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Dale Brown dies at 90; coach turned LSU into national power Dale Brown, who guided LSU men's basketball to two Final Fours in the 1980s and transformed the program into a national power during his 25-year coaching tenure in Baton Rouge, died Friday, the university announced. He was 90.,Brown guided the Tigers to the national semifinals in 1981 and 1986. They...

Tigers look for parting shot at Guardians in finale of season seriesThe high point of the Detroit Tigers' season came against the Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 13, when they moved into a share of an American League wild-card spot with a home win.,Their low point did, as well, as Cleveland's two walk-off wins in a doubleheader sweep Friday essentially knocked the Tiger...

Riley Greene smacks two HRs to help Tigers defeat GuardiansAll-Star outfielder Riley Greene had four RBIs in his ninth career multi-homer game as the visiting Detroit Tigers bounced back from a doubleheader sweep, beating the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Saturday night.,Framber Valdez (9-10) pitched seven scoreless innings, matching his season high, and allow...

Guardians eager to maintain dominance over Tigers

The Cleveland Guardians all but ended the postseason dreams of the visiting Detroit Tigers with two walk-off, comeback wins in their Friday split doubleheader.,Cleveland's Parker Messick (11-8, 2.46 ERA) will oppose fellow left-hander Framber Valdez (8-10, 4.36) of Detroit in the third contest of th...

Guardians rally, walk off Tigers to sweep doubleheader

Travis Bazzana singled home Brayan Rocchio with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 4-3 victory and their second walk-off win of the day over the Detroit Tigers on Friday.,Cleveland swept the doubleheader when Bazzana smacked a pitch from Kenley Jansen (4-6) back through th...

Brayan Rocchio's second HR is a walk-off as Guardians stun Tigers

Brayan Rocchio hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Cleveland Guardians a 7-6 come-from-behind win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in the first half of a day/night doubleheader on Friday afternoon.,Rocchio belted a grand slam in the fourth inn...

Justin Verlander hopes Tigers' celebration includes mound appearance

Justin Verlander hopes to end his stellar career on the mound when the Detroit Tigers hold a two-day celebration of his career over the final weekend of the regular season.,Verlander, 43, is battling left hip and left hamstring injuries and has made just one appearance for Detroit during his farewel...

Tigers intend to keep fighting in doubleheader vs. Guardians

This weekend will mark the Detroit Tigers' biggest test yet. If they are to extend their streak of postseason appearances to three, they need to fare well in their four-game series at the Cleveland Guardians.,The set will begin with a split doubleheader on Friday.,Tigers right-hander Keider Montero ...