The Tigers defeated the San Francisco Giants Tuesday night 5-1. In their last eleven games, Detroit scored five runs or more nine times and allowed less than five runs eight times. That's more like the way I expected the team...

Armando Galarraga (6-2, 3.31) vs. Barry Zito (2-10, 5.88) The Tigers came back strong after their first loss in six games for a 5-1 win last night over the Giants, perhaps indicating that Monday's game was more of a stumble than a fall. ...

In an article on Inside Bay Area , the word out of San Francisco is that a high-ranking official within the Giants organization believes the team should reach out to the recently fired Rick Peterson in an advisory role to help Barry Zito get back on...

Hiring Peterson would not guarantee Zito’s return to Cy Young form, but as one baseball lifer said, “Who knows? Peterson could say the word ‘boo’ and maybe something would click in Zito’s mind.” Zito declined to comment on the idea of hiring

ESPN highlights available here . The Score: Tigers 5 - Giants 1 The Gist: Ryan Raburn delivers a long-overdue win for Kenny Rogers and Marcus Thames goes yard again . Rogers went seven strong and allowed just five hits, one walk and one run....

Tigers 5 Giants 1 Recap: Yes. Just 1. Despite the fact Todd Jones loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth inning, the Giants did not score. No,  I’m not making that up. Todd Jones loaded the bases. With No Outs. And the Giants did...

ESPN highlights available here . The Score: Giants 8 - Tigers 6 The Gist: Things were tight but seemingly in control at AT&T Park on Monday night and then Jim Leyland called for Fernando Rodney . Fresh of the DL, Rodney surrendered a...

John Bowker's three-run homer ignited a five-run eighth inning as the Giants rallied to beat the Tigers 8-6 at AT&T; Park. Bowker's blast erased a 4-3 deficit and Fred Lewis added a two-run double for San Francisco, which had lost five of its...

The hype surrounding the return of Fernando Rodney was shortlived as he and Freddy Dolsi combined to give up five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Tigers 8-6 loss to the Giants.  Dolsi gave up a pair of singles and got one out before...