GAME 98 - Detroit Tigers @ Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, July 18, 10:07 PM

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Angels 5th
Tigers lead 7-0.

Schanuel Lineout RF.
Guzman K’s
Siri. 5-3

Top 6th

 

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Tigers 6th
Lead 7-0

Outman. F-8
McGonigle. G-3
Dingler K’s

 

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Angels 6th
Tigers lead 7-0

O’Hoppe (0-2) single
Neto Popout 2nd.
Trout pop single RF.
Grissom 6-4-3 Dp

 

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Tigers 7th
Lead 7-0

Keith singles
Greene 6-3 DP (Tags Keith)
Tork. 4-3

Bottom 7th

 

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Angels 7th
Tigers lead 7-0

Soler ………..K’s (swinging) #8
Adell…………K’s (swinging) #9
Schanuel 1-3

Top 8th

 

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Tigers 8th
Tigers lead 7-0.

Carpenter (soft lineout to 3rd).
McKinstry double
Vierling. K’s
Outman. Lineout 1st.

Bottom 8th
Tigers lead 7-0

 

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Jones freaking hit a homer for Boston.

 

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Angels 8th
Tigers lead 7-0

Waguespack in

Guzman singles
Ph-Meckler K’s (looking)
O’Hoppe BB (damn it stop nibbling) walks the #9 hitter.
Neto foulout Tork (by home plate)
Trout (0-2),(1-2), (2-2), (3-2) BB sigh.
Pitching changed Finnegan (Do they swing 1st pitch)
Grissom. F-8 Inning over .

Top 9th

 

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Top 9th Tigers lead
7-0

McGonigle. 6-3
Dingler. 4-3
Keith. Singles
Malgeri K’s


Keith 4 hit night.


Angels 9th
Tigers lead 7-0

Hanifee in

Soler. Singles. (Out at 2nd)
Adell. 5-4
Schanuel Lineout Kieth .
Guzman 6-3

Tigers win 7-0 Final !

Ace pitcher finally gets run support

 

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Largest Shutout win at the Angels since June 6th 1977 (8-0)
Mark Fidrych. Last complete game of his career
(My daughter was born June 6th 1995)

 

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Tigers Minor Leagues
Toledo
First half (34-40) second half (10-10) overall (44-50
Not great. Hitters sleeping. As Mudhens were swept in a doubleheader Just nothing worth talking about Clark had
2 hits.

Game #1 lost (5-1)

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Game #2 lost (8-1)

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Gameday: Stripers 8, Mud Hens 1 Final Score (07/18/2026)

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Erie (36-32) 1st half (15-5) 2nd half (51-37) overall .
Lost a tough tone 7-6 in 10 innings .
Graham big day. Esposito hit another homer but is batting
Only .210.

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Gameday: SeaWolves 6, Flying Squirrels 7 Final Score (07/18/2026)

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Gameday: SeaWolves 5, Flying Squirrels 2 Final Score (07/17/2026)

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West Michigan
(24-40) 1st half (13-10) 2nd half (37-50) overall
Split a Doubleheader Saturday

Lost game one (3-2)

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Gameday: Whitecaps 2, Loons 3 Final Score (07/18/2026)

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Won game two (11-2)


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Gameday: Whitecaps 11, Loons 2 Final Score (07/18/2026)

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Lakeland
(31-34) 1st half (10-13) 2nd half (41-47) overall.
Torres rehab Homer .
Won 7-3

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Gameday: Flying Tigers 7, Mighty Mussels 3 Final Score (07/18/2026)

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Why was Hanifee recalled over keeping Bo Breiske ?
They are kind of the same ish .
I missed what they said about it

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tarik-skubal-strikes-out-nine-in-seven-innings-against-angels

Skubal maintains his edge to silence Angels after early run support.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-angels/2026/07/18/824008/live/box

Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-angels/2026/07/18/824008/live/video

Video highlights of the Tigers win over the angels.

Skubal deals and Torkelson mashes in easy win over Angels

Spencer Torkelson hit a pair of home runs in a relatively easy win.

www.blessyouboys.com

Skubal deals and Torkelson mashes in easy win over Angels.
Spencer Torkelson hit a pair of home runs in a relatively easy win.
BYBTB

Tarik Skubal, Spencer Torkelson star in Tigers' rout of Angels.
Tarik Skubal was punching out hitters and dancing off the mound after innings. Spencer Torkelson was sending baseballs out to the unique landscaping way beyond the center-field wall at Angel Stadium. Kevin McGonigle was doing Ty Cobb-type stuff.
Detnews

Tarik Skubal, Spencer Torkelson power Tigers to 2nd straight vs Angels.
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal went deep; first baseman Spencer Torkelson went even deeper, crushing a pair of homers and darn near everybody in the Tigers lineup contributed in some way in a 7-0 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, July 18.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/07/spencer-torkelson-homers-twice-as-tigers-stomp-angels.html

Spencer Torkelson homers twice as Tigers stomp Angels.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

Why was Hanifee recalled over keeping Bo Breiske ?
They are kind of the same ish .
I missed what they said about it

Framber Valdez update: Detroit Tigers LHP returns, reliever sent down.
The Detroit Tigers reinstated left-hander Framber Valdez from the bereavement list before facing the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, July 18.
Right-handed reliever Beau Brieske was optioned to Triple-A Toledo following Friday night’s game.
Freep

 

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS

The Detroit Tigers have improved in their play recently and are now 7 games under .500 and 6.5 games back in the AL Central (through Friday’s games). It is still unclear if they will be buye…

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have improved in their play recently and are now 7 games under .500 and 6.5 games back in the AL Central (through Friday’s games). It is still unclear if they will be buyers, sellers or both by the trade deadline in 2 weeks.
They have 6 current players who will become free agents after this season: 3 starting pitchers, 2 position players and 1 reliever. Only 2 of them will have qualifying offers attached if they don’t get traded before the end of the year.
Should the Tigers decide to trade any of them, who should they get in return? MLB-ready player(s) or prospects in the higher levels of the minor league system?
Consider that many expect owners to lockout players on December 1st over a new CBA and they believe it will be a long one. This means that current MLB-level players will be unable to play next year while those in the minors will still have their regular season.
Also think about how any potential prospects received potentially may not be ready for promotion in either late 2027 or 2028.
Who should the Tigers primarily target in their trades?
Today’s blog addresses this question and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!
For this one blog only, you’ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, we encourage you to respond to other readers and keep the conversations going.
TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.
Ready?

Who should the Tigers primarily target in their deadline deals?

1. MLB-ready players

2. Minor league prospects

VOTE

 

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Kevin McGonigle has officially joined Ty Cobb as the only players in Tigers' history to produce 100 hits in under 100 games.

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[tomdalton22]

Torkelson is an enigma. He has bouts of frustrating at bats, and with risp, and we are told that analytics have him as a terrible fielding first baseman, and yet he hits home runs in bunches, and the eye tests says he is a good fielding first baseman and can scoop low throws from around the infield. I think for most all of us if he could get his average up 40 to 50 points we would be content.

Without the #1 pick label, nobody would question him playing first base.

 

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS

The Detroit Tigers have improved in their play recently and are now 7 games under .500 and 6.5 games back in the AL Central (through Friday’s games). It is still unclear if they will be buye…

totallytigers.wordpress.com

DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have improved in their play recently and are now 7 games under .500 and 6.5 games back in the AL Central (through Friday’s games). It is still unclear if they will be buyers, sellers or both by the trade deadline in 2 weeks.
They have 6 current players who will become free agents after this season: 3 starting pitchers, 2 position players and 1 reliever. Only 2 of them will have qualifying offers attached if they don’t get traded before the end of the year.
Should the Tigers decide to trade any of them, who should they get in return? MLB-ready player(s) or prospects in the higher levels of the minor league system?
Consider that many expect owners to lockout players on December 1st over a new CBA and they believe it will be a long one. This means that current MLB-level players will be unable to play next year while those in the minors will still have their regular season.
Also think about how any potential prospects received potentially may not be ready for promotion in either late 2027 or 2028.
Who should the Tigers primarily target in their trades?
Today’s blog addresses this question and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!
For this one blog only, you’ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, we encourage you to respond to other readers and keep the conversations going.
TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.
Ready?

Who should the Tigers primarily target in their deadline deals?

1. MLB-ready players

2. Minor league prospects

VOTE

I don't think anybody outside of Skubal could net major league ready players. Maybe mize, but nothing impactful. Skubal to the Dodgers makes the most sense. They have an abundance of high level talent that are blocked by superstars. I read that the Tigers could get Zyhir Hope (Dodgers #3 prospect), Aiden West who is a really young SS prospect (around Dodgers #30), and Emmet Sheehan, who is a back of the rotation pitcher for them.