American League Central News

Doug Fister hopes to find better success this season against the Texas Rangers, as the Detroit Tigers conclude their four-game set against them at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Vinnie Pestano believes too much rest may be hazardous to this throwing arm, so the Tribe's set-up man will make sure to stay busy in the bullpen.

Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez was roughed up by the Rangers Saturday night, pitching only 2 2/3 innings in the Tigers' 7-2 loss to the Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington Saturday night.

The Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners in a walk-off for the second successive day with a 5-4 victory on Saturday.

Minnesota starter Scott Diamond stayed out of trouble against David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox batters at Fenway Park 11 days ago.

In fact, he dislikes baseball so much that he wanted nothing to do with the round object hurled at him on a daily basis.

Catcher Joe Mauer did not start for the first time in 2013 on Friday night when the Minnesota Twins opened up their series at home against the Boston Red Sox .

The 2003 Detroit Tigers , the team that quite possibly turned around the fortunes of the franchise , actually rode into the seventh week of the season on a high note.

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.

The Cleveland Indians are now roughly one quarter of the way through their 2013 season and are sitting atop the AL Central standings with a 23-17 record.

Cuyahoga County awoke this morning, opened their Plain Dealers and let out a collective gasp.

Jason Kipnis' three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

Miguel Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the sixth inning to back Rick Porcello and lift the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.

Solid pitching and early scoring led the Lansing Lugnuts to a 3-1 win over the Great Lakes... Miguel Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the sixth inning to back Rick Porcello and... Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila follows through his swing on a sacrifice fly that scored teammate Miguel Cabrera during the fifth inning of a baseball ... (more)

A rather quiet week in the AL Central saw no team make a big move up or down. Sounds like a good time to look around the division and see how some of the new acquisitions added around the division have been making the transition from "Hot Stove Hope" to regular season contributor.

Home >> Lineups >> Just a four-game sweep of the Angels and they'll be on their way! - Lineups 5/16 The White Sox won two games in a row in Minnesota and racked up 13 combined runs while facing starting pitching luminaries such as Kevin Correia and Mike Pelfrey.

THE CONTENTS: The Red Sox continue their nine-game road trip with their only visit of the season to Minneapolis for three more with the Twins.

The chances of the Chicago White Sox extending their winning streak to a season-high four games appear promising with Chris Sale scheduled to take the hill Friday against the LA Angels of Anaheim.

In one of those moves that often goes unnoticed by all but baseball junkies, the Detroit Tigers late in 2008 announced they had hired a former Philadelphia Phillies scout named Kevin Hooker to assume their newly created position of Pacific Rim coordinator.

With the one-quarter mark of the 2013 season approaching, the Detroit Tigers have reinforced the fans' offseason hype that they are a strong World Series contender.