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May 28 in Tigers and mlb history:

1927: In his first starting assignment for the Yankees, Wilcy Moore loses a heartbreaker to the Senators, 3 - 2, in the nitecap of a doubleheader. Lou Gehrig is spiked at first base by Bucky Harris as Firpo Marberry scores the winning run. The Yankees win the opener, 8 - 2, as Babe Ruth hits his 12th home run of the year, a three-run shot. Tris Speaker plays most of Game One for the Senators despite fracturing his left thumb in batting practice.

1930: Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies makes his last major league appearance, giving up two hits and two runs in relief in the Boston Braves' 5 - 1 victory. The Phillies release the 43-year-old veteran a few hours after the game.
In a 20-season career, Alexander posted a 373-208 record with 2,198 strikeouts and a 2.56 ERA. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1938.

1941: The New York Yankees defeat the Washington Senators, 6 - 5, in the first night game played at Griffith Stadium.

1946: The first night game is played at Yankee Stadium as the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees, 2 - 1.

1951: After going 0 for 12 since his debut, Giants rookie Willie Mays gets his first hit, a 450-foot home run off Braves left-hander Warren Spahn.

1956: Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Dale Long hits a home run in his eighth consecutive game, setting a major league record. This mark will be later tied by Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey, Jr.

1957: With a unanimous vote, National League owners grant permission to both the Dodgers and Giants to relocate their clubs to the West Coast if they so desire.

1959: The Milwaukee Braves traded Earl Hersh and Joe Lonnett to the Detroit Tigers for Alfred Paschal (minors) and Charlie Lau.
Alfred Paschal (minors), Earl Hersh and Charlie Lau returned to original teams on May 28, 1959. Joe Lonnett refused to report to his new team.

1965: Hank Aguirre throws a 2-hitter and Don Wert hits a home run to give the Tigers a 1-0 win over the indians.

1968: Tigers score 4 runs in the top of the first in Anaheim on a 2-run double by Bill Freehan and a 2-run home run by Willie Horton. John Hiller enters the game in the third inning and pitches 6 ⅔ innings of scoreless relief in a 4-1 win.
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1968: American League owners agree to divide the circuit into two divisions and reduce its schedule to 156 games. The following divisional alignment is set for the 1969 season: Eastern Division: Baltimore Orioles,Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees,Washington Senators. Western Division: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Pilots.
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1971: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Boswell.

1976: Ron LeFlore's 31-game hitting streak ends: was the longest AL streak in 27 years. Began in the final game the previous season.

1980: The Detroit Tigers purchased Mike Macha from the Toronto Blue Jays.

1982: Lou Whitaker has the first of nine career multi-home run games.
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1984: Historic start lands the #Tigers on the cover of Sports Illustrated. But the cover jinx strikes: as SI hits newsstands, the #Tigers are swept in Seattle the previous 3 days.
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1984: Tigers beat the oakland a's 6 - 1 as Jack Morris improves to 10 - 1.
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1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Jody Davis as a free agent.

1995: At Tiger Stadium, the Chicago White Sox (five) and Detroit Tigers (seven) combine to set a major-league record 12 home runs, with Chicago winning the 14 - 12 slugfest.
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1996: The Minnesota Twins selected Scott Aldred off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2004: Mariano Rivera posts his 300th career save in a Yankees' 7 - 5 victory over Tampa Bay. He also becomes the first Yankee and 17th reliever in major league history to reach the milestone.

2010: The Tigers fail to take advantage of a three-home run performance by Miguel Cabrera, falling, 5 - 4, to Ben Sheets and the Oakland Athletics. Reliever Ryan Perry is the loser.

2018: JaCoby Jones hits 2 doubles and James McCann hits a grand slam in the #Tigers' 9-3 win over the Angels. Jones' first two-sacker gives the Tigers at least one double in 44 straight games, a franchise record.

2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Carlos Torres as a free agent.

