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Boxscore and Highlights.

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Tigers 8 - Twins 7: Hit parade in the Twin Cities.
A good day for a good game.
BYBTB

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Greene, Torkelson and Carpenter combine for 4 HR in Tigers' win over Twins.
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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...s-spencer-torkelson-riley-greene/70604023007/
Detroit Tigers get bombs from Spencer Torkelson, Kerry Carpenter to beat Twins, 8-7.
Freep
 
August 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: Ban Johnson orders betting suppressed at all American League parks, a noble but futile gesture.

1903: The Detroit Tigers released Heinie Smith.

1905: Christy Mathewson pitches his second straight 3 hit shutout against Chicago, this time beating Bob Wicker, 3 - 0.

1907: A match-up of Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson attracts a crowd of 20,000 at the Polo Grounds. Matty is unhittable for eight innings, with only a bunt single for the Cubs. But Chicago scores two in the 9th to tie as reliever Jack Pfiester matches Matty for the last three innings. Johnny Kling wins it, 3 - 2, for the Cubs in the 12th with a drive into the LF bleachers.

1909: Walter Johnson gives up four hits in topping the A's Chief Bender in 12 innings. The Nats win, 1 - 0, but the overwork will take its toll on the young ace. He will develop a sore arm and in his next two outings he will give up 27 hits.

1919: The Tigers draw a record 31,500 at home, but lose 4 - 2 to the Senators in 11 innings. Ten ground rule doubles are hit into the crowd lining the outfield.

1923: After 111 games, Babe Ruth is hitting .401 with 31 homers. He'll wind up with his highest batting average, .393. With 205 hits, a major league record 170 walks, and 4 times hit by pitches, Ruth will reach base a record 379 times.

1929: The Yankees buy P Lefty Gomez from San Francisco (Pacific Coast League) for delivery in September 1930.

1933: On his way to establishing the mark of playing in 2,130 consecutive games, Lou Gehrig quietly surpasses Everett Scott's previous record of 1,308 games.

1934: In game 2 of a double header, Schoolboy Rowe pitches a 3-hitter in New York for his 14th consecutive win as the Tigers win 2 - 0.
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1937: Rudy York, in his first full season as the Tigers? catcher, celebrated turning 24 by contributing a solo HR, a triple, 2 singles, a run & 3 RBI, as the Tigers beat Chicago 11-7.

1940: Jimmie Foxx homers in his 5th straight game as the Red Sox outslug the Senators, 12 - 9. Foxx's feat sets a club record.

1947: The great Hank Greenberg is at-bat in the 2nd inn Forbes Field. C Del Rice & umpire Al Barlick await.

1948: An estimated crowd of 100,000 fans pass by the body of Babe Ruth which is on display at Yankee Stadium.

1948: A day after Babe Ruth dies, Yankee Tommy Henrich hits his fourth grand slam of the season tying one of the Bambino's records. The hit, off the Senators' Sid Hudson, to join Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Rudy York - and, later, Al Rosen and Ray Boone - for the American League record. Henrich, who broke in with the Yankees in 1937, had never hit a grand slam before this season. Bob Porterfield wins for New York, 8 - 1.

1950: In the American League's first Ladies Night Game, the Red Sox top the A's, 10 - 6, at Fenway Park. It is the 19th straight loss for the A's at Fenway Park, stretching back to a win on September 12, 1948. Bobby Doerr hits a first-inning grand slam off lefty Joe Murray in his major-league debut.

1957: Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat. The first one breaks her nose, and the second one hits her while she is being removed from her seat on a stretcher. Ironically, she is the wife of Earl Roth, the sports editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Phils win, 3 - 1, over New York.

1966: Willie Mays takes second place on the all-time home run list with a 4th-inning blast off Ray Washburn. San Francisco is one-half game out of first place after beating the Cards, 4 - 3.

