The Detroit Tigers got their second win of the 2011 season tonight, beating the previously unbeaten Baltimore Orioles 7-3 behind the stellar pitching of Justin Verlander and the slugging of catcher Alex Avila. Verlander struck out 9 in 8 innings of work in picking up his first win of the year, while Avila drove in 5 runs with a double, homer and a single...
The Detroit Tigers spring training record remains perfect at 3-0 (4-0 if you count the game against Florida Southern) after beating the Yankees today in Lakeland 6-2.
The Tigers are off to a bad start, even with opening day over a month away. Tigers' First Baseman Miguel Cabrera was arrested late Wednesday in Florida on drunken driving charges, and resisting an officer without violence. To make matters worse, he took a swig from a bottle in the presence of a county sheriff's officer.