Youk suspended 5 games

PREGAME: The Tigers look for an elusive road win once again, this time it will be against Junichi Tazawa making his first big league start. Tazawa will take on Rick Porcello who has already had one rough start against the Red Sox this year. The Tigers will hope to get Porcello through 6 innings which will [...]

The Sox and Tigers had been trading beanballs since last night's game. When Rick Porcello plunked Youk with the first pitch of the second inning, Youk had finally had enough. He immediately bull-rushed the mound and tackled Porcello, inciting a benches-clearing dust-up. He and Porcello were tossed, and moments later the Sox had erased a 3-0 deficit.The Sox went on to win 7-5...

A fracas at Fenway! A brawl in Beantown! Porcello pounces! Youk yanked! Whatever your headline, the Tuesday night altercation between Boston's Kevin Youkilis and Detroit's Rick Porcello was about as entertaining as it gets for a no-punch fight. Upset about being hit for the second time in Boston and Detroit's brewing beaning brouhaha — say that 10x fast &mdash...

For all the tough guy juice Kevin Youkilis oozes out, I found Tuesday Nights fracas to be delightfully delicious. First off Mr. Youk gets hit squarely in the back, not really something out of the ordinary for a player who has been hit nearly 40 times during the past three seasons. Yet, Youk decided the time was now to fight. The time to fight came when he was going to fight a pitcher...

Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis charged the mound after being hit with a pitch, throwing his helmet and tackling Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello before both benches and bullpens poured onto the field. Youkilis and Porcello were ejected from Tuesday night's game in the second inning, and Porcello turned back to scream at the umpire as he left the field. Red Sox...

Detroit Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello has dropped his appeal of a five-game suspension for hitting Boston's Kevin Youkilis with a pitch.

Today it was announced that Detroit Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello and Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis were both suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball because of their roles in the bench clearing brawl that happened Tuesday night.Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson was also fined.Porcello purposely aimed a 90-mile-per-hour fastball at Youkilis, which hit...

Contending teams usually have two things happen each year. They get great contributions from a rookie, and they get great contributions from an unexpected source. Sometimes the two coincide to be one in the same, and of course there are exceptions to the rule.  Rick Porcello of the Detroit Tigers fits the bill for the first item. As a 20-year-old rookie, he has provided as much...

So the Tigers' trip to Boston didn’t go all that well.  Detroit lost three of four games and lost Rick Porcello to a suspension.  However, the silver lining is that the suspension will help Porcello get some rest.  The one win of the series was also pretty good as Justin Verlander was dominating in the final game of the series. It’s always a pleasure...

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis charged the mound after being hit with a pitch, throwing his helmet and tackling Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello before both benches and bullpens poured onto the field.

Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis and Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello were suspended for five games each and fined by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after their brawl at Fenway Park.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis charged the mound after being hit with a pitch, throwing his helmet and tackling Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello before both benches and bullpens poured onto the field.

September 1 is right around the corner, and for the Detroit Tigers there are some projected changes in the works. There will be a large pitching staff shakeup that will drastically alter the look of the bullpen.   Some of these moves have very big question marks associated with them as to if they will work. For the Tigers to stay playoff contenders, they will have to work...