ORLANDO, Fla. — Those 60 wins in the regular season and that No. 1 seed don't mean much for the Detroit Pistons right now. They're one loss away from a rare elimination. Only six No. 8 seeds have defeated a No. 1 in a playoff series in NBA history. It's happened only four times since the ...
CINCINNATI — Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee hit his first MLB home run and Spencer Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game as the Detroit Tigers avoided a series sweep with an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Torkelson tied a Tigers record by homering in five consecutive games, joining Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames. The Tigers led 2-0 after Kerry Carpenter's bases-loaded double in the first before Cincinnati rallied. Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe homered in the second inning, going deep for the fourth time in nine plate ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane each scored 25 points, and the Orlando Magic blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead before rallying to beat the Detroit Pistons 113-105 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Banchero had 12 rebounds and nine assists. Franz Wagner scored 17 points for Orlando, which got 15 from Jalen Suggs and a 14-point, 17-rebound game from Wendell Carter Jr. Cade Cunningham scored 27 for Detroit, which trailed 96-79 with 8:34 left — then outscored the Magic 26-8 over the next six minutes to grab the lead. But ...
CINCINNATI — Sal Stewart hit a three-run home run and drove in five runs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 9-2 on Saturday night. Nathaniel Lowe, Elly De La Cruz and TJ Friedl also homered for Cincinnati which is nine games over .500 for the first time since Aug. 2, 2003. At 18-9, the Reds are off to their best start since going 18-8 in 2003. Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle led off the game with a solo home run, his second of the season. He has reached base in 23 straight starts, the longest streak for a Tigers rookie since Austin Jackson reached in 25 straight from ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The sting of missing the playoffs didn't just linger in Detroit. It sharpened the edge inside the Lions' draft room. General manager Brad Holmes acknowledged Saturday that this year's preparation carried a little bit more fire, fueled by the frustration of falling short and a heightened sense of urgency that defined every decision. Holmes described an offseason where reminders of that disappointment were everywhere — he even wrote it on his office wall — as he and his staff approached the draft with renewed intensity. "I take every draft serious," Holmes ...
DETROIT — Spencer Torkelson hit a walk-off home run and Riley Greene had two hits, including a two-run homer, to rally the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. He blasted the solo shot to left-center off reliever Abner Uribe (1-1). It was the second straight ...
