The Tigers broke the zone defense by hitting outside shots and by grabbing offensive rebounds off their misses.

But the Tigers did not, as threatened when they put their all-star strikeout team together last winter, break the major league record for strikeouts.

Military officials said the Tigers had broken cease-fire agreements in the past.

Under his administration, the Tigers broke a 24-year premiership drought in 1967 and followed up with another triumph two years later.

But after chasing those starters from the game, the Tigers couldn't break through against a superior bullpen.

The Tigers finally broke through with a run off Kuroda in the seventh.

The Tigers broke the mark of 5:33.83 set by Brown in a heat earlier this morning.

The Tigers have come close to this point several times, including a loss in the regional final to Texas last year, but never broke through.

The Tigers broke the record by an enormous 21 seconds or five boat lengths.

The record that Tiger broke stood for 32 years.