Avisail Garcia

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jose Valverde hopes to speed his way back into the closer role for the Detroit Tigers during the World Series. After reviewing video of his meltdown against the New York Yankees in the AL championship series opener, Valverde...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit Tigers took the lead on Delmon Young's ringing double in the 12th inning. Then came the blow that really staggered the New York Yankees. A little grounder up the middle left Derek Jeter sprawled in the dirt, screaming in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH It's called respect. After watching Miguel Cabrera hit a pair of home runs worth four runs earlier Sunday, Texas manager Ron Washington elected to walked the defending Triple Crown...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers 7, Tigers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas -- A career-high five hits by Elvis Andrus and a strong start from Justin Grimm moved the Texas Rangers over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night by a score...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The message was to throw strikes and get outs. And Al Alburquerque surely must have received that Thursday when Detroit optioned the high-strikeout right-hander to Triple-A Toledo in search of a strike...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH All those people who wanted to know where Justin Verlander's velocity went now have their answer: Out of the strike zone or in areas of the playing field where no one can catch it....

OF Avisail Garcia hit his first major-league homer Wednesday, a three-run shot in his first at-bat. Garcia had 72 official at-bats, including last season's playoffs, before his breakthrough homer into the left-center stands. He was making his first...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Astros 7, Tigers 5 DETROIT -- Carlos Corporan smacked a go-ahead double in the ninth and added a solo homer in the second as the Houston Astros snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-5...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Astros 7, Tigers 5 Astros 7, Tigers 5: Carlos Corporan homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the top of the ninth inning as visiting Houston salvaged the finale of a lopsided season series with Detroit. The...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Astros halt six-game skid DETROIT -- Nothing comes easy for the Houston Astros these days. When they finally broke their six-game losing streak on Wednesday, Brandon Barnes' back was literally...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The biggest thing Detroit has going for it this season is actually five biggest things: Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez, Doug Fister and Rick Porcello. "I think we send a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Avisail Garcia is scheduled to make his first start of 2013 in center field for Detroit. Garcia, impressive in a short September-October stint with the Tigers last season, was brought...