Al Alburquerque

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The Tigers have painted their bullpen into a corner and are now searching for a way to make that 20-foot leap to the doorway. Jose Valverde's latest of three blown saves this season...

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...

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Justin Verlander won on opening day for the first time in six tries, pitching five shutout innings at frosty Target Field and sending the defending American League champion Detroit Tigers past the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Monday.  With the gametime...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers are restocked for a run at another World Series. Some cold air at the start of the season wasn't about to deter them. Verlander won on opening day for the first time in six tries,...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — With opening day only two weeks away, Detroit Tigers starter Drew Smyly might have picked the wrong time to go into a slump. Smyly, who began the spring with nine scoreless innings in his first three starts, has given up seven...

The beauty of baseball is that even fat guys can play it, and play it well. It's the most democratic of sports. You can be chunky, you can be roly-poly, you can be out and out blubbery and still find a place in this game. I should know. I played it for...

SAN FRANCISCO--Pablo Sandoval was talking Tuesday, one day before the World Series began, about facing Cy Young winner Justin Verlander.  “It’s exciting because you want to be in action like this, face the best,” he said.  On...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October.   Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October.   Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the...

One panda was enough to top the Tigers. Pablo Sandoval set a World Series record by hitting three home runs in his first three at bats, and the San Francisco Giants topped the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in Game One of the World Series. Justin Verlander got...

Don Kelly isn't the most popular name on the Detroit Tigers roster, but on Sunday afternoon he was a hero in game two of the ALDS, giving the Tigers a 5-4 win. With Omar Infante on third base, Kelly- a former West Michigan Whitecap - hit a high fly to...