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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 …

MLB: Tigers Fall to Rays Drew Smyly struggled, and the Tigers lost to the Rays last night 6-3. Smyly allowed single runs in the third, fourth and fifth… and a pair of runs before leaving the game in the sixth. The Tigers host the Rays again this afternoon. Anibal Sanchez …

MLB: Tigers Rout Rays The Tigers blasted three home runs in the first inning, and cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Rays last night. Ian Kinsler, Victor Martinez and Torii Hunter each went deep, as Detroit won its fourth straight game. Max Scherzer allowed a run in the first… …

MLB: Tigers Sweep Athletics The Tigers erupted for six runs in the sixth inning, and completed a sweep of the Athletics with a 9-3 victory yesterday. The sixth-inning onslaught included a two-run rbi single by Rajai Davis… and a two-run double by Miguel Cabrera. Justin Verlander wasn’t overpowering… he surrendered …