DETROIT – The Tigers ended their seven-game home losing streak, but it might have come at a price. Casey Mize struck out six Angels over four scoreless innings before leaving with right groin tightness, then closer Kenley Jansen left with two outs in the ninth inning in Detroit’s 4-0 victory

DETROIT – One of the challenges of injured pitchers rehabbing through simulated games is getting the intensity level closer to actual games, even compared to a Minor League rehab start. On Wednesday, Justin Verlander found a willing competitor in fellow injury rehabber Kerry Carpenter. Verlander threw 66 pitches by unofficial

DETROIT – The fifth-inning drive from Spencer Torkelson brought the crowd at Comerica Park to its feet on Tuesday night, ready to celebrate, as it soared down the left-field line. “Tork gives it a ride,” said TV play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti, teeing up a grand slam call.

DETROIT -- The sound of Jay-Z’s “Holy Grail” blared around Comerica Park as Tarik Skubal prepared to bound up the dugout steps, take the mound and face hitters Tuesday afternoon. But the stands and concourses at Comerica Park were empty, aside from the in-game entertainment crew doing its pregame preparations,

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DETROIT -- The fly ball from Guardians leadoff hitter Daniel Schneemann hung in the air for five seconds, according to Statcast. It only felt like five minutes. Considering where Casey Mize’s splitter had wandered over the plate, Schneemann could’ve hit it harder, maybe crushed it to left. But for what

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal tried to treat his Thursday morning bullpen session like it was a start, all the way to his trademark backwards walk off the mound and fist pump. It wasn’t for a simulated strikeout, though. “It was a certain velocity I was trying to get to today,”

DETROIT – The chill in the air at Comerica Park on Wednesday night brought an October feel to a May divisional clash between the Tigers and Guardians. So did the way manager A.J. Hinch played it out for most of the night, which says a lot about Detroit's predicament even

DETROIT – Justin Verlander threw a four-inning simulated game on Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park, where he struck out three batters but allowed three home runs as he continues to implement mechanical tweaks and work his way into game shape. Tigers officials will get together to evaluate the outing and

DETROIT -- The Tigers were determined enough for Troy Melton to make his potential final Minor League rehab start Tuesday night that they flew him to Lakeland, Fla., to start for their Single-A team when the weather forecast for Triple-A Toledo looked iffy. They got what they wanted. Melton, pitching

DETROIT – The Tigers had the stage set for the comeback to turn their fortunes around. And they had the Guardians’ new nemesis up to the plate to do it. Dillon Dingler, nine months removed from his go-ahead home run in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series against

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DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal was back on the bullpen mound at Comerica Park on Monday, less than two weeks after surgery to remove a loose body from his pitching elbow. It was the typical, full-arsenal bullpen session he would throw before a start, he said, a good sign that his

DETROIT – The “Let’s go, Blue Jays,” chants Sunday afternoon didn’t echo throughout Comerica Park; they mainly came from the sizable Toronto fan contingent behind the visiting dugout. It’s a reminder of how close these cities are and how big a rivalry this once was in the AL East. These

DETROIT -- Just when the Tigers’ injury-plagued pitching staff receives good news, another injury pops up. With Ty Madden, the injury doesn’t seem as bad as initially feared, but was still bad enough to force him onto the injured list. The Tigers placed him on the 15-day IL on Sunday,

DETROIT -- Casey Mize wasn’t exactly looking for feedback from hitters on his pitches in his return from the injured list; that’s more for live batting practice against teammates. The box score doesn’t include a comments section. Still, the many faces and reactions from Blue Jays outfielder Jesús Sánchez provided

DETROIT – Finally, the Tigers get a bit of good news from their injury-plagued rotation: Casey Mize is back. The All-Star right-hander returned from the injured list and started Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays, bringing Detroit’s rotation a big step closer to full strength.

DETROIT – Spencer Torkelson has learned to ride the ups and downs of a long baseball season. Posting two 30-homer seasons in the last three years, with a demotion to Triple-A Toledo in between, has helped teach him patience. “Gotta stay pretty even,” he said.

DETROIT -- The Tigers are expressing optimism about Tarik Skubal's timetable for return after the back-to-back Cy Young winner began playing catch this week at the team’s Spring Training complex in Lakeland. Skubal has started his throwing program about a week after undergoing surgery last Wednesday to remove a loose

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KANSAS CITY -- Gage Workman waited seemingly forever for the Tigers to call his name among their lengthy list of injury replacements. Finally given his shot, he didn’t need long to live up to his middle name: Tater. “When I was in Toledo, a lot of guys called me Tater,”

KANSAS CITY -- Uncle. The Tigers’ burgeoning injured list added another new member Sunday, and a key cog at that. Slugging outfielder Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain suffered crashing into the right-field sidewall at Kauffman Stadium on Bobby Witt Jr.’s inside-the-park

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals had a Nickelodeon Night promotion on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, featuring not only a slime-style Royals jersey giveaway but people in the ballpark actually getting slimed, albeit by choice. As Bobby Witt Jr. raced around the bases on a ball down the right-field line that

KANSAS CITY -- Justin Verlander has almost a season’s worth of starts (24) at Kauffman Stadium over his career, second only to Cleveland’s Progressive Field amongst road parks for him. So maybe it was fitting that Verlander’s first simulated game on his road back to the Tigers’ rotation was here

KANSAS CITY -- The Tigers had enough good news from their injured starting pitchers Friday fair to look forward to getting their makeshift rotation closer to normal in the coming weeks. But the more Keider Montero pitches, the more he makes his case to remain a part of it. He