Arizona
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Detroit Tigers (21-22) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (21-23)
When: 9:40 p.m. Friday
Where: Chase Field in Phoenix.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit. (Have Xfinity but still looking for a way to watch BSD? Here are some other options.)
Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1). (Tigers radio affiliates).
Weather report: Indoors.
Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (5-0, 2.02 ERA) vs. Diamondbacks RHP Ryne Nelson (2-2, 5.33 ERA).
• Box score
Tigers lineup: TBD.
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Game notes: The Detroit Tigers cannot hit. The Detroit Tigers cannot score. The Detroit Tigers can, however, pitch. And the best of the bunch will be on the mound Friday as the team looks for some much-needed momentum.
The Tigers have now lost four straight series after falling in consecutive games to the putrid Miami Marlins while scoring zero, yes, zero runs over the final two games. Reese Olson, who’s still looking for his first win of the year despite sporting a crazy 2.09 ERA (barely below Skubal’s ERA, who already has five wins), kicked things off with another stellar performance. He held the Marlins scoreless through eight, Jason Foley got them through the ninth, but the extra base runner cost them in extra innings as they lost, 1-0.
Pain.
The next day presented a great opportunity for a bounceback. Casey Mize got off to a bad start, giving up two runs through the first two batters, but then held the Marlins scoreless the rest of the day, as did the bullpen. All the Tigers had to do was score three runs over 18 innings on Tuesday and Wednesday and they would’ve won both games. They did not score once.
Pain.
The Tigers need to hope for a return to the mean at this point, because even for a team that struggles at the plate, zero runs over 19 innings is diabolically bad.
If the Tigers’ bats spit in the face of the math and they stay ice cold, they have the best possible guy on the mound to still give them a chance to win. Skubal has been one of, if not the best pitcher in all of baseball, and compared to some of the other members of the Tigers’ pitching staff, he’s actually gotten some decent run support.
In the eight games that Skubal has started for the Tigers this year, the team averages 4.88 runs per game. If the Tigers could do that every game, they would have the sixth-best offense in baseball. When Olson pitches for the Tigers, which has also been eight times, the Tigers average 2.13 runs per game, which would easily be last in baseball.
Chalk it up to chance, small sample size or just the added confidence that the Tigers play with when Skubal is pitching, but whatever that juju is, the Tigers will need all of it as they try and snap a scoreless innings streak they seemingly can’t ditch.
After Friday night’s late showdown, the Tigers will play the Diamondbacks again on Saturday for another 9:40 p.m. start with Jack Flaherty on the mound.
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Live updates
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Arizona
Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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