This past week for the Detroit Tigers was full of peaks and valleys after ending a ten-game road trip on the highest of highs before returning home over the weekend and coming back down to Earth a little bit.
The Tigers began the week by taking care of business in a three-game road sweep out in Denver of the league’s worst team in the Colorado Rockies followed by returning home to Comerica Park and dropping two of three against the Texas Rangers to finish with a 4-2 week.
Detroit still holds the advantage over three other teams for the top spot in the American League Central as we enter the second full of May:
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL STANDINGS
DETROIT TIGERS – 26-15
Cleveland Guardians – 23-17 (2.5 GB)
Kansas City Royals – 24-18 (2.5 GB)
Minnesota Twins – 21-20 (5 GB)
Chicago White Sox – 12-29 (14 GB)
Some notable individual performances from the week that was include an offensive outburst out in the Mile High City:
In addition, Tarik Skubal was electric on Friday night:
The Tigers begin this week at home to conclude a six-game homestand before heading across the border this weekend to open up a six-game road swing:
- May 12-14th vs. Boston Red Sox (Comerica Park)
- May 16-18th at Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Centre)
