June 22, 2011 The Tigers continue to stink it up on the road. Their bats took another night off in losing 6-1 to the L.A. Dodgers. Tiger batters could only manage 7 hits, and all of them were singles. Max Scherzer was roughed up again, allowing 6 Dodger runs in six innings of work.
June 21, 2011 Tiger ace Justin Verlander will be making an appearance at Jim Waldron Buick-GMC in Davison on Thursday from 1:30-3pm. The first 500 people will get an autographed photo of Verlander and 50 fans will be invited to a private reception with Verlander from 12:20-1pm.
June 21, 2011 Clayton Kershaw was pitching for the Great Lakes Loons a couple of years ago. Last night in Los Angeles, Kershaw had Tiger hitters feeling a bit loony. Kershaw threw a 2-hit shutout, striking out 11 Tiger batters including all 3 in the 9th. He also drove in two runs in the 8th inning for some icing on his cake.
June 16, 2011 Max Scherzer didn't have it today. Then he had it for a few innings. Then he didn't. Lucky for him that his teammates swung the bats for him today and the bullpen kept the Indians in check.
June 15, 2011 The Tigers looked like they were going to run away with this one. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the very first inning and looked like they might keep adding to it.
June 14, 2011 Justin Verlander carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning. He ended up giving up two hits, but the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-0 to take over sole possession of first place in the American League Central Division.
June 13, 2011 Phil Coke pitched a pretty good game and left in the 7th with a 1-0 lead. The bullpen couldn't hold it, but managed to keep the score tied 1-1 through ten innings.
June 12, 2011 Rick Porcello pitched good enough to win today's game, but didn't get much help from the Tiger hitters or the Detroit bullpen. When it was over, Seattle beat the Tigers 7-3. Porcello had blanked the Mariners until the 5th inning
June 11, 2011 The Tigers beat up on the Seattle Mariners tonight 8-1 after the Yankees beat Cleveland today 4-0. The win by Detroit, coupled with another Cleveland loss puts the Tigers and Indians in a tie for first place in the American League Central Division.
June 11, 2011 The Tigers got all of their runs on one swing of the bat by Victor Martinez. That was good enough to hold a 2-1 lead for a while. The Mariners reached the seats one more time than the Tigers did and beat Detroit 3-2.
June 9, 2011 Justin Verlander was dominant tonight. He pitched 8 innings, struck out 10, and the only run Seattle scored came on a wild pitch in the 5th inning. The Tigers also decided to do all of their damage in the 5th
June 8, 2011 Don Kelly gave the Tigers an early lead with a solo homer in the first inning. His throwing error on a bases-loaded play at the plate in the 4th allowed the Texas Rangers to open up a 4-1 lead and they never looked back.
