The Latest Breaking News from Kerry Carpenter

MINNEAPOLIS — Mickey Lolich probably just rolled his eyes.

DETROIT — Spencer Turnbull’s last start, in which he pitched effectively in Toronto and earned his first win since May 29, 2021, got lost in all the drama of the Javier Báez benching.

DETROIT — Kerry Carpenter launched a two-out, walk-off home run to right field, sending the Tigers to a dramatic 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians in the first of two games Tuesday at a near empty and frigid Comerica Park.

DETROIT — They were booing Javier Báez when he took a called third strike in the first inning. They booed louder when he chased a pitch way outside the zone for another strikeout in the fifth.

TORONTO — The Tigers were three outs away from stopping their losing streak at five games Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Instead, the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth and then won it in the 10th.

Toronto’s new center fielder wasted no time making a jaw-dropping highlight.

LAKELAND, Fla. — All this stuff will shake out by the end of spring training. Shoot, by then, some new players could be added to the mix, completely throwing these early calculations out of whack.

DETROIT — I’ve been carrying around these quotes from agent Scott Boras since he spoke at the general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas in November. His words struck me at the time as extremely relevant to the Tigers, and even more so since manager AJ Hinch and president Scott Harris…

ARLINGTON, Texas — What’s frustrating — if anything can be truly frustrating after a road series-winning 9-8 victory against the Texas Rangers, except maybe the last two innings — is that the Tigers haven’t been able to produce this type of offensive performance more frequently this season.

CLEVELAND — The baseball hasn’t much bounced the Tigers’ way this season. But it did Tuesday in their 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians.

CLEVELAND — For different reasons, they both badly needed to see balls fly into the seats.