On Saturday, the Detroit Tigers were beaten by the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the American League Division Series. The loss ends the Tigers season, but what a season it was.
When it comes to protecting a ninth inning lead, the Cleveland Guardians have a massive advantage. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is the best in the business at locking down wins.
Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter was left out of the starting lineup for Saturday's Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the host Cleveland Guardians.
The Detroit Tigers are on tenterhooks as they await the health verdict on Kerry Carpenter, their playoff hero, whose participation in the must-win Game 5 of the AL Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians hangs in the balance.
Cleveland Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase is one of the most — if not the most — unhittable pitchers in the game today. But that did not matter
The Detroit Tigers evened up the best-of-five American League Division Series on Monday afternoon by beating the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 at Progressive Field.
News and Notes for Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 Tarik Skubal was dominant and Emmanuel Clase was not as the Tigers took game two in Cleveland, 3-0. Our Matt Seese will have a full recap for you but it was definitely a gut punch to see Kerry Carpenter pound a rare hanging slider from Clase into the Progressive Field seats in right field.
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Kerry Carpenter launched a decisive three-run home run against Cleveland Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning of Game 2 of their American League Division Series on Monday, breaking a scoreless deadlock.
The Detroit Tigers keep showing how reliant they are.
Sure, there will be talk of starting pitcher Tarik Skubal and what he was able to do on Monday, but let's not let Carpenter's jack distract from just how good Skubal was against the Guardians on Game 2.
Kerry Carpenter launched a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Monday afternoon in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.
Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter hit one of the most improbable home runs of the season to even Detroit's ALDS series against the Guardians at 1-1.
The Tigers weren’t supposed to be here. But with a week left in the regular season, they’ve become baseball’s most dangerous underdog.
Kerry Carpenter hit two solo home runs and the Detroit Tigers held off the host Baltimore Orioles for a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon. Spencer Torkelson also homered for Detroit, which won two of three games in the series despite managing only five hits in the finale.
Kerry Carpenter may have finished a home run shy of the cycle Wednesday night, but the Detroit Tigers slugger still posted a historic stat line in his team's critical win over the Colorado Rockies.
The Detroit Tigers have been lacking power since Kerry Carpenter was placed on the injured list in late May. Carpenter returned in a big way on Tuesday in the first game of a three-game home series against Seattle.
The Detroit Tigers activated Kerry Carpenter before Tuesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners at Comerica Park. Carpenter, 26, is starting at designated hitter and batting second for the Tigers after missing nearly three months of action with a lumbar spine stress fracture.
He has appeared in 199 major league games to this point in his career and has hit 34 home runs in that time.
The pair faced off in live batting practice Saturday, highlighting their progress towards returning to action.
The Tigers have placed outfielder Kerry Carpenter on the 10-day injured list due to a lower back injury.
The 2022 Tigers were baseball’s worst offensive team, as the lineup’s near-total lack of production was the chief cause (even beyond a staggering number of pitcher injuries) for a hugely disappointing 66-96 record in what was supposed to be a return to contention. “Best batter on the 2022 Tigers” is pretty faint praise, and Kerry Carpenter’s 113 plate appearances last season didn’t even make him a qualified hitter, yet Carpenter still took the dubious honor by posting a team-leading 124 wRC+ over his 31 games of work in his rookie season.
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