Mariners pair top 1-2 pitching duo in majors

Major league baseball is so deep in quality starting pitching that you could probably make the case for nine or 10 different combinations as the best pair going right now. Here are my top five: 1.

SweetSpot TV: Pitching Duos

Eric Karabell and David Schoenfield break down the top pitching duos in baseball.

Miggy unstoppable, but what about Tigers?

Well, Miguel Cabrera was due. I mean, he'd gone a whole four games without a home run. He'd driven in just two runs in his previous eight games. He was probably taking extra batting practice before Sunday's game.

Texas 7, Detroit 2: Notes, quotes from Saturday's loss

Top 10 free-agent signings of 2013

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.

Anibal Goes Wild On Braves

From Elias: Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 Braves batters in the Tigers' win on Friday, setting a Tigers team record and also a record for an interleague game. Detroit's previous best was 16 strikeouts, set by Mickey Lolich on May 23, 1969 and matched by Lolich less than three weeks later (June 9). The previous record for an interleague game was also 16, by Pedro Martinez for the Red Sox against the Braves in 1999 and Curt Schilling for the Phillies versus the Yankees in 1997. Sanchez is now one of two players who hold the single-game strikeout record for his current team, along with Ricky Nolasco (Marlins). Sanchez entered the game 4-11 with a 5.42 ERA against Atlanta and he had been 0-6 with a 6.81 ERA in his previous seven starts against the Braves. Atlanta didn't allow more than six runs in any of its first 21 games this season, before losing on Friday, 10-0, and allowing six runs in the 4th inning alone. Before this year, the most games the Braves went into a season without allowing more than six runs was 17 games (1919 and 1982).

MLB - Sanchez joins Johan and Big Unit

MLB - Sanchez With 17 K

Tigers' Anibal Sanchez has 17 strikeouts tonight through 8 IP vs the Braves, the most by a pitcher this season (previous high: Yu Darvish's 14 strikeout performance vs the Astros on April 2).

Under the Microscope: Starting pitchers off to hot starts

Todd Zola examines the peripheral numbers of several starting pitchers off to hot starts, such as Matt Harvey, Jon Lester and Justin Masterson, to see whether they can be expected to maintain their early success.