Mike Pelfrey

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Fielder homer completes Tigers' rally vs. Twins DETROIT -- What started with a little pop ended with a big bang. Andy Dirks started a rally with a bunt single on the first pitch of the sixth...

April 29 (Sports Direct) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - Braves 3, Nationals 2 Andrelton Simmons drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly, lifting hosts Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The Tigers used a manufactured run to break a 3-3 tie Sunday and then brought out a tactic from the old-time baseball textbook to complete a sweep of the Braves. Miguel Cabrera, whose...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Former Minnesota closer Joe Nathan returned to Minneapolis, where he saved many a Twins game in years past. But now he is a Texas Ranger, and saving games for them against the Twins....

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Twins at Tigers In the span of one week, the Detroit Tigers have gone from looking like also-rans to world-beaters. The Tigers played like the team that many have predicted to win the American League Central, beating up on the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Marlins' center fielder Justin Ruggiano is eager to prove he can be productive over a full season. So far, he's doing a pretty good job. Ruggiano hit two home runs in Miami's four-game...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH The performance of relief pitchers is sometimes hard to quantify. Often their appearances are so short -- one batter long, even -- that you don't really see what they've done before...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Fans may need to get used to rookie call-up Oswaldo Arcia for a while. And given his game-winning three-run home run against the Miami Marlins at Target Field on Tuesday, that will be...

Opposing pitchers have grounded Giancarlo Stanton. Not only is Stanton not hitting home runs, he's become a ground ball machine. Though Stanton's fly ball rate according to Fangraphs actually has jumped from 41.7 percent in 2012 to 46.4 percent (through...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange Marlins 3-8, Twins 5-4 By Joe Oberle MINNEAPOLIS -- The Miami Marlins hit the ball early and often against the Minnesota Twins to take the second game of a frozen doubleheader 8-5 on Tuesday night...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Marlins 8, Twins 5 (2nd) Marlins 8, Twins 5 (2nd): Rob Brantly recorded three hits and knocked in a career-high four runs as visiting Miami defeated Minnesota to salvage a split of the day-night doubleheader. Giancarlo...

MINNEAPOLIS After losing the opener of Tuesday’s day-night doubleheader at Target Field, Marlins’ manager Mike Redmond once again expressed frustration with the offense. “We’ve been doing the same thing day in and day out,”...