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| Tigers put Zumaya on DL |
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08/13/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers placed relief pitcher Joel Zumaya on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a sore right shoulder. On the season, the 23-year-old is 0-2 with a 3.47 earned run average in 21 contests. He last pitched on Tuesday as he gave up two runs in the seventh inning to take the loss in the Tigers' 6-4 defeat to Toronto. Zumaya has been feeling pain in the upper arm connected to the right shoulder, which he underwent reconstructive surgery on during the offseason. To |
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| Blue Jays shoot for another win over troubled Tigers |
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08/13/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With a healthy Vernon Wells, the Toronto Blue Jays aren't ready to give up on the American League Wild Card just yet. The Blue Jays try for their third straight win over the Detroit Tigers tonight in the continuation of a four-game series at Comerica Park. The Blue Jays have taken the first two tests of this set to give them wins in six of their last nine games. That has them eight contests back of the wild card-leading Boston Red Sox. Wells has four hits in 12 at-bats since returning from |
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| Lester tries to do more for Red Sox vs. Rangers |
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08/13/2008 |
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| is evening. The 24-year-old Lester boasts a 6-1 record and a 2.87 earned run average in his 12 Fenway starts this year. That lone blemish came in his 2008 home debut back on April 9, when the young lefty surrendered four runs in 5 1/3 innings to the Detroit Tigers. Lester's been quite good on