That One Hurt: Royals 4, Tigers 3
blessyouboys.com 7/7/2009 — Until the Detroit Tigers stop shooting themselves in the foot, it's hard to believe they can win the AL Central division. View full size photo uploaded July 6, 2009  ...

Game 110: Placido Polanco pushes Tigers to win
mackavenuetigers.com 8/10/2009 — Tigers 8, Twins 7 ( box ) Record: 59-51 (first place) Placido Polanco had three hits, and it took a nice defensive play from Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla from having a fourth, but the final one may have been most important. A single to right field broke apart a 6-6 tie and moved the ...

Bullpen Struggles In Tigers Loss to Royals
tigerblog.net 7/7/2009 — The Tigers lost their third straight tonight as they opened up their three game series against the Royals. It’s too bad because Armando Galarraga pitched his guts out. He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings. He pitched so good, he almost ...

Tigers suffer fourth 2-1 loss in last five games
mlive.com 7/23/2009 — DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers continue to get fine performances from their starting pitchers. And they continue to lose anyway. Starter Luke French pitched well Thursday afternoon, but the Tigers could muster just three hits in a 2-1 loss to...  ...

Hold your breath in the second half
mackavenuetigers.com 7/16/2009 — The first half the season -- 54 percent actually -- has been pretty good to the Tigers, as I've noted. They have the biggest playoff cushion in the American League. They've had some pretty exciting moments. We've seen rookies step up big, and veterans have rebound years. It's all been fun.  ...

Luke French Wins First Major League Game In Rubber Game Against Royals
tigerblog.net 7/9/2009 — Luke French has had a pretty unspectacular minor league career to date. He’s moved up the ladder, one level at a time, the past four seasons and while his 35-43 career record doesn’t do him justice because he has a 3.88 ERA, he also has just 446 strikeouts in 675 career innings.  ...

Detroit Tigers’ midseason report
thesportsbank.net 7/15/2009 — By H. Jose Bosch Unlike Miss America 2008 — Michigan-native and first pitch thrower outer Kirsten Haglund — the Tigers have managed to be in first place without looking pretty. Granted, it’s like being the one-eyed man in the land of the blind, but I’m not one to complain about first ...

Examining the Tigers: Can they stay in first place?
mlive.com 7/3/2009 — MINNEAPOLIS -- The Detroit Tigers are going to be in first place on the Fourth of July, but will they reside atop the standings at season's end? Let's look at the top five reasons why the Tigers have been...

If They Can't Score There, Can They Score Anywhere? Yankees 2, Tigers 1
blessyouboys.com 7/20/2009 — More photos » by Seth Wenig - AP Edwin Jackson could only cover his eyes and wish for some offense from his lineup, as the Tigers once again couldn't supply more ...

Astros Stop Tigers Streak At Seven
tigerblog.net 6/27/2009 — It’s been a while, but the Tigers finally lost last night, ending their winning streak at seven games. It’s too bad too because the Tigers jumped all over Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez and by the end of the two innings, the Tigers had a 4-0 lead. That’s all they’d ...

Chicago v Minnesota: Another Wild One — Bleacher Report - MLB
Last night was yet another example of how frustrating this game can be. I was more than happy to see a soft throwing, south paw on the hill for KC, something we seem to feast on.  Call me crazy I just assumed we would go out there and knock  ...

Thames, Verlander lead Tigers by Royals (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to power Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals. Verlander (9-4) struck out 11 Tuesday night to run his AL-best total to 141, the most by a Detroit pitcher before the ...

Tigers' Verlander strikes out 11 in win vs. Royals — Boston.com -- Baseball News
Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to power Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Tigers unleash on Royals in win — Major League Baseball News
The Tigers took out their long-simmering offensive frustrations on Bruce Chen, belting three home runs to go with a four-RBI night from Placido Polanco in an 8-5 win over the Royals Tuesday night.

Detroit Tigers: Thomas Up, Kelly Down — Bleacher Report - MLB
Clete Thomas was sent down to the minors in June, to workout a few kinks in his swing. Leyland instructed Thomas to shorten his swing in order to cut down on strikeouts. In 114 at bats he had twenty five strikeouts and was hitting .237 with ...