1967: The Houston Astros traded Eddie Mathews to the Detroit Tigers for players to be named later.
The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

1968: Tigers win 10-9 over the red sox on a Bill Freehan home run in the top of the 11th in Boston. Norm Cash goes 5-for-6 with a home run.

1969: The Tigers tie a club record with Six Homers, and Denny McLain wins his 19th, beating the A's at Oakland 9 - 4.
Al Kaline homers in the 7th and 9th off relievers, but the first three Tigers homers come off starter Catfish Hunter.
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In the late 1950's, teammates and opponents started calling nice guy Al Kaline "The Silent Assassin".

1971: Mickey Lolich strikes out 10 in a loss to the white sox, en route to a career-high 308 Ks on the season.

1973: The Detroit Tigers released Rich Reese.

1973 - At Shea Stadium, 42-year old New York Mets outfielder Willie Mays hits the 660th and final home run of his career off Reds lefty Don Gullett.

1977: Heck of a prediction about two Tigers minor leaguers in the Freep Sports section 44 years ago today.
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1980: The Tigers retired Al Kaline's jersey number 6 in a ceremony held between games of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers, George Kell emceed and also in attendance were Ed Katalinas, who signed the humble man later dubbed Mr. Tiger to a bonus contract off the Baltimore sandlots; Hall of Famer second baseman Charlie Gehringer and Kaline's former teammate, Pat Mullin, who had given him his No. 6 jersey.
The Tigers would retire the numbers of Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg in 1983 & Hal Newhouser in 1997.

1981: Tigers score 12 runs without hitting a home run in a 12 - 2 thumping of the twins. Trammell, Whitaker, and Gibson knock in 8 runs between them.

1984: A U.S. Postage stamp honoring Roberto Clemente is unveiled in Carolina, Puerto Rico - the birthplace of the Pittsburgh #Pirates legend and humanitarian.

1984: At Detroit, the Tigers draw 36,496 to break their attendance mark of 2,031,847 set in 1968. They also top the Mariners 6 - 2, behind Milt Wilcox. Alan Trammell returns to SS for the first time in 39 games and adds two hits.
Tigers get their 80th win.

1987: Alan Trammell appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Keith Atherton as a free agent.

2009: The Tigers obtain slugging 1B Aubrey Huff from the Orioles in a trade for Brett Jacobson. Huff is hitting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBI. Huff will flop with the Tigers batting .189.

2010: Jim Thome ties the major league record for career walk-off home runs with his 12th, as the Twins beat the White Sox, 7 - 6. Thome catches Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson and Babe Ruth.

2011: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, Francisco Martinez (minors), Charlie Furbush and Casper Wells to the Seattle Mariners for Doug Fister and David Pauley. The Detroit Tigers sent Chance Ruffin (August 17, 2011) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

2012: Prince Fielder hits a pair of two-run homers including a moon shot to center field, to lead Detroit to a 5 - 3 win over the Orioles; the second shot, off J.C. Romero in the 8th, breaks a 3 - 3 tie; the Tigers' other run is the result of a 1st-inning homer by the Tigers other big slugger, Miguel Cabrera.

2013: Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers hits a walk-off homer against Aaron Crow in the 9th inning for a 6 - 5 win over the Royals.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Pedro Ciriaco as a free agent.

2021: The Detroit Tigers released Buck Farmer.

Tigers players birthdays:

Walt Justis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Walt Justis 1905.

Pat McLaughlin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Pat McLaughlin 1937, 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hub_Walker
Hub Walker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Hub Walker 1931, 1935, 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rudy_York
Rudy York Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Rudy York – Society for American Baseball Research
Rudy York 1934, 1937-1945.

Dave Lemanczyk Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dave Lemanczyk 1973-1976.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Anderson
Matt Anderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Matt Anderson 1998-2003.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Maroth
Mike Maroth Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Mike Maroth 2002-2007.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Lipon
Johnny Lipon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Johnny Lipon 1942, 1946, 1948-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Bloodworth
Jimmy Bloodworth Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jimmy Bloodworth 1942-1943, 1946.

