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DETROIT (AP) — Anibal Sanchez struck out the first two hitters he faced — then the trouble began. A walk. A double. Then another walk and a single. Suddenly, the Detroit right-hander was struggling to get out of the first inning. Sanchez settled down eventually, but this was nothing like his 17-strikeout performance last week against Atlanta. Instead, he gave up three runs in six innings, and the Tigers lost to the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Wednesday. “I think Sanchy was just too excited at the s...
DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder put Detroit ahead with a three-run homer, and as if on cue, Max Scherzer settled into a groove. That’s been the formula for these Tigers — starting pitching and power. Fielder’s towering drive in the sixth inning lifted Detroit to its fourth straight victory Monday night, 4-3 over Minnesota. The Twins led 3-1 before the slugging first baseman’s homer, and Scherzer struck out the last four men he faced in the seventh and eighth to help preserve the win. “I was ab...
DETROIT (AP) — For the Detroit Tigers, it felt like 2011 again. Two of the key components of that year’s AL Central division champs reunited Wednesday night to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5. Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs and Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save. Martinez missed all of last season with a knee injury, and entered the game hitting .182. On a 39-degree night, he was robbed of extra bases by Eric Hosmer in his first at-bat, but he had an RBI dou...
