Streaking Tigers ride five homers past Rangers

Walkoff Walk • The Lamp In The Corner, In Vain: Today's Afternoon Games
12:35, Astros at Reds: The Reds fired their GM , Wayne Krivsky yesterday, and hired former Cardinals head man, Walt Jocketty. Maybe he can help the Reds with their senior citizen lineup . Young Johnny Cueto, who could be the grandson of some of ...

Foul Balls • Nolan Ryan: No 'Knee Jerk' Reactions
A few days ago I wrote about some talk amongst baseball scouts that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington's rear end was starting to get awfully warm from that seat he's sitting on, and after the Rangers got absolutely rocked by the Tigers for the ...

The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine • Clarification: The Rangers’ Starting Pitcheroo
Just to clarify the Rangers starting pitchuation from today: Last night the Dallas Morning News Rangers blog reported that Jason Jennings would not pitch the series finale today. Apparently that changed and here’s why — again, from ...

Big League Stew • The Twi-Nighter: Rangers now notable, but not in a good way
It has been my long belief that the Texas Rangers are the most irrelevant team in baseball. They're never good enough to capture anyone's imagination outside the Metroplex. They're never bad enough to become the de facto punchline to anyone's bad ...

The Futon Report • So, Tigers Are OK, Almost
I broke down this series over at The Big Tilde , but this bears repeating: The Rangers scored 10 runs; the Tigers hit 10 home runs. The bullpen pitched 13 innings and had more wins (2) than earned runs (1). Yes, it’s the Texas Rangers, so it ...

Guillen scratched with bruised knee
Just when it looked like the Tigers would finally get their entire starting lineup back, another prominent hitter hobbled into their clubhouse. Carlos Guillen was scratched for Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Rangers with a bruised ...

Ordonez hits 2 of Tigers' 5 HRs in win (AP)
Magglio Ordonez hit two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Texas Rangers on Thursday. Detroit outscored Texas 37-10 in the three-game series, and has now won a season-best four straight. The Rangers ...

Jones exits game with knee injury
Tigers left fielder Jacque Jones was forced to leave Thursday's game against the Rangers in the fourth inning after suffering a left knee contusion.

Ordonez homers twice to lead Tigers over Rangers 8-2
Magglio Ordonez hit two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Texas Rangers on Thursday.

Ordonez Homers Twice to Lead Tigers
Magglio Ordonez hits two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Rangers on Thursday.