Andy Dirks

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Flowers hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning last night to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo hit back-to-back home runs in the second for Chicago....

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...

Tigers 6, Astros 2: Doug Fister struck out seven in seven innings and Miguel Cabrera homered to help Detroit defeat visiting Houston for the second straight night and sixth time this season. Ramon Santiago and Andy Dirks delivered back-to-back run-...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Fister in fine form as Tigers again beat Astros DETROIT -- Doug Fister responded to his first loss of the season with another dominant performance. It helped that he was facing one of the major...

RF Jimmy Paredes batted second against Detroit on Monday and went 1-for-3 to raise his average to .200. Porter committed to Paredes as his regular right fielder prior to the game, saying he needed to find out if Paredes was an everyday player. Paredes...

The Sports Xchange Tigers 7, Astros 2 By DANA GAURUDER, Sports Xchange DETROIT -- Andy Dirks hit a grand slam in the fourth and Victor Martinez blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer earlier in the same inning as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Houston...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Tigers 7, Astros 2 Tigers 7, Astros 2: Andy Dirks highlighted a three-hit performance with his first career grand slam and Anibal Sanchez was solid through seven innings as host Detroit began a three-game series with an easy...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Dirks grand slam leads Tigers to win over Astros DETROIT -- Andy Dirks didn't make any changes batting in the leadoff spot. His results while replacing the injured Austin Jackson told a...

May 13 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - - Yankees 7, Indians 0 (second game) Vidal Nuno tossed five scoreless innings in his first career start while Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay each drove in a pair of runs...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Astros at Tigers As long as the Detroit Tigers are playing the Houston Astros, all is well in the Motor City. The Tigers will look to maintain their dominance in the season series when they host the Astros on Tuesday at...

MLB Team Report - Houston Astros - INSIDE PITCH For a man who quotes himself in his locker room and spent his team's first road game this season doing pregame pushups along the dirt warning track at Seattle's Safeco Field, learning how to live as a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Some people may not care for the way Jhonny Peralta plays shortstop, but Jim Leyland isn't one of them. The knock on Peralta is his lack of mobility at a position where flashy play is...