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| Slumping Tigers try to avoid sweep by Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Nate Robertson will try to get the Detroit Tigers out of their current funk this evening, when he takes the ball in the finale of a three-game series versus the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Robertson will make his second start in a month, having been demoted to the bullpen in late August following a string of poor showings, and is 7-10 with a 6.15 earned run average in 31 games (27 starts) this season. In a 17-4 win at Texas his last time out on September 17, the bespectacled hurle |
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| Tigers send Garcia to hill vs. KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Freddy Garcia tries to follow up a successful season debut this evening, when the Detroit Tigers play the second of three games against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Garcia made his first start in over a year on Wednesday against Texas and picked up the win after allowing just an unearned run and two hits over five innings. The 32-year-old righty, who was limited to just 11 starts a year ago with Philadelphia due to injury, has faced the Royals 22 times over the course of his ca |
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| DeJesus, Royals prevail over Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - David DeJesus went 4-for-4, drove in a run and scored twice in Kansas City's 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a three-game series. Alberto Callaspo extended his hitting streak to 16 games and scored twice for the Royals, who despite being in last place in the AL Central, have won nine of their last 11 contests. The Royals, who have finished in last place each of the previous four seasons, are a game behind fourth-place Detroit. Mike Aviles had two hits and a |
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| Tigers' Sheffield suspended four games |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Detroit Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield was suspended four games by Major League Baseball for his actions in Friday's Tigers-Indians contest in Cleveland. A total of four players were suspended stemming from the brawl in Friday's game. Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona was suspended six games, while Indians catcher Victor Martinez and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera both received three- game suspensions. Sheffield did not appeal the decision and started serving the suspension |
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| Tigers' 1B Cabrera departs |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera departed from Monday's game against the Kansas City Royals due to upper back tightness. He's day-to-day. Cabrera came into the game having already established career highs with 36 home runs and 125 RBI to go along with a .295 batting average. Jeff Larish replaced Cabrera in the field in the top of the third inning. |
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| Beckett aims to pitch Boston into postseason against Indians |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| he allowed seven runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 frames of a 12-9 win. Jackson has faced the Red Sox just one other time in relief, giving up a hit in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Cleveland moved over .500 this weekend, as it swept a three-game set from the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field. The Tribe completed the trick on Sunday, as Ryan Garko went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs to carry Cleveland to a 10-5 win. Victor Martinez had a pair of hits, recorded an RBI and scored three times in the 2008 home finale for |
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| Royals begin set with Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals hope to move out of the basement in the AL Central this week, as they open a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The Royals come into this series residing in last place in the division, two games back of the fourth-place Tigers. They have played well of late, though, but lost two of three this weekend to the Central-leading Chicago White Sox. On Sunday KC dropped the rubber match to the White Sox, 3-0, at Kauffman Stadium. Alex Gordon doubled |
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| D-Train tries for first win of season against Indians |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- When the Detroit Tigers acquired Dontrelle Willis this past winter, the club wasn't banking on the once-successful pitcher being winless entering the final week of this season. That's the scenario the once-heralded pitcher faces, however, when the takes the mound for the Tigers today against the Cleveland Indians, who will be seeking a sixth straight victory and a sweep of a three-game series between these American League Central foes. Willis had compiled a 68-54 record, including a stell |
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| Indians tame Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Shin-Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera each knocked in a pair of runs and Jeremy Sowers pitched six solid innings, as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, in the second of a three- game series at Progressive Field. Choo finished 2-for-3 with two walks and Grady Sizemore added a pair of hits, including a double and a run scored for the Indians, who have won five straight games. Sowers (4-8) earned the win after allowing one run on five hits, while fanning three |
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| Indians, Tigers continue heated set in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- The Cleveland Indians take aim at a fifth consecutive victory when the club resumes what's been a heated three-game series with the Detroit Tigers tonight at Progressive Field. Cleveland came through with a 6-5 win in Friday's opener of this set, which featured a benches-clearing brawl in the seventh inning that resulted in four ejections. In the seventh, Indians starter Fausto Carmona hit Gary Sheffield with a pitch, sending the Tigers designated hitter to first. Before throwing a pitch |
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