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Miguel Sano hit a three-run home run to highlight a five-run fifth inning, and Max Kepler and Jake Cave also homered to lead the Minnesota Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night in Minneapolis. Kepler also doubled and finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Cave scored twice and drove in two runs. Kyle Gibson (12-6) scuffled through 5 1/3 innings to pick up the victory, allowing five runs (four earned) on 10 hits while striking out eight. Continue to Article

August 24, 2019 10:54:pm EST

Ronny Rodriguez hit a grand slam to highlight a five-run sixth inning, and Dawel Lugo and Harold Castro each had two doubles and a single to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis. Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with two runs and a stolen base, and Miguel Cabrera, Jordy Mercer and Travis Demeritte each had two of Detroit's 17 hits. Drew VerHagen (4-2), making just his fourth start of the season and the eighth of his six-year career, held the Twins to three runs on five hits while striking out a career-high 11. Continue to Article

August 24, 2019 12:22:am EST

Through 125 games, the Tigers have an Elo of 1398, which not only means Detroit has wrested the crown of “Worst Team in Baseball” away from the Baltimore Orioles — a title that once seemed impossible for the O's to lose — but it also makes these Tigers just the 14th team ever to have an Elo under 1400 at this stage of a season. Their Elo is currently within striking distance of the 2003 team, which had a 1387 rating at this point in the schedule, and the current Tigers were slightly ahead of their ancestors in the race to baseball's bottom as recently as eight games ago: (All of this is true even after Detroit pulled off a shocking win over the Houston Astros Wednesday night, in one of the b... Continue to Article

August 23, 2019 5:35:pm EST

Los Angeles Angels) We've already talked about how José Suarez struggles against right-handed hitting, and the Astros represent one of the higher implied run totals tonight, so let's get another right-hander from this lineup on our roster. Alex Bregman is having a great season for the Astros and has been smashing against left-handed pitching again this year. He walks just as much as he strikes out against left-handers and has produced a . Continue to Article

August 23, 2019 1:30:pm EST

Houston Astros right-hander Ryan Pressly will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Friday and is expected to miss four to six weeks. An All-Star reliever, Pressly expressed discomfort with his knee after pitching in the Astros' 6-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. He is 2-3 with three saves and a 2.50 ERA in 51 relief appearances (50 1/3 innings) this season. Continue to Article

August 22, 2019 3:15:pm EST