Baseball Reference
 
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After today's 8/16 game, the Tigers will have 42 games remaining in the 2023 season.

Spencer Torkelson: 21 home runs in 118 games.
Kerry Carpenter: 16 homers in 77 games.
Jake Rogers: 14 homers in 81 games.
Riley Greene: 11 homers in 84 games.
 
August 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1893: Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes was born this day in Emerald, WI.
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1902: Christy Mathewson shuts out Chicago, 5 - 0, to give New York its 4th straight win over the host Windy City squad. Jack Taylor takes the loss.

1906: Wee Willie Keeler strikes out for only the second time this season, both times by spitballer Ed Walsh of the White Sox.

1907: Detroit's first Sunday game at home since 1902, and the first at Bennett Park, is a 16 - 3 win over New York.
Trying to garner public support for legalizing Sunday baseball, the Tigers make a donation from gate receipts to local orphanages.

1915: The Browns send pitchers Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk to the Tigers for 1B Baby Doll Jacobson.

1931: Paul Waner chalks up five hits to lead Pittsburgh to a 14 - 5 win over the Phils.

1931: In New York's 5 - 4 loss at Detroit, Lou Gehrig is hitless as he plays his 1,000th consecutive game. He is 307 short of Everett Scott's record streak.

1934: The great Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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1935: Tigers fans leaving after watching pitcher Schoolboy Rowe put on one-man show by throwing a three-hit shutout and slamming a two-run home run in a 6-0 win over the Yankees. In his career Rowe hit 18 HRs, knocked in 153 runs and batted .263
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1936: Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer gets his 2,000th hit.

1938: When Detroit's Billy Rogell walks his first time up, it is his seventh consecutive base on balls, a new American League record.

1942: After going 1-6 before the All-Star break, Carl Hubbell posts his 8th straight win, beating the Braves, 10 - 2. The 39-year-old veteran is backed by Mel Ott's three hits, including a home run into the LF stands at the Polo Grounds.

1942: In the second 1942 East-West Negro Leagues All-Star Game, the East romps, 9-2, with the West making six errors and Gene Bremer and Verdell Mathis pitching poorly. Willie Wells smacks three doubles for the victors.

1946: In the second 1946 East-West Game, the West wins by a 4-1 score behind four-hit pitching by Felix Evans, Dan Bankhead and Johnny Williams. Willie Grace raps three hits.

1948: Hank Greenberg and Leo Durocher pay their final respects to the great Babe Ruth (Yankee Stadium.
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1956: Redlegs OF Bob Thurman hits three consecutive home runs; Ted Kluszewski and Frank Robinson add two each, and Wally Post, one, in a 13 - 4 win over Milwaukee at Crosley Field. The eight homers tie a major-league record.

1959: At Milwaukee, the Dodgers stake Don Drysdale to a 5 - 1 lead after five innings, but the Braves chip away and finally tie it with a run in the 9th. The Dodgers make it 6 - 5 in the 11th but Hank Aaron takes Drysdale deep to tie it up. Drysdale is finally relieved and Los Angeles wins it in the 13th, 7 - 6.

1960: Facing just 27 batters, Lew Burdette pitches a 1 - 0 no-hitter against the Phillies. Tony Gonzalez, the only Phil to reach base, is hit by a Burdette pitch in the 5th inning but erased on a double play. The Milwaukee pitcher also scores the only run of the game.

1961: Ron Kline, purchased from the Angels on August 10, blanks the Red Sox on four hits to give the Tigers a 5 - 0 win. Bill Monbouquette fails for the 9th time to win his 9th, lasting just four innings and gives up homers to Billy Bruton and Rocky Colavito.

1964: Mickey Lolich strikes out 10 in a 3-hit 1 - 0 shutout of the angels.