Tigers players, coaches, and announcers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/middlji01.shtml
Jim Middleton 1921.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kirk_Gibson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsoki01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fcc986e9
Kirk Gibson 1979-1987, 1993-1995, announcer 1998-2002, coach 2003-2005, 2015-present.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rafael_Landestoy
Rafael Landestoy coach 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/difelmi01.shtml
Mike Defelice 2004.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jhonny_Peralta
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peraljh01.shtml
Jhonny Peralta 2010-2013.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olivele01.shtml
Lester Oliveros 2011.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nancedo01.shtml
Kid Nance 1901.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rondehe01.shtml
Henri Rondeau 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullich02.shtml
Charlie Sullivan 1928, 1930-1931.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roy_Cullenbine
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cullero01.shtml
Roy Cullenbine 1938-1939, 1945-1947.
Still holds the major league record for consecutive games drawing a walk as a batter, 22 games in 1947.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://motorcitybengals.com/2019/05/28/detroit-tigers-candelario-harrison-moves/
Detroit Tigers: Candelario recalled from Toledo, Harrison goes on IL.
MCBTB

The Tigers have placed INF Josh Harrison on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring tendon strain.
In a corresponding move, OF Victor Reyes has been recalled from Triple A Toledo.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/josh-harrison-to-injured-list
Harrison lands on IL with hamstring strain.
Turnbull placed on bereavement list; Candelario, Reyes called up from Triple-A.
Tigers official site
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matthew-boyd-dominates-in-win-over-orioles
Boyd in All-Star form as Tigers blank O's.
Lefty strikes out eight over six-plus innings in shutout win over Orioles.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/5...ew-boyd-jacoby-jones-niko-goodrum-dylan-bundy
Tigers 3 - Orioles 0: Matthew Boyd baffles Baltimore birds.
Matthew Boys tossed a scoreless quality start and the offense contributed enough to win.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/niko-goodrum-homers-4-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the orioles.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...957#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=564957
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...matthew-boyd-tigers-blank-orioles/1257381001/
Bullpen backs stellar Matthew Boyd, Tigers regain winning feeling.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...it-tigers-baltimore-orioles-score/1264006001/
Matthew Boyd returns to form, Detroit Tigers blank Orioles.
Freep

https://expo.mlive.com/sports/g66l-...tout-over-orioles-quick-takeaways-photos.html
Matthew Boyd leads Tigers in shutout over Orioles: Quick takeaways, photos.
Mlive
 
Tigers have signed former Royals 1B Frank Schwindel to a minor-league deal. He hit 38 doubles and 24 HR last year at Omaha, went 1-for-15 for KC early this year and was DFAed two weeks ago.
JasonBeck
 
May 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: Brooklyn Superbas right-hander Elmer Stricklett throws a "mystery pitch" - believed to be a spitball - during a game against the New York Giants. Some historians regard the 5' 6" Stricklett is the first pitcher to throw a spitball in a major league game.

1916: Christy Mathewson pitches a 3 - 0 shutout over the Boston Braves, leading the New York Giants to their 17th consecutive victory, all on the road. In spite of their impressive winning streak, the Giants will finish second to the Brooklyn Robins in the National League pennant race.

1916: The Detroit Tigers purchased Earl Hamilton from the St. Louis Browns.

1920: The Senators take two from the A's‚ winning 11 - 5 and 5 - 0. Walter Johnson plunks the first two batters‚ then easily beats the gun-shy Philadelphia lineup to win the nitecap.

1922: The United States Supreme Court finds that baseball is primarily a sport and not a business in its ruling on the Federal Baseball Club v. National League case. In using this argument, the court rules that baseball is not subject to antitrust laws nor to standard interstate commerce regulations.

1922: The Browns top Detroit 9 - 6‚ paced by Ken Williams' grand slam in the 3rd inning. Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb get into an argument with the umpires and will be suspended‚ missing tomorrow's twinbill.

1928: At Ebbets Field‚ Bill Terry hits for the cycle to lead the Giants to a 12 - 5 win over Brooklyn.

1928: At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yankees sweep a pair from Washington‚ 3 - 2 and 12 - 3. Leo Durocher's bases-loaded triple in the opener gives George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slug a pair of homers in the nitecap: Lou hits his 9th in the 3rd‚ off Washington starter Milt Gaston‚ then Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back dingers
in the 4th off Lloyd Brown. Ruth adds his 18th off Brown in the 7th. Earle Combs also homers.

1929: Detroit's George Uhle notches his 9th consecutive win of the year‚ beating the Browns‚ 7 - 6. Marty McManus has 3 hits‚ including a home run and double for the Tigers.

