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MLB: Verlander, Tigers Fall to Royals Justin Verlander’s struggles continued last night, as the Tigers lost to the Royals 11-8. Verlander pitched shutout ball through four innings… but gave up four runs in the fourth, and three runs in the fifth. His earned run average has ballooned to 4.98, and …

MLB: Tigers Beat Twins in Ninth J.D. Martinez’ sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Twins yesterday. The fly ball to center field was just deep enough to enable Torii Hunter to score. Hunter had opened the inning with a …

MLB: Tigers Outslug Twins The Tigers scored seven runs in the third inning, and held on to beat the Twins 12-9 on Saturday. Eugenio Suarez homered and doubled in the inning, and Victor Martinez added his 17th home run of the season. Anibal Sanchez earned the win. He was charged …

MLB: Tigers Blanked by Twins The Tigers’ bats were quiet last night, as they fell to the Twins 2-0. Detroit batters collected only six hits against Minnesota starter Kyle Gibson and two relievers. Tigers’ pitchers were almost as good. Drew Smyly tossed six innings… giving up just a home run …

MLB: Scherzer, Tigers Blank Chisox Max Scherzer picked the perfect time to throw his first complete game in the major leagues, as the Tigers shut out the White Sox 4-0 last night. Scherzer allowed just three hits, and struck out eight. Chicago starter Chris Sale was almost as good. He …

MLB: Tigers Fall to Sox Justin Verlander fell apart in the sixth inning last night, as the Tigers lost to the White Sox 8-2. The Sox scored seven runs in that inning, including six with two out. Six of the runs were charged to Verlander… the other to Ian Krol. …

Morning Sports for Wednesday, June 11th: MLB: Tigers Rained Out The Tigers and White Sox were rained out in Chicago last night. No make-up date has been announced. The Tigers continue that series against the White Sox in Chicago tonight. Justin Verlander will face John Danks. Hear the first pitch …

Morning Sports for Tuesday, June 10th: MLB: Tigers Drop Another The Tigers’ struggles continued last night, with a 6-5 loss to the White Sox. Rick Porcello gave up six runs, and was hurt by three errors – one of them his own. Detroit stayed in the game, thanks to homers …

Morning Sports for Monday, June 9th: MLB: Tigers Fall Late to Red Sox The Tigers held a 3-2 lead over the Red Sox heading into the ninth inning last night, but David Ortiz’ three-run homer off Joba Chamberlain brought them back to beat Detroit 5-3. Anibal Sanchez gave up two …

Morning Sports for Sunday, June 8th: MLB: Tigers Hold Off Red Sox The Tigers took an early lead… then held off the Red Sox 8-6 on Saturday. Max Scherzer retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced. Then, he unraveled, and wound up allowing four runs on 11 hits …