Doug Fister

A Mariners season looking more and more toward the club's future showed continued signs for optimism on Saturday, as rookie Blake Beavan pitched his club-rookie-record sixth straight quality start, and new arrival Trayvon Robinson hit a home run, as...

Seattle starters are on a record-setting pace this season, and currently lead the American League with a combined 3.14 ERA.  Welcome to the club, Blake Beavan.  Beavan, who was called up from Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday to start in place of injured...

NEW YORK — One rainy day after Game 1 started, Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees slammed their way to a blowout. Cano hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, rookie Ivan Nova pitched brilliantly into the ninth inning in an unusual relief...

DETROIT — With the season on the line and no better options, the Yankees sent A.J. Burnett to the mound and hoped for the best. New York's $82.5 million enigma came through when his team needed him most. With the help of a huge first-inning...

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said ace Justin Verlander will not be available out of the bullpen for the decisive fifth game of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees. Verlander threw 120 pitches over eight innings in a 5-4...

The Detroit Tigers and New York  Yankees sure know how to write the record books and tonight's game five of the AL division series in New York will be no different.   Game five of the 1972 ALCS was the last time the Tigers played a winner-take-all...

NEW YORK — Now the Detroit Tigers can believe anything is possible. They beat the New York Yankees in Game 5. At Yankee Stadium. Escaping jam after jam. Now it's on to Texas, and the AL championship series starting Saturday night. "It's a...

Like Rudolf Nureyev, the Tigers have turned on a dime. They appeared to be downsizing less than two years ago when they traded Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson in moves that seemed to show owner Mike Ilitch's concern over a bloated payroll. But that...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit the first game-ending grand slam in postseason history, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in 11 innings Monday for a 2-0 lead in the AL championship series. Cruz also hit a tying home...

Cruz leads Rangers, Fister looks to halt Texas’ streak After a dramatic Game 2 victory, the Texas Rangers head to Detroit up 2-0 on the Detroit Tigers with Colby Lewis taking the mound looking to remain undefeated in the postseason for his career...

DETROIT (AP) — Doug Fister delivered another strong start in a game Detroit needed and Miguel Cabrera homered and hit a tiebreaking double to lead the Tigers past the Texas Rangers 5-2 Tuesday night in Game 3 of the AL championship series....

Mariners pitcher Doug Fister fell to 3-10 despite a 3.09 season ERA after giving up three runs in a 5-1 loss to the Angels. Brendan Ryan had the M's lone RBI. Seattle falls 4 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the A.L. West.