Joel Zumaya News

Armando Galarraga announced his presence with authority last night. Unfortunately, so did Joel Zumaya.With Detroit clinging to a 2-1 lead entering the eighth inning, Joel Zumaya was summoned to protect the game... by John Parent 8 16 reads Armando Galarraga announced his presence with authority last night.

Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya stands near the mound after walking St. Louis Cardinals' Ryan Ludwick with the bases loaded during the seventh inning on Wednesday.

Oh, I know that Joel Zumaya had thrown more pitches than ever before in his last outing, but he had had a couple of days off and should have been ready for Monday night.

The Detroit Tigers' eight-game home winning streak came to an inglorious end Monday night in a 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals.

My weekly take on the Tigers, also known simply and affectionately as "MMM." Week of 6/29-7/5: 2-4 record This week: 7/6-7/8: Kansas City; 7/10-12: Cleveland Goat of the Week ... by Greg Eno 2 51 reads Opinion My weekly take on the Tigers, also known simply and affectionately as "MMM." Week of 6/29-7/5: 2-4 record This week: 7/6-7/8: Kansas City; ...

PREGAME: Nothing like an afternoon game after a 16 inning bout, but the Tigers play at 4p on the 4th on Fox Saturday Baseball.

With his second consecutive victory, Armando Galarraga nudged his 10-start drought farther into the past on Tuesday night.

Our Detroit Tigers squandered a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning late Friday night.

PREGAME: In terms of subplots, you need to look no further than the Tigers taking on a oethe little pudgy one.a Pudge Rodriguez, the catching-est catcher of all time and his former skipper Jim Leyland have already exchanged phone calls in the days leading up to the series .

The Tigers have a healthy Fernando Rodney and Joel Zumaya to credit for a good part of their bullpen resurgence.

Who's hot: Miguel Cabrera is hitting .424 in his past nine games. Who's not: Reliever Joel Zumaya had two blown saves and a loss last week while compiling a 13.50 ERA in three outings.

HOUSTON a ' Each team walked seven hitters Friday night. Those 14 walks combined to tell how the Tigers didn't score a ' and how the Astros did score in their 5-4 win.

Joel Zumaya could do nothing more that stare stone-faced into his locker after Friday night's game in Houston.

Miguel Tejada had a double and drove in two runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-4 victory over Detroit on Friday night, snapping the Tigers' seven-game winning streak.

The Detroit Tigers have always been well-represented at the Major League Baseball Futures Game during All Star weekend.

Among the background stories on a Tigers team with no shortage of drama is their free agency situation.

The length of Lou Piniella 's postgame news conference is typically in inverse proportion to the degree of difficulty of the loss.

Joel Zumaya owes Ryan Raburn not only dinner, but an entire restaurant, after Raburn's two-run, walk-off home run in the ninth saved the Tigers -- and Zumaya -- in Tuesday night's thrilling 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Comerica Park.

Two big swings made up for one bad pitch Tuesday night at Comerica Park as the Tigers won one of their all-time Comerica Park thrillers, 5-4, over the Chicago Cubs, on Ryan Raburn's two-run, pinch-hit homer off closer Kevin Gregg.

It rained, it poured. It went away, it came back. But when all was said and done Friday night -- which means when the umpires were done reversing two home run calls and an initial delay of two hours, three minutes was over -- the Tigers had downed the Milwaukee Brewers 10-4 in a deluge-shortened game at Comerica Park.