No team in the division era had defeated a single opponent 18 times in one year until Cleveland finished its latest thumping of Detroit. Here's how the record-setting disparity unfolded.
Mike Clevinger pitched six shutdown innings, Franmil Reyes homered in his return to the lineup and the Cleveland Indians moved into a tie for the second AL wild card with a 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.
Yasiel Puig hit an RBI single off the top of the right field wall with two outs in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians kept up their playoff push, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1 Wednesday night.
Adam Plutko pitched six effective innings, rookie Oscar Mercado homered and the Cleveland Indians beat Detroit 7-2 on Tuesday night for their 15th straight victory against the Tigers.
Jordy Mercer hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Monday to split a four-game series between the teams with the worst records in the major leagues.
The Cubs, Brewers and Mets are all making a push to snag postseason spots in the Senior Circuit.
Edwin Jackson allowed five runs in five innings, and the Detroit Tigers took control of the race for the top pick in next June's amateur draft with an 8-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Victor Reyes hit a tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning and John Hicks had the game-winning grand slam in the 12th to lift the Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
In the first meeting in 50 years of major league teams both 50 or more games under .500, DJ Stewart and Trey Mancini homered to lead the Baltimore Orioles over the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on Friday night.
A great display of sportsmanship: During the series in Detroit, Miguel Cabrera sent a signed bat to Aaron Judge, and Judge sent one back to him.
As the Tigers and Orioles begin their battle for baseball's worst record, we debate which bottom-dwellers have hope and which have none.
On a day that we have learned that DH Edwin Encarnación (left oblique strain) and J.A. Happ (biceps tendinitis) have both gone back to New York to pay a visit to the team doctor, catcher Gary Sánchez was just taken out of the second game of the doubleheader against the Tigers. No word yet as to why.
Edwin Encarnacion homered, then left the game with an oblique injury.
VIDEO: Aaron Boone talks about Yankees DH Edwin Encarnación, who was taken out of the game today due to an oblique injury.
Edwin Encarnacion homered for the fourth time in eight games since returning from the injured list, then left in the fifth inning with a strained left oblique muscle as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 10-4 Thursday in a doubleheader opener.
The Yankees-Tigers game in Detroit has been postponed due to inclement weather. Will be made up tomorrow, September 12th, as a straight doubleheader with first pitch for Game 1 scheduled for 1:10 ET, and Game 2 beginning 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1.
Wednesday night's game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees has been postponed because of bad weather and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Thursday.
Here's the "We Shall Not Forget" silhouetted batter ribbon patch the Yankees will wear tonight in remembrance of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
Nothing is more 2019 than this factoid: The Tigers have now won two games this season in which they allowed six home runs. That had never happened before (well, at least since 1908, but since nobody hit home runs back then, it surely didn't happen before then).
Jordy Mercer capped a comeback from a six-run deficit with a game-ending single off Chance Adams in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers overcame six home runs by the Yankees to beat New York 12-11 on Tuesday night.
The Tigers beat the Yankees 12-11 in a game where New York had a 6-0 lead after the first 2 innings. The Yankees had won 104 consecutive games in which they had led by 6+ runs. Their last such loss was on August 16, 2016, in which they led the Blue Jays 6-0 before falling 12-6.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 94 | 59 | .614 | - | W1 |
| Cleveland | 90 | 63 | .588 | 4 | W4 |
| Chicago | 66 | 86 | .434 | 27.5 | W1 |
| Kansas City | 56 | 98 | .364 | 38.5 | L3 |
| Detroit | 45 | 107 | .296 | 48.5 | L3 |
