Don Kelly

DETROIT (AP) — Curtis Granderson made two spectacular catches against his former team and A.J. Burnett came through when the Yankees needed him most, leading New York past the Detroit Tigers 10-1 Tuesday night to send their AL playoff series back to...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Tigers' manager Jim Leyland isn't worried. The Texas Rangers mauled two of his better pitches during the weekend -- Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez -- but Leyland is a track-record guy and says the...

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 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...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Geovany Soto hit a three-run homer last night as the Texas Rangers powered past the Detroit Tigers 10-4. Nelson Cruz also homered for the Rangers, who rocked Tigers ace Justin Verlander for eight runs in less than three...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rangers 10, Tigers 4 Rangers 10, Tigers 4: Geovany Soto belted a three-run homer and Mitch Moreland had a pair of doubles and three RBIs as host Texas pummeled Detroit ace Justin Verlander. Yu Darvish (7-1) overcame some...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers 10, Tigers 4 ARLINGTON, Texas -- In what was advertised as one of the best pitcher's duels of this young season, a slugfest erupted in the third inning between the Texas Rangers and...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers rock Verlander, Tigers ARLINGTON, Texas -- In what was advertised as one of the best pitching duels of the young season between Yu Darvish and Justin Verlander, a slugfest erupted in...

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....

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...

RHP Doug Fister rebounded from his first loss this season by holding the Astros to two runs in seven innings and striking out seven for his fifth victory. Keeping the ball down and locating his pitches more efficiently was the key for Fister, whose...

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...