1932: The Red Sox split a pair with the visiting A's‚ winning, 6 - 4, before losing, 3 - 0. It is the Sox's last Sunday game at Braves Field. With the lifting of the ban against playing Sunday ball at Fenway Park (because of a nearby church)‚
the Sox will play a Sunday game there July 3rd.

1941: Ted Williams is 3 for 5 and scores a pair in the Red Sox's 6 - 4 win over the A's. Ted will score 2 or more runs for the next 7 games, giving him runs scored 8 games in a row.

1948: Richie Ashburn hits his first major league homer‚ a leadoff inside-the-park home run‚ off Thornton Lee's third pitch. It runs Ashburn's hitting streak to 18 games but it's the Phils' only run‚ as the Giants win‚ 7 - 1.

1951: Indians hurler Bob Lemon one-hits the Tigers, 2 - 1. The only Bengal hit is Vic Wertz's home run.

1952: The Giants' Willie Mays enters the army. Although Mays is hitting just .236‚ the Giants are 2 1/2 games in first place. They will lose 8 of their next 10 games.
Meanwhile‚ the Giants lose a shot at another young Birmingham player as Braves scout Dewey Griggs signs Henry Aaron to a contract. The Indianapolis Clowns receive telegram offers from both clubs‚ and Aaron‚ thinking he'll have a better chance to make the team‚ prefers the Braves.

1954: The Detroit Tigers traded Matt Batts to the Chicago White Sox for Red Wilson.

1962: Ernie Banks makes a spectacular return from his May 25th beaning with 3 homers and a double against the Braves at Wrigley Field. Three teammates hit home runs‚ but the Cubs lose to the Braves‚ 11 - 9.

1965: Mickey Lolich's 10-inning win is Detroit's 2nd straight two-hit, 1 - 0, win against Cleveland. Lolich retires 18 straight.
Dick McAuliffe hits a walk-off double in the 10th.
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1968: Denny McLain strikes out 13 in a 3 - 0 4-hit shutout of the angels.

1969: Norm Cash hits 2 home runs and Denny McLain strikes out 12 in an 8-4 win over the oakland a's.
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1971: The Mets feature firepower as Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver combine to strike out 26‚ tying the Mets' own major league record set on September 9‚ 1970, in a doubleheader sweep of the Padres. Seaver wins the opener‚ 5 - 1‚ with 10 K's and Ryan cops the nitecap‚ 2 - 1. Mets batters strike out 15 times: the 41 strikeouts ties the major league record.

1975: The Detroit Tigers traded Fred Holdsworth to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Reynolds.

1980: The Detroit Tigers purchased Stan Papi from the Philadelphia Phillies.

1981: A's manager Billy Martin flies into a rage and heaves two handfuls of dirt on home plate umpire Terry Cooney's back after being ejected for arguing ball and strike calls. He will be suspended by American League president Lee MacPhail for 7 days.

1987: In the Tigers' 15 - 7 win over the Twins‚ the two teams combine for 8 homers. Tom Brookens has a grand slam for the winners.
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1990: Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics becomes the American League's all-time stolen base king. In swiping third base against the Toronto Blue Jays, Henderson steals his 893rd base to surpass the long-standing record set by Ty Cobb.

2003: The Detroit Tigers released Tom Evans.

2011: Justin Verlander holds the Red Sox to 4 hits in 7 ⅔ shutout innings. Tigers score 2 in the first inning and win 3-0.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/livelja01.shtml
Jack Lively 1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baumgjo01.shtml
John Baumgartner 1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holdsfr01.shtml
Fred Holdsworth 1972-1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eric_Davis
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daviser01.shtml
Eric Davis 1993-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milletr02.shtml
Trever Miller 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosentr01.shtml
Trevor Rosenthal 2019.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://247sports.com/mlb/tigers/Article/WTKA-Podcast-Searching-for-Bright-Spots-132370467/
WTKA Podcast: Searching for Bright Spots. 13 minutes.
TigsTown

Paul Wezner joins Ira Weintraub on WTKA to discuss the Tigers recent struggles, especially the injury issues and how they are taking their toll on the team, when we might see Casey Mize in Detroit, and what can Tigers fans look forward to?

Topics covered;
Just how bad is the injury situation for the Tigers? (it's the worst Paul has seen in 15 years of covering the organization).

Will the Tigers bring Casey Mize up this year? (it's complicated).

What do Tigers fans have to look forward to? (next year).
 
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