In one of the most exciting tiebreaker games in the history of baseball, the Minnesota Twins were able to defeat the Detroit Tigers in 12 innings. With Carlos Gomez on second base, Alexi Casilla hit a game-winning single off of Fernando Rodney to win the game.
After Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run blast in the third inning, the Tigers held a 3-0 lead. But then the Twins scored the game’s next four runs — capped by a two-run homer by Orlando Cabrera. In the eighth inning, Magglio Ordonez hit a solo home run to tie it up.
The tenth inning also brought …read more

Headed into the last day of the baseball regular season, the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins were tied on top of the AL Central. After both teams won on Sunday, the two ballclubs will have to play a tiebreaker to settle the division title. The tiebreaker will take place on Tuesday in Minnesota at the Metrodome.
The Tigers were able to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 thanks to great efforts by Justin Verlander and Ryan Raburn. Verlander didn’t give up a run until the eighth inning, while Raburn hit a pair of homers to finish with three runs and three …read more

The Detroit Tigers have seemingly been in control of the AL Central for the entire 2009 baseball season. But with only two games left on the schedule, the Twins are making the Tigers sweat.
The Twins beat the Kansas City Royals on Friday, while the Tigers lost to the Chicago White Sox. As a result, the Twins trail the Tigers by only one game now.
After getting up 10-0 on the Royals, the Twins almost saw the entire lead disappear. In fact, the Royals cut the lead to 10-7 and even had the tying run at the plate in the eighth …read more

The Minnesota Twins just won’t quit. On Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader, the Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers to pull within one game in the AL Central. With a win in the second game of the doubleheader, the two teams would be tied.
In the 3-2 Twins victory, Orlando Cabrera authored the winning hit. With the game tied 1-1 in the tenth inning, Cabrera hit a run scoring single. Delmon Young followed later in the inning with a sac fly.
In the bottom of the tenth, Curtis Granderson hit a solo home run but Joe Nathan retired the other …read more

The Detroit Tigers were headed in the wrong direction. On Sunday, they got some relief — at least temporarily. In Minnesota, the Tigers were able to top the Twins by a final count of 6-2 to push their lead to three games in the AL Central.
Placido Polanco was the star at the plate for the Tigers. He went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs. His two-run single in the fifth inning gave Detroit a lead that it would never lose.
On the mound, Nate Robertson when five innings while giving up two earned runs and striking out six to earn …read more

The Detroit Tigers are attempting to hold off the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. To add another big bat to their lineup, the Tigers have acquired Aubrey Huff from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for minor leaguer Brett Jacobson.
With the Tigers, Huff will likely play multiple positions including first base, third base and left field. He will also likely see action as a designated hitter for Detroit.
While with the Orioles, Huff was hitting .253 with 13 homers, 72 RBIs and 51 runs. Though his stats are down from last year (.304/32/108/96), Huff was still regarded as one of …read more

Joel Zumaya, the fireballer relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list. Zumaya says that he felt a pop in a recent outing against the New York Yankees. The Tigers are currently calling it a sore shoulder for the right-hander.
The 24-year-old Zumaya has a 3-3 record with a 4.94 ERA this season. In 31 innings, he had 30 strikeouts, one save and seven holds.
As a 21-year-old rookie, Zumaya had his best season. Pitching for the Tigers in 2006, he had a 1.94 ERA in 62 games. He struck out 97 batters in 83.1 innings.
Since …read more

Two roster spots were open for the 2009 Major League All-Star Game — one in the American League and one in the National League. After fans had their say, the two final spots will go to Brandon Inge of the Detroit Tigers and Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Victorino won with 15.6 million votes, while Inge won win 11.8 million votes. Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants finished second in the National League fan vote. Ian Kinsler finished second in the American League fan vote.
Inge, who has been extremely valuable to the Tigers due to his ability to play …read more

Zack Greinke continues to shine. If you are waiting for him to slip up, you will have to keep waiting. On Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals emergering superstar pitcher pitched a complete game to improve to 8-1 and help the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers by a final count of 6-1.
Greinke gave up six hits and one earned run while walking none and striking out eight batters. To show how good he’s been this season, Greinke’s performance actually raised his ERA to 0.84.
The only run Greinke gave up was in the first inning. The Tigers were able to keep that …read more

After getting a feel for the 2009 baseball season, a few teams are starting to make a run up the standings. Here is a list of the hottest teams in baseball at the moment.
5) Los Angeles Dodgers
Even without Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers have the best record in baseball at 28-13. A big reason for their success is that Juan Pierre has been able to fill in for Ramirez and the Dodgers haven’t skipped a beat.
4) Detroit Tigers
The Tigers started slowly but they are now turning it around. They have won four straight games and are 12-5 at home on the …read more