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| Royals aim to halt slide in Motown |
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08/30/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Kansas City Royals will try to put the brakes on a four-game losing streak this evening, when they play the second test of a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Kansas City has dropped 11 of 12 and 18 of its last 21 contests, including Friday's 6-3 setback in the opener of this set. Mark Teahen homered and Mike Aviles added three hits and an RBI for the Royals, who were fresh off a three- game sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers. Starter Kyle Davies lost |
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| Suppan leads Brewers into Steel City |
MLB Baseball |
08/30/2008 |
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| the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central by 6 1/2 games. Suppan was a member of the unlikely 2006 world champion Cardinals team, winning 12 games during the regular season and playing key roles in playoff series wins over the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. He came to Milwaukee as a free agent in the subsequent offseason and won 12 games last season in 34 starts. A 10-game winner with the Pirates in 2003, Suppan has faced them 20 times in his career, going 11-3 with a 4.29 earned run average over 121 |
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| Tigers resume homestand with opener against Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/29/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Tigers are still searching for the first win on their current homestand and will take a shot at the Kansas City Royals tonight in the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park. Detroit has lost four in a row and was just swept in three games by the Cleveland Indians to open the homestand. In Wednesday's 9-7 loss to the Tribe in the series finale, Magglio Ordonez finished with two hits, including a home run, and three RBI to highlight the Tigers' offense. Curtis Granderson |
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| Indians host Mariners hoping to extend win streak to 11 games |
MLB Baseball |
08/29/2008 |
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| , and is also the first ballclub since the 2004 Tampa Bay Rays to win 10 in a row and drop 10 consecutive games in the same year. The Indians lost 10 straight from June 28-July 9 this season. The Tribe has won four straight series and just swept the Detroit Tigers in three games at Comerica Park. In Wednesday's 9-7 victory over the Tigers, Kelly Shoppach and Shin-Soo Choo both finished with two-run homers and three hits to lead the way. Shoppach ended with three RBI and Grady Sizemore added a pair of RBI for |
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| Instant Replay: Yay or Nay? |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| times - most notably back in 1996 when Maier clearly interfered on a home run off the bat of Derek Jeter, probably costing the Baltimore Orioles a playoff game - take a home run away from Alex Rodriguez, and the rules get changed. "I don't like it," Detroit Tigers veteran left-hander Kenny Rogers said after MLB made the announcement. "I think that it overshot the mark by far just because, what, in a Yankee game someone didn't get a homer? Please. It's happened thousands of times. That's part of the game. It's |
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| Verlander hopes to slow down red-hot Indians |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Hard-throwing but inconsistent righty Justin Verlander tries for a third straight win tonight when the Detroit Tigers host the Cleveland Indians in the third and final game of a three-game series at Comerica Park. Verlander, who's won 17 and 18 games in the last two seasons, respectively, had upped his 2008 mark to a mediocre 8-9 on July 20 before losing four consecutive starts, including a 7-2 defeat against Toronto on Aug. 11 in which he lasted just 4 1/3 innings. The second overall draf |
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| Detroit calls up Lambert to make debut |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Tigers purchased the contract of pitcher Chris Lambert from Triple-A Toledo to make his major league debut Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians. In his start against the Tribe, he was roughed up in 2 2/3 innings pitched, allowing six runs -- two earned -- on five hits and a walk while striking out two as the Tigers lost, 10-4. Lambert, 25, was 12-8 with a 3.50 earned run average in 26 starts for Toldeo this season. He was acquired by Detroit as the player to be nam |
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| Tribe is unbeLEEvable in win over Tigers |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Sportsbooks) - Ben Francisco hit two home runs and Cliff Lee got his American League-leading 19th win, as the Cleveland Indians crushed the Detroit Tigers, 10-4, in the second of three games at Comerica Park. Lee (19-2) was sensational once again, allowing only two runs on six hits and a walk in 7 2/3 innings with four strikeouts. The lefty won for the eighth time in nine starts and for the fifth time in August, matching a season-high set in April. "You score runs like that in an inning and C |
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| Rangers, Royals play second of three in KC |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| ver eight lifetime appearances - six starts - against the Rangers in 35 innings of work. For Texas, veteran right-hander Kevin Millwood won his last start with a complete game after going winless in four straight starts since mid July. He downed the Detroit Tigers, 9-1, on August 20 in Texas, allowing six hits and a run in nine innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Previously, he'd gone 0-3 in four starts while giving up 33 hits and 18 runs in 18 innings. He's picked up a win and a no-decision in two sta |
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| Gutierrez lifts Indians over Tigers in extras |
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08/25/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Sportsbooks) - Franklin Gutierrez drove in the game-winning run for the second straight night, blasting a 10th inning homer to give the Indians their eighth straight victory, a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a three-game set at Comerica Park. Gutierrez lifted the Indians to their seventh straight win Sunday night on a ninth-inning RBI against the Texas Rangers. He finished Monday's game 2-for-4. Grady Sizemore had his sixth career multi-homer game, hitting two homers in the |
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