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Tigers' Pitcher Justin Verlander gave his biggest fan a day she'll never forget. Verlander surprised 11-year-old Shayna Hersh, who has cystic fibrosis, when the Tigers were in New York.

Justin Verlander found himself in a position he hasn't been in so far this spring. Behind in a game he pitched in. On the 3rd pitch of the game, Endy Chavez ran into a Verlander fastball and sent it over the right field fence for a homer and a 1-0 Oriole lead. It's the first run that Verlander has allowed this spring. He promptly struck out the next four batters he faced, then four more in the

Most sports stars aspire to be on the Wheaties box. Detroit Tiger Justin Verlander hopes to find his way to your breakfast table and help support veterans with his new cereal "Fastball Flakes." The 2011 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner has teamed up with Meijer and PLBSports and will donate all proceeds to the John Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit and the VA Ann Arbor

Justin Verlander is no longer just a star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, he's a video game star as well. Verlander, and Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson show off their pitching prowess in the first digital commercial for MLB 2K12.

Detroit Tiger pitcher Justin Verlander won the American League Cy Young award last week by a unanimous vote by the baseball writers. He was a landslide winner for the MVP as well. Verlander received 13 or 28 first-place votes, plus 3 votes for second and third to total 280 points. Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury got 4 first-place votes and 13 second-place votes to finish second with 242 poin

Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers was the unanimous choice to win the American League Cy Young award, getting first place votes from all 28 who had a say in determining the best pitcher in the League. There was little question that Verlander would win the award, as he had a dominant season where he led every important pitching category.

In an announcement that surprised absolutely no one, the Baseball Writers Association of America unanimously selected the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander as the 2011 Cy Young Award winner. He received all 28 first-place votes from the participating writers, becoming the first Tiger to win the award for the American League's best pitcher since Guillermo "Willie" Hernandez in 1984. How d

We had our ace, Justin Verlander on the mound for a "win or go home" game 5 in the best of 7 American League Championship Series against Texas. The Rangers quieted the crowd with a run in the top of the first inning, and this looked like it might end badly. The Tigers would have none of that today, as Alex Avila finally got hold of one and hit a solo homer in the 3rd to tie the game at

Justin Verlander is going to win the American League Cy Young award. He demonstrated tonight why he might also get the nod as A.L. MVP. Verlander fell behind early as the Yankees scored two runs right away in the first inning. He then got into his groove and put zeros on the scoreboard until his teammates could get him a lead. Verlander struck out 11 Yankee batters in 8 innings of work. The Y

Justin Verlander is having a special season. Oakland pitcher Guillermo Moscoso matched zeros with Verlander until the 6th inning when Austin Jackson drilled one over the wall in dead center for the first Tiger hit of the day, and suddenly Verlander and the Tigers had the lead. Verlander would not give the Athletics any hope after that. JV pitched 8 innings and only gave up three hits in earning

The last time Justin Verlander pitched, Victor Martinez made sure he got his 22nd win by belting a grand slam to beat Cleveland. Tonight, V-Mart hit a 3-run blast in the 6th inning of what was a 1-0 game at the time. That put Detroit and Verlander up 4-0. The Tigers would add one more run to beat the White Sox 5-0. It was the 11th win in a row for Detroit and the 11th straight win for Verlande

Rick Porcello got off to a rough start, walking two and loading the bases in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox. He would find a way to wriggle out of that jam trailing only 1-0, then got into a groove to shut down the Sox while his offense continued to put a beat-down on Chicago pitching. The Tigers pounded out 21 hits en route to a 14-4 laugher over the Sox. The Tiger magic number