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Billy Bean, among first pro athletes to come out, dies at 60
Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60.,An outfielder and first baseman who played in parts of six MLB seasons, Bean most recently served as the league's senior vice presid...
Mariners' Mitch Haniger feeling hot entering series with Tigers
Mitch Haniger had a premonition.,Shortly after the All-Star break, the struggling Seattle Mariners outfielder approached manager Scott Servais and told him, "I'm about to get hot.",Haniger had two hits and homered both Friday and Saturday against visiting Philadelphia, his first time with multiple h...
MJ Melendez homer in 9th leads Royals past Tigers
Pinch hitter MJ Melendez hit a two-out, three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held off the host Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Melendez's 13th homer of the season, off Shelby Miller (5-7), allowed the Royals to win three of four games in the series., ,Ro...
Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. looks to start streak anew against Tigers
Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. had his 15-game hitting streak halted on Saturday night, and he'll look to start a new one Sunday afternoon when Kansas City wraps up a four-game series at Detroit.,Witt went 0-for-4 with a sacrifice fly as Kansas City had its five-game winning streak snapped in ...
Tigers rally in three straight innings to slay Royals
Wenceel Perez hit an RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 home win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.,Detroit snapped a five-game losing streak, while Kansas City had a five-game winning streak end.,Kansas City took a 5-4 lead in the 11th on an RBI singl...
Michael Lorenzen faces familiar foe, Tigers, in Royals debut
Michael Lorenzen pitched for the Detroit Tigers at the start of last season, then recorded his first win of this season against them.,Lorenzen will face the Tigers once again on Saturday, but he'll do so wearing yet another uniform. He was traded from the Texas Rangers to Kansas City on Monday in ex...
Royals pile on Tigers to win fifth straight
Salvador Perez had a home run among his three hits and drove in two runs as the visiting Kansas City Royals won their fifth straight game with a 9-2 romp over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Perez also scored three runs while Vinnie Pasquantino and Paul DeJong drove in two runs apiece, each cont...
Tarik Skubal, still with Tigers post-deadline, faces Royals
Tarik Skubal can finally pitch without the threat of being traded hanging over him.,While the Detroit Tigers dealt some of their veterans prior to Tuesday's deadline, they kept their ace. Skubal, a prime American League Cy Young Award candidate, will start against the visiting Kansas City Royals on ...
Seth Lugo dominant as Royals roll past Tigers
Vinnie Pasquantino hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs as the visiting Kansas City Royals cruised past the Detroit Tigers 7-1 on Thursday night.,Bobby Witt Jr. had a solo homer and a double for the Royals, who won their fourth straight. Freddy Fermin added two hits and drove in a run.,Kan...
LSU reinstates CB Javien Toviano amid voyeurism case
LSU reinstated cornerback Javien Toviano less than two weeks after he turned himself in to authorities on charges of video voyeurism.,A projected starter for LSU, Toviano was at the Tigers' first practice of fall camp Thursday, and coach Brian Kelly briefly addressed the situation without explaining...
Buyers at deadline, Royals face Tigers, who dealt key pieces
Kansas City and Detroit took vastly different approaches heading leading up to Tuesday's trade deadline.,Making a playoff push, the Royals added three relievers and a utility infielder. The Tigers were sellers, subtracting four veterans and acquiring seven minor leaguers.,The fortified Royals -- who...
Dodgers land RHP Jack Flaherty, OF Kevin Kiermaier at deadline
The Los Angeles Dodgers made their final splash minutes before the MLB trade deadline arrived Tuesday, acquiring ace right-hander Jack Flaherty from the Detroit Tigers and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier from the Toronto Blue Jays.,The Dodgers sent two prospects to the Tigers -- catcher Thayron Liranzo a...
Giants acquire OF/1B Mark Canha from Tigers
The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder and first baseman Mark Canha from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Eric Silva on Tuesday.,Canha, 35, was in his first season with the Tigers and now heads to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent the first seven ye...
Reports: Dodgers land RHP Jack Flaherty, OF Kevin Kiermaier at deadline
The Los Angeles Dodgers made their long-anticipated splash minutes before the MLB trade deadline arrived Tuesday, reportedly acquiring ace right-hander Jack Flaherty from the Detroit Tigers and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier from the Toronto Blue Jays.,The Dodgers will send prospects Thayron Liranzo, 21...
Rangers acquire LHP Andrew Chafin from Tigers
The Detroit Tigers sent left-handed pitcher Andrew Chafin to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday ahead of the MLB trade deadline.,The Rangers sent right-handed pitching prospects Joseph Montalvo and Chase Lee to the Tigers in exchange for the veteran reliever.,Chafin, 34, joins the defending World Series c...
Reports: Rangers acquire LHP Andrew Chafin from Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are trading left-handed relief pitcher Andrew Chafin to the Texas Rangers, multiple reports said Tuesday.,The return for Detroit in the deal was not yet known.,The veteran Chafin, 34, joins the defending World Series champions as they attempt to make a playoff push. Despite enteri...
Jose Ramirez, Guardians aim to win season series vs. Tigers
The Cleveland Guardians and the host Detroit Tigers will decide who wins the season series in their final matchup of the year on Tuesday afternoon.,The American League Central rivals have split the first 12 games. Cleveland, which leads the division and owns the best mark in the AL, knotted the seri...
Jose Ramirez belts two HRs, Guardians top Tigers
Jose Ramirez homered twice and drove in three runs as the visiting Cleveland Guardians rolled past the Detroit Tigers 8-4 on Monday night.,Ramirez added an RBI double and scored three runs for the American League Central leaders. Bo Naylor hit a three-run home run and Josh Naylor supplied two hits, ...
Dodgers deal RHP Ricky Vanasco to Tigers for cash
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded right-hander Ricky Vanasco to the Detroit Tigers on Monday in exchange for cash considerations.,Vanasco, 25, made his major league debut on April 15 and appeared in two games out of the Dodgers' bullpen. He allowed three runs on three hits in two innings, posting a 13....
Amid trade rumors, Tigers' Jack Flaherty to face Guardians
Jack Flaherty was dealt at the trade deadline last year. He is more mentally prepared for that possibility this time around.,Flaherty, who is scheduled to start for the Tigers against the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Monday night in the opener of a two-game series, is one of the hottest names on ...