1965: In a 3 - 2 Orioles win over the Red Sox, Brooks Robinson hits into his 3rd triple play, tying the record of George Sisler, who banged into triple plays in 1921, 1922, and 1926.

1967: The Detroit Tigers released Jim Landis.

1967: A baseball tragedy occurs when Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox is beaned by the Angels' Jack Hamilton. Hit on the left cheekbone, just below the eye socket, Conigliaro will miss the rest of this year and all of 1968. He is hitting .267 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI in 95 games. Despite the loss of Tony C, the Red Sox will sweep the 4-game series with the Angels. The sweep will still leave Minnesota in 1st place, with Boston, Detroit, and Chicago all within two games.

1972: Mickey Lolich regains first place for the Tigers as he bests the Angels and Nolan Ryan, 2 - 0. Pitching a complete game shutout, it is Lolich's 19th win.

1975: Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, Billy Herman, Judy Johnson and Ralph Kiner are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

1977: Dodger P Don Sutton throws his 5th one-hitter, tying the National League record, as he blanks the Giants, 7 - 0. The lone hit is Marc Hill's two-out single in the 8th.

1977: Jason Thompson became just the third Tigers player to hit a home run completely over the right-field roof of Tiger Stadium, joining Norm Cash and Jim Northrup. By the time Tiger Stadium closed, 32 balls had been hit fair over the right-field roof, and Thompson had two of them. But his blast had something no other rooftop home run had: Thompson hit it off a pitcher who would go on to the Baseball Hall of Fame - Catfish Hunter of the New York Yankees.

1984: Detroit's Juan Berenguer goes 8 1/3 innings and strikes out 12 to give the Tigers a 4 - 3 victory over the Mariners. Kirk Gibson drives in three runs with his 20th homer of the year, and becomes the first Tiger ever to reach 20 in both homers and steals. Gibson's homer is his 15th game-winning RBI this year.

1987: in the midst of a career year, Alan Trammell appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1989: Guillermo (Willie) Hernandez makes his final career appearance after 13 seasons in the Tigers 7 - 3 win over the yankees.

1995: Yankees announcer, and former SS, Phil Rizzuto retires as team broadcaster after 39 years at the mike, reportedly because WPIX-TV refused to allow him to miss a game to attend teammate Mickey Mantle's funeral. Rizzuto eventually will return for the 1996 season.

1998: Alex Rodriguez goes 5-for-5 with 2 doubles and 2 home runs, but the Tigers win 7-6 over the mariners on birthday boy Bobby Higginson's grand slam.

2013: Miguel Cabrera hits his 40th home run of the season Max Scherzer pitched eight innings of two-run ball for his 18th win as the Tigers beat the royals 6 - 3.

2015: The changes continue in Boston as the team announces that Dave Dombrowski, recently let go as General Manager of the Tigers, has been hired as Vice-President in charge of baseball operations. GM Ben Cherington hands over his resignation in the wake of the announcement.

2018: The Oakland Athletics traded players to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Fiers. The Oakland Athletics sent Nolan Blackwood (minors) (August 18, 2018) and Logan Shore (minors) (September 19, 2018) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2019: Zack Greinke records the 200th win of his career as the Astros defeat the Athletics, 4 - 1.

2021: Shohei Ohtani continues to do it all by himself on the field. Today, he becomes the first hitter in the majors to reach 40 homers this season, and also improves his record on the mound to 8-1 as he pitches 8 full innings for the first time of his career. The Angels defeat the Tigers, 3 - 1.

2021: The Detroit Tigers purchased Dustin Garneau from the Colorado Rockies.

2023: Shohei Ohtani hits a grand slam and the Angels turn a triple play not seen in over 50 years, but the Rays still come out ahead, 9 - 6. With runners on the corners and none out in the 9th, the triple killing that preserves a 6 - 6 tie goes from shortstop to second to first to catcher, with Nolan Schanuel, playing in his big league debut at first base, throwing to C Logan O'Hoppe to nail Yandy Díaz at home to end the inning. The last such triple play had taken place in 1971 and the Halos had not recorded any since 1997. Alas, the Rays score three runs in the top of the 10th to win.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

Bob Kennedy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Kennedy 1956.

Bob Humphreys Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Humphreys 1962.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Consolo
Billy Consolo coach 1979-1992, 1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Higginson
Bobby Higginson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bobby Higginson 1995-2005.

Justin Wilson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Justin Wilson 2016-2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_McGarvey
Dan McGarvey Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dan McGarvey 1912.

George Harper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
George Harper 1916-1918.

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FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have started to prepare for the end-of-the year evaluations and preparations for the Hot Stove season. Almost every day, minor league prospects are being DFA?d or re-assigned. Some players are getting promoted within the farm system and soon we can expect that players will be called up to Detroit.

These moves are expected. Scott Harris came in with essentially a clean slate and he and his new hires are putting fresh eyes on everyone they inherited.

We?re also seeing moves being made at the MLB level. Players like Matt Vierling now spending quality time at 3B to see if he may be the solution there for the 2024 season.

At some point in early October, Harris will have his shopping list of needs. Some of his holes will be filled in-house, some by promoting prospects. The rest will necessitate the team going outside the organization and utilizing either trades or signing free agents.

So what do the Tigers need most of all? I?ve got my top 5 list.....
 
Her top 5

1. VETERAN STARTING PITCHER #1 ? To replace Eduardo Rodriguez who is expected to opt out.

2. VETERAN STARTING PITCHER #2 ? To replace Michael Lorenzen who was traded. Could Lorenzen return?

3. THIRD BASE ? To replace Nick Maton. Could it be Matt Vierling?

4. SECOND BASE ? A number of solid defensive players but no solid bats.

5. LATE INNING RELIEVER ? Someone to replace Jose Cisnero who becomes a free agent. Could a current reliever get promoted to a higher-leverage position?

IMO, that gets us to what they have right now. It doesn't really improve the team at all.
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tarik-skubal-records-quality-start-in-tigers-win-vs-guardians
Skubal sets dominant tone for DH as Guardians crack vs. changeup.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-guardians/2023/08/18/716956/final/box
Boxscore and Highlights.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...nd-guardians-to-handle-in-game-1/70619846007/
Tigers' Tarik Skubal, early flurry too much for Guardians to handle in Game 1.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-guardians-4-2-in-1st-game-of-dh/70624836007/
Miguel Cabrera ties Mel Ott for 11th on career RBI list, Tigers top Guardians 4-2 in 1st game of DH.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...al-hrs-to-4-2-win-over-guardians/70622743007/
Detroit Tigers' Tarik Skubal turns it on in 4-2 win over Guardians in Game 1 of doubleheader.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/08/tarik-skubal-mows-down-guardians-as-tigers-win-game-1.html
Tarik Skubal mows down Guardians as Tigers win Game 1.
Mlive
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/joey-wentz-s-solid-start-squandered-in-tigers-loss-vs-guardians
Wentz makes strong impression with spot start.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-guardians/2023/08/18/716959/final/box
Boxscore and lowlights.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2023/8...e-tarik-skubal-gavin-joey-wentz-xzavion-curry
Doubleheader Recap: Tigers and Guardians Split ?Em.
Detroit won the first game 4-2, and Cleveland took the second 4-1.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-eighth-inning-against-guardians/70620053007/
Tigers split doubleheader, fail to protect shutout in eighth inning against Guardians.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...p-cleveland-guardians-joey-wentz/70622760007/
Bullpen ruins Joey Wentz's best start in Detroit Tigers' 4-1 loss to Guardians in Game 2 of doubleheader.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/0...fall-to-guardians-in-game-2-of-twin-bill.html
Tigers lose lead in 8th inning, fall to Guardians in Game 2 of twin bill.
Mlive
 
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