Detroit Tigers News

The Pittsburgh Pirates are 14-6 in the month of May. The ballclub did what they were supposed to do against some struggling teams.

Jim Leyland isn't known for his mastery of baseball strategy. There were two late-game moves in the 7-6 victory over the Twins which showed why, leaving him wide open to second guessing.

Prince Fielder drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins, 7-6, in the opener of a four-game series at Comerica Park.

We are giving away Detroit Tigers tickets to the Saturday, May 25, game against the Minnesota Twins.

Detroit Tigers' Avisail Garcia runs to the dugout after their 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Detroit on May 14.

But for as amazing of a player as Cabrera is, his greatness has been somewhat shoved under the rug in the city of Detroit and around baseball.

Verlander returned to the mound after sitting through a 62-minute rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another homer - maybe the luckiest of his career - as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on Wednesday night, sweeping the two-game series between the AL Central's top teams.

Finally, more than 5 hours after the game began, the Tigers beat the Indians, 11-7, to pull within a half-game in the American League Central.

It will be a time to remember, applaud and reminisce this weekend at Fenway Park as former Red Sox manager Terry "Tito" Francona, now managing the Cleveland Indians, returns to Boston to face his former team.

Five times in the previous 10 years, they carried a record of .500 or better after 44 games.

The Detroit Tigers will have their ace on the mound tonight against the Cleveland Indians.

There is no doubt that Alex Avila has been in an offensive funk this season. So far, there have been no answers for how to get him out of it.

And why not? After a miserable 2012 season the Indians find themselves atop the American League Central thanks to thrilling win after thrilling win and a never-day-die attitude that has led to six walk-off victories.

After having the best record in baseball for most of the regular season, The Detroit Tigers are headed to the World Series.

Dave Dombrowski said the core members of the Erie SeaWolves lineup who helped Class A Lakeland win a championship in 2012 have progressed nicely in Erie.

Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Max Scherzer retired 22 straight batters after the first inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over Cleveland on Tuesday night to stop the Indians' winning streak at five and trim their lead in the AL Central.

David Murphy stroked a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth and the Texas Rangers won a slugfest, 11-8, over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in the finale of a four-game set.

May 19, 2013; Arlington, TX, USA; Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera heads to the dugout after hitting a home run in the fifth inning of the game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Progressive Field in Cleveland, about four hours prior to the scheduled start of tonight's game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians.

Former Great Lakes Loons star Clayton Kershaw put himself in select company this season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but using 20/20 hindsight, the star left-hander could have been a Detroit Tiger.