Don Kelly

CLEVELAND The Kansas City Royals scored the winning run Monday night on a ninth-inning wild pitch by Matt Albers, but should Carlos Santana have blocked the pitch from skipping between his legs back to the screen? Asked if Santana should bear part of the...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Funny how things can work out, isn't it? The Tigers had a catcher, Alex Avila, whose batting average was a week's drive south of the Mendoza Line. They couldn't send him to the minors because no one else...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Rick Porcello took a lot of criticism when he was pitching poorly, so it's only fitting he gets credit for turning things around. He had an ERA that looked more like a tire...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Anibal Sanchez is back -- or maybe he isn't. After initially shrugging off an atypical outing by Sanchez on Saturday night, manager Jim Leyland expressed concern over his starter's 3 2/...

MINNEAPOLIS In losing two of three to the Tigers, the Twins continued their light-hitting ways of recent weeks. It was supposed to be the other way around. Twins pitching was expected to be the shaky link on this squad. The Twins spent the offseason...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH There's no question the strength of this season's Tigers' team is its starting pitching. Detroit's five starters have won a combined 32 games heading into Friday night's game at...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The Tigers have painted their bullpen into a corner and are now searching for a way to make that 20-foot leap to the doorway. Jose Valverde's latest of three blown saves this season...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH If things go the way the Tigers and Austin Jackson want them to Detroit will have its regular center fielder back Friday. Jackson has been out of action a month thanks to a strained...

KANSAS CITY, MO. This loss stung. Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde gave up a game-tying, two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning to Lorenzo Cain, then the team went on to lose, 3-2, to the Kansas City Royals in 10 innings on Wednesday at...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Detroit fans love him, hate him -- and are stuck with Jose Valverde as the Tigers' closer. Consternation about Valverde's ability to close a game has lingered ever since the disaster...

Tigers 3, Royals 2: Victor Martinez lifted a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to snap a tie and help Detroit end Kansas City's six-game home and overall winning streaks. Don Kelly recorded two hits and an RBI while Max Scherzer pitched seven strong...

The Sports Xchange Scherzer improves to 9-0 for Tigers KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Max Scherzer continued his winning streak and ended the Kansas City Royals' winning streak at six. Scherzer won his ninth straight decision and Victor Martinez drove in the go-...