Max Scherzer News

It will shock no one versed in Detroit's ways if the Tigers look first at pitching when this year's draft gets rolling June 6 and continues through June 8. College pitchers, ideally, are on the Tigers' menu since they could be staring at a rotation hole if Max Scherzer follows the customary advice of agent Scott Boras and tries out free agency ... (more)

However, through the first quarter of the season, those thoughts can be thrown out the window, as only one of those five teams has met expectations.

Matchup: Tigers at Texas, 8:05. TV/radio: FSD; WXYT-AM , WXYT-FM . Pitching: Tigers - RH Anibal Sanchez .

The Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers will provide fans with a four-game series this weekend between two of the best teams in baseball.

WHAT HAPPENED: The Astros scored twice in the top of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie.

Carlos Corporan and J.D. Martinez drove in five of the Astros runs. But it was almost an afterthought by the time Miguel Cabrera's deep bases-loaded fly ball fell into Brandon Barnes' glove to end the game Wednesday.

A look at a peaceful Comerica Park about four hours prior to the scheduled start of the series finale between the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros.

Tigers starters don't necessarily take the mound thinking of one-upping the previous day's performance, but if one guy throws a gem ... "We just want to keep the bar that high," said right-hander Max Scherzer, who will start Wednesday's finale against the Astros.

Torii Hunter won't play center field with Austin Jackson on the disabled list, Max Scherzer has not stranded very many runners this season, and Bryce Harper is good at baseball.

Detroit Tigers' Brayan Pena goes to the mound to talk to Rick Porcello in the fifth inning against the Cleveland Indians on May 12, 2013.

For six innings on Thursday, Scott Kazmir showed that he once again has the potential to be a dominant pitcher in the big leagues.

Jon Lester pitched a one-hitter Friday night, allowing only Maicer Izturis' two-out double in the sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Tigers scored three runs in the second and three more in the fourth. Fielder's third-inning solo shot landed just below the No.

Against the Indians on Friday night, scoring wasn't an issue. The Tigers got mammoth home runs from Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder en route to a 10-4 win over the Indians in front of a crowd of 37,547 at Comerica Park.

Pitchers are volatile. One or two seeing- eye singles can be the difference between allowing two runs over seven innings or five runs in five.

Max Scherzer struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings pitched April 29 in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona celebrates with his players after the Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics, 1-0, on Tuesday.

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH World Series preview? Don't get giddy.

MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH One reason the Indians are off to such a strong start in the 2013 season is that so far almost all of their offseason personnel decisions have paid off.

Justin Verlander leads Detroit's dominant starting staff, which has the Tigers in first place in the AL Central.