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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...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Miguel Cabrera's three home runs were not enough on Sunday night as the Texas Rangers downed the Detroit Tigers 11-8 at Rangers Ballpark. Texas trailed 7-5 entering the bottom half of the sixth after giving up a 5-4 lead to begin...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers 11, Tigers 8 ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers overcame three Miguel Cabrera home runs to beat the Detroit Tigers 11-8 on Sunday night and win the series 3-1. Texas trailed 7-5...

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...

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 By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Astros 7, Tigers 5 DETROIT -- Carlos Corporan smacked a go-ahead double in the ninth and added a solo homer in the second as the Houston Astros snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-5...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Astros halt six-game skid DETROIT -- Nothing comes easy for the Houston Astros these days. When they finally broke their six-game losing streak on Wednesday, Brandon Barnes' back was literally...

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...

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...

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...

DETROIT (AP) — Jose Valverde shrugged off his first blown save since returning to the Detroit Tigers. Pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the Cleveland Indians beat Detroit 4-3 on Sunday. The game went to...