DETROIT — Trade deadline target Tarik Skubal and Detroit fans gave each other a warm farewell Wednesday, just in case this was the two-time Cy Young Award winner's final appearance in a Tigers jersey. What happened after Skubal left made it all the more likely this was indeed ...
LOS ANGELES — Cue the trumpet. Edwin Díaz is back to close out games for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old right-hander came off the injured list Wednesday after missing 85 games, having had arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow in April. "We just got a lot better," manager Dave Roberts said. Fans were on their feet cheering when Díaz entered in the ninth to Timmy Trumpet's "Narcos." He gave up two hits and one run while earning his fifth save of the season in a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. His four-seam fastball touched 98 mph. "I feel ...
DETROIT — Eduardo Valencia homered twice and drove in four runs, Gleyber Torres had a home run and five RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers scored in every inning they went to the plate in a 14-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. The Tigers became the 22nd team in major league ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday he addressed the franchise's "unfortunate" decision to release Terrion Arnold with the team on the eve of training camp with the former cornerback facing felony charges. "You never want to let go of a player, especially ...
DETROIT — Jackson Holliday had four hits and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in an 8-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The Orioles had gone nine straight games without a multi-homer game. But, against the Tigers, Baltimore went deep twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and scored in five of the first six innings. Detroit lost its third straight game, falling to 50-57 and facing tough decisions heading into the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Grant Wolfram (3-2) picked up the win in relief and Rico Garcia pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Baltimore took ...
DETROIT — Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday. The Royals led 3-0 through four innings, fell behind after giving up four runs in the fifth before going back ahead on ...
