Andy Dirks

Here’s the message from the best sign I’ve seen in a while today: “There’s no stop, drop and roll in hell”. Origins--- They may be in Oklahoma City and Memphis now, but time was that the Thunder was in Seattle and the...

After the Tigers pounded the Red Sox 10-0 last weekend, Prince Fielder warned reporters there would be some tough days ahead. "We're not going to go 162-0, I don't think,'' he said. Nor even 161-1, as it turns out. The Tigers, who added Fielder to...

Really? With some of the greatest marketing minds at their beacon call—the best that the BCS Commissioners could come up with for the new college football playoff—was the ‘College Football Playoff’? Are these the same guys who came...

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 11, Indians 7 Tigers 11, Indians 7: Miguel Cabrera recorded a two-run homer and an RBI double as visiting Detroit took a big lead and held on through two rain delays to beat Cleveland. Victor Martinez knocked in two runs...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Tigers at Indians The Cleveland Indians are 7-1 against Cy Young Award winners this season, including a victory over Justin Verlander earlier this month. The Indians look to add to that resume when they face Verlander and...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Is right-hander Max Scherzer now the Tigers' best pitcher? He could well be after improving to 6-0 for the season Tuesday night in Detroit's 5-1 victory at Cleveland. He doesn't have the Supermodel ERA...

ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins last night. Atlanta's Evan Gattis tied the game in the ninth with a two-out, pinch-hit homer. Trevor Plouffe and Ryan Doumit...

OF Andy Dirks snapped an 0-for-11 streak with a home run in the sixth inning Tuesday. Despite that slide Dirks is still hitting .307 with five home runs and 11 RBI over his last 20 games. RHP Luke Putkonen was recalled from Triple-A prior to Tuesday's...

Tigers 5, Indians 1: Miguel Cabrera belted a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth and Max Scherzer pitched eight dominant innings as visiting Detroit defeated Cleveland. Scherzer (6-0) retired the last 22 batters he faced and struck out seven after...

The Sports Xchange Scherzer shackles Indians as Tigers roll CLEVELAND -- A hot team ran into a hotter pitcher Tuesday at Progressive Field as Detroit's Max Scherzer held Cleveland to two hits in eight innings to lead the Tigers to a 5-1 victory,...

The Sports Xchange 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-...