trouble again …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Tigers Fall to Astros The Houston Astros snuffed out a Tigers’ rally with a triple play, and edged Detroit 3-2 Saturday. The rare defensive feat came in the fifth inning, after the Tigers had scored their second run of the …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Tigers Down Astros Alfredo Simon pitched seven strong innings, as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 last night. Simon gave up two unearned runs in the top of the third inning, but Detroit immediately bounced back on J.D. …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. MLB – Tigers Edge Astros The Detroit Tigers blew a 5-0 lead, then bounced back to edge the Houston Astros 6-5 in extra innings yesterday. Detroit built that lead through six innings, while David Price dominated the Houston lineup. Price faltered in …