The Detroit Tigers will have a shot to win the team's first series since the start of May in a game you can watch for free through FOX 17 on Thursday.

The Detroit Tigers have been wallowing around the bottom of the American League. A big part of that has been the continued struggles for Jack Flaherty.

DETROIT, Mich. — Spencer Torkelson homered, doubled twice and drove in three runs, and five Detroit pitchers combined for a two-hitter as the Tigers snapped a season-worst seven-game home skid with a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

The Chicago White Sox lost slugger Munetaka Murakami for most of Friday’s game because of right hamstring tightness. Miguel Vargas made sure the Sox didn’t lose the game.

Los Angeles Angels (21-35, fifth in the AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (22-34, fourth in the AL Central) Detroit; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Grayson Rodrigu

The Tigers desperately needed a feel-good pick-me-up against the American League’s worst teams this week. Instead, they dropped a 7-1 decision to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park,