Miguel Cabrera leads the majors in batting average (.387) and RBI (47) and is one home run shy of the AL leaders.(Photo: Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Miguel Cabrera is on another Triple Crown bid Barry Bonds says Cabrera is by far the best player in baseball Cabrera’s career numbers: .320 BA, 332 [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Rangers slides away from Tigers 11-8
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. Murphy’s shot just over the fence in right field gave Texas an 8-7 lead and answered a [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: White Sox top Rangers 3-1 to hand Texas its first series loss
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – Hector Santiago allowed two hits in five-plus innings filling in for Jake Peavy on Thursday night, Tyler Flowers hit a three-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 3-1, handing the Rangers their first series loss of the season. Flowers’ drive just inside the foul pole in [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Tigers slams Twins 6-1 / Interleague: Indians 14, Phillies 2
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. Verlander (3-2) allowed a run and five hits. He struck out eight and walked two. Vance Worley [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched into the eighth inning, Ryan Raburn hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night to split their four-game series. Raburn hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning and a solo homer in the eighth. Raburn finished with [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Red Sox win emotional game, off to best start in 11 years
April 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — BOSTON – After honouring the victims and the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox kept on with their best start in 11 years by beating the Kansas City Royals 4-3 Saturday as David Ortiz played his first game since last summer and Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz flirts with no-hitter
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — BOSTON – Clay Buchholz didn’t allow a hit until Kelly Johnson’s broken-bat single leading off the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Sunday. Buchholz, who threw a no-hitter in just his second career start in 2007, allowed two hits and four walks in [...]
Golf – The Masters 2013: Woods leaves Masters without another green jacket
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Masters that began so swimmingly for Tiger Woods effectively ended late in the second round, when his near-perfect wedge struck the flagstick at No. 15 and ricocheted into the water. He left the grounds late Sunday afternoon in a steady drizzle, empty-handed once again. His 70 left him at 283, [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Miguel Cabrera leads Tigers in rout of Blue Jays
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera tripled, scored twice and even stole a base, and Detroit knocked Josh Johnson out of the game with a five-run second inning against Toronto. Doug Fister (2-0) allowed a run and eight hits in eight innings for the win. Johnson (0-1) gave up six runs and seven hits in 1 1-3 [...]
