Bless You Boys May 12, 2023
Catching forms foundation of the Tigers’ solid start
Photo by Steph Chambers/ Jake Rogers and Eric Haase have been a stabilizing force during a turbulent opening six weeks. As we enter mid-May, the Detroit Tigers have put together a pretty good start cobbled together out of a lot of castaway pieces. It’s been a turbulent beginning and they aren’t scaring anyone yet, but they’ve won more than their share of close games and played a pretty gritty and fun style of ball. Of late, the offense has really come on strong, but we’ll need a good deal more evidence that things have consistently turned for the better on...
Bless You Boys May 7, 2023
Cardinals 12, Tigers 6: Nightmarish sixth inning leads to snapped winning streak
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports For a moment, it looked like the winning streak would roll on. Then everything came crashing down. The Tigers dropped the series finale in St. Louis to the Cardinals 12-6. After pulling ahead in the top of the sixth via Jake Rogers’ grand slam, the Cardinals were able to get all those runs back and more in the bottom half of the inning en route to scoring nine unanswered runs. The defense of the Tigers was uncharacteristically off, committing four errors which aided the Cardinals in their massive sixth inning. After a three strikeout game...
Detroit Free Press May 5, 2023
Detroit Tigers' Jake Rogers on facing Verlander: 'My name will always ... be tied to his'
Jake Rogers joined the Detroit Tigers in August 2017 as Justin Verlander joined the Houston Astros. They faced each other Thursday at Comerica Park.
