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Skubal has 9 strikeouts in 6 innings, Canha and Meadows homer as Tigers beat Rays 7-1

Apr. 22, 2024 22:12 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out nine over six scoreless innings, Mark Canha and Parker Meadows homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 on Monday night. The Tigers improved to 9-3 on the road this season. Skubal (3-0) scattered...

Casey Mize throws 6 shutout innings for 1st win since 2021 as Tigers beat Twins 6-1

Apr. 21, 2024 18:26 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Casey Mize pitched six scoreless innings for his major league win since 2021, and Buddy Kennedy homered and drove in three runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Sunday. Spencer Torkelson had two hits, scored twice and knocked in two runs....

Ober throws 6 solid innings as Twins stop 5-game slide by edging Tigers 4-3

Apr. 20, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bailey Ober pitched six solid innings, and the Minnesota Twins stopped a five-game slide by edging the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Saturday. Byron Buxton and Austin Martin each had two hits for Minnesota, which scored three runs on sacrifice flies. ...

Tigers hand Twins season-worst 5th straight loss. Wenceel Pérez hits go-ahead single in 9th

Apr. 19, 2024 23:51 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie Wenceel Pérez hit a go-ahead two-out single in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers handed the Minnesota Twins their season-worst fifth straight loss, 5-4 on Friday night. Pérez finished with three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored on a frigid night...

Rangers option rookie Jack Leiter 1 day after he allowed 7 runs in his major league debut

Apr. 19, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Texas Rangers rookie right-hander Jack Leiter was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, one day after allowing seven runs in his major league debut. The Rangers recalled right-hander Owen White from Round Rock to provide bullpen depth for the start of their...

Seager's RBI groundout and Taveras RBI single lead the Rangers over the Tigers 9-7

Apr. 18, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Leody Taveras scored the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice in the eighth inning and added an RBI single in the ninth as the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 9-7 on Thursday. Taveras doubled with one out and went to third on Marcis Semien’s fielder’s...

Josh Smith's pinch-hit double in the ninth gives the Rangers a 5-4 win over the Tigers

Apr. 17, 2024 18:17 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Josh Smith’s pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth drove home the winning run and the Texas Rangers beat the error-prone Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Wednesday. With one out, Ezequiel Duran singled, went to second on an error by first baseman Spencer Torkelson and...

Jack Leiter, son of Al, to make major league debut for Rangers on Thursday against Tigers

Apr. 16, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Jack Leiter, the 23-year-old son of former major league pitcher Al Leiter, is to make his major league debut for the Texas Rangers against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Texas said Tuesday it intended to select the contract of Leiter from Triple-A Round Rock, where...

Urshela puts Detroit ahead in the 8th, Tigers hold on for 4-2 win over Rangers

Apr. 16, 2024 16:46 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Gio Urshela had an RBI single and Matt Vierling scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to put Detroit ahead, and the Tigers' pitchers continued their solid play to beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Tuesday. Andrew Chafin (1-0) worked 1 1/3 hitless innings with three...

Lorenzen goes 5 innings in Texas debut as Rangers blank Tigers 1-0

Apr. 15, 2024 22:18 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Michael Lorenzen pitched five spotless innings in his Texas debut and three relievers completed a five-hit shutout as the Rangers topped the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Monday night. Lorenzen, signed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract as a free agent late in spring...