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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Questions remain about whether Jose Valverde is saving games by memory or not, but there's no question his return to the team has stabilized the bullpen. Joaquin Benoit returned to...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Tigers 7, Royals 5 Tigers 7, Royals 5: Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta each had two hits and two RBIs as host Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak. Omar Infante went 3-for-4 with an RBI single and Miguel Cabrera had two...

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year contract with reliever Jose Valverde, who is expected back with the team Wednesday. And manager Jim Leyland says Valverde will be Detroit's closer immediately. Valverde was the Tigers'...

ROYALS-TIGERS PPD Tigers, Royals postponed by rain DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers' game Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals has been postponed because of rain. No makeup date was announced. The game was delayed at the start and was...

SPRING FLOODING-MICHIGAN Michigan's swollen Grand River steadily dropping GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Western Michigan's swollen Grand River is steadily receding from record-setting flood levels even as hundreds of people remain evacuated from...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Meet the new closer, same as the old closer (apologies to The Who). Detroit made a startling about-face Tuesday night by announcing it was bringing back rejected closer Jose Valverde....

Ryan Doumit had four RBIs for Minnesota, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Twins beat Detroit 4-2 on Friday and cut the Tigers’ lead in the AL Central to one game.  The Tigers entered the night with a two-game...

With the Tigers edging the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday afternoon, then watching their AL Central lead increase to two games when the White Sox lost that night, you'd think Jim Leyland would be smiling and happy with six games left to play. Not so....

 ‘‘He’s still got great stuff, even if he wasn’t throwing 97,’’ Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ‘‘He’s got the great change, a great breaking ball and everything is moving all over the place. We...

DETROIT — The White Sox returned home Sunday night with more than just the unfamiliar feeling of falling to second place during their five-game losing streak punctuated by a 6-4 loss to the Tigers that completed their first series in which they were...

Yuniesky Betancourt almost hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning for the Kansas City Royals against the Detroit Tigers.     Comerica Park was too big, though, and Austin Jackson too fast.     The Royals scored three runs in the final...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be scoring a lot more runs than they have so far this season. They nearly cost themselves this three-game sweep at Minnesota by leaving eight runners in scoring position. But Miguel Cabrera and...