Detroit Free Press Published 10:35 PM EDT Jun 18, 2019 PITTSBURGH — Nicholas Castellanos trotted home when a potential double play in the eighth turned into an RBI fielder’s choice thanks to some indecisiveness by Pittsburgh second baseman Adam Frazier, allowing the Detroit Tigers to edge the Pirates 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Tigers loaded the bases off Kyle Crick (2-3) with one out when Brandon Dixon hit a grounder that rolled under Crick’s glove right to Frazier. Instead of flipping to shortstop Kevin Newman in hopes of turning an inning-ending double play, Frazier tried to tag Detroit’s Christin Stewart between first and second. Stewart backed off to avoid the tag, breaking up the play and forcing for Frazier to settle for one out instead of two. Detroit’s shaky bullpen made it stand up, barely. Buck Farmer (4-4) earned the win despite giving up Newman’s tying RBI triple in the seventh. Joe Jiménez survived a bases-loaded jam in the … [Read more...] about Detroit Tigers slip by Pirates 5-4, snap 4-game losing skid
Unconventional musician uses voice to spread hope
High pressure will continue to move eastward through northern Minnesota bringing quiet and comfortable conditions to the viewing area. Skies will stay partly sunny Wednesday … [Read more...] about Unconventional musician uses voice to spread hope
NHL Draft shines with star-caliber centers, offensive wingers
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 10:54 PM EDT Jun 18, 2019 Detroit — If you listen to many NHL teams, they’ll have the same criticisms, or more specifically, the same needs. Brother, they’d love to have a franchise-type center, capable of producing offense and neutralizing the other team defensively. Or, a gifted, goal-scoring winger. Or a franchise altering No. 1 type of defenseman, who judging from the last couple of seasons around the NHL, must be paid a premium (in contracts, and, or, trades) to acquire. Or a goaltender. Friday’s NHL Draft will be a chance for teams to acquire that organization-revolutionizing young player. Some positions are stronger than others this season. While there were an impressive crop of defensemen in the 2018 draft, Friday’s isn’t as deep. But this season, more than in recent memory, there are a list of top-flight centers who could become fixtures on their teams for a decade, or longer. More: Red Wings … [Read more...] about NHL Draft shines with star-caliber centers, offensive wingers
Tigers grind out win in Steel City over Pirates, end 4-game skid
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 10:25 PM EDT Jun 18, 2019 Pittsburgh — This was not an aesthetically-pleasing baseball game, by any stretch. And the Tigers could not care less. With a lot of help from the home team, the Tigers scratched across a run in the top of the eighth inning and snapped their four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night. The Tigers, who had squandered a 4-1 lead, took advantage of a walk, hit batsman and a botched double-play ball to score the go-ahead run. BOX SCORE: Tigers 5, Pirates 4 With the bases loaded and one out, Pirates reliever Kyle Crick got Brandon Dixon to hit a ground ball to second baseman Adam Frazier. Instead of flipping the ball to his shortstop at second base to start the double-play, he tried to tag Christin Stewart, who was running to second. He missed the tag and barely got Dixon at first. Nick Castellanos, who walked to start the inning, scored from third. That left it up … [Read more...] about Tigers grind out win in Steel City over Pirates, end 4-game skid
Quake shakes Japan, causes 21 injuries and minor damage
Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press Published 10:02 PM EDT Jun 18, 2019 Tokyo – A powerful earthquake jolted northwestern Japan late Tuesday, causing minor injuries to 21 people and a brief evacuation of coastal homes until the risk of a tsunami passed. Store floors were littered with goods that fell off shelves, and roofs of homes showed bare spots where tiles had shaken loose. But business was returning to normal Wednesday morning, with trains mostly running as usual and electricity restored to thousands of homes that lost power temporarily. There were no reports of serious damage from the magnitude 6.7 quake. Minor sea level changes were detected by several coastal cities, but the tsunami warning was lifted after about 2 ½ hours. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the earthquake struck off the western coast of Yamagata about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the city of Sakata. It was fairly shallow, about 14 kilometers (9 miles) below the sea’s … [Read more...] about Quake shakes Japan, causes 21 injuries and minor damage