Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers will take on the Kansas City Royals Saturday night in downtown Detroit after the final day of the NFL draft.

Seth Lugo pitched seven scoreless innings and Kansas City won their fourth straight game, beating Detroit. Lugo allowed three singles and matched a career high with nine strikeouts in a game played at 1:10 pm due to the NFL draft festivities in downtown Detroit on Friday evening. Tigers starter Reese Olson allowed one run on three hits and three walks in seven innings, striking out eight.

The New York Mets are adding veteran slugger J.D. Martinez to their roster after he completed a tune-up in Triple-A. To make room for Martinez's arrival, infielder Zack Short was designated for assignment. Short, who turns 29 next month, was claimed off waivers by the Mets last November when the Tigers dropped him from the roster following the 2023 season. The Tigers originally acquired him from the Chicago Cubs in a trade for outfielder Cameron Maybin in 2020.

Former Detroit Tigers reliever Drew Anderson posted a 3.86 ERA with nine walks and 16 strikeouts across 14 innings in nine games with Triple-A Toledo.

Detroit Tigers catcher Carson Kelly was scratched from Friday's lineup with soreness in his rib cage. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said it's been an ongoing issue that Kelly has been managing but it “locked up on him” before Friday's game. “He was moving around pretty gingerly,” Hinch said. Jake Rogers started the game in place of Kelly.

Second-year righty Reese Olson struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, but the Detroit Tigers mustered just five hits Friday.

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Buddy Kennedy, 25, a 2017 Millville High School graduate, is an infielder with the Detroit Tigers. The 2017 fifth-round draft pick made his major league debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 17, 2022. Thursday: The Tigers were off. Friday: Struck out as a pinch-hitter for Kerry Carpenter in the ninth inning of an 8-0 loss to the visiting Royals. Saturday: Brady Singer (2-1, 2.76) will start the 6:10 p.m. game for Kansas City. Kennedy has not faced him. Stats: Kennedy is hitting .250 (2 for 8) with one home run, four RBIs and two runs in five games. His on-base percentage is .364, his OPS .989. He has walked twice and struck

As a kid, he sat in the stands here to cheer on the Tigers; after being drafted in 2016, he proposed to his wife on the snow-covered turf; he made his big-league debut in 2019; he pitched in front of empty bleachers in the strange COVID-altered 2020 season; and after the Tigers parted ways, he returned as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Now he's with the Kansas City Royals, thrilled to be back home and feeling very much at home with his new team. The Royals (16-10), who lost 106 games in 2023, are one of the surprise teams in baseball. Schreiber, a right-handed reliever now 30 years old and in his sixth big-league season, has played a role in Kansas City's success.

KiwiClo, a Detroit-based clothing brand, is dropping a limited collection in collaboration with Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson.

MLB is bringing back its Players Weekend but without the feature that made the showcase popular with fans.

ST. PETERSBURG — Tyler Alexander had searched for A.J. Hinch for two days. The Rays pitcher went to the visitors’ side of the field to see his former teammates. He caught up with Tigers coaches and other staff. But the manager was ducking him. “Which is crap, really, because I was talking to everybody and I even stood behind their cage during their BP and he didn’t come out,” Alexander said ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Curtis Mead finally was ready to face his fear of failure. When the rookie infielder came to the plate in the sixth inning Wednesday night, it was a pressure-filled moment. The struggling Rays had coughed up a three-run lead and just come back to tie the Tigers. With two outs and a runner on, Mead battled through an eight-pitch at-bat before letting loose on an 85 mph slider. ...

The Detroit Tigers took the lead in the sixth inning Wednesday but it was short-lived in a 7-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Detroit Tigers prospect Kevin McGonigle, the No. 37 pick in the 2023 draft, made his season debut with Low-A Lakeland on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida.

Riley Greene went deep twice for his first multi-homer game, Mark Canha added a homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night.