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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...

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 Tigers 2, Rangers 1 ARLINGTON, Texas - Miguel Cabrera's double off the left-field wall helped push the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Rangers Ballpark. Cabrera's fifth-inning double scored...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Cabrera leads Tigers in 2-1 win over Rangers ARLINGTON, Texas - Miguel Cabrera's three-hit game helped push the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Rangers...

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 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...

Tigers 6, Astros 2: Doug Fister struck out seven in seven innings and Miguel Cabrera homered to help Detroit defeat visiting Houston for the second straight night and sixth time this season. Ramon Santiago and Andy Dirks delivered back-to-back run-...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The issue of whether Jose Valverde is once again a reliable closer isn't settled. Everybody says things are fine, but they aren't. The numbers are fine and the results are acceptable,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Tigers' designated hitter Victor Martinez says he can catch in interleague games if he's needed. The reality is he probably won't be needed. It's a big hole in the Detroit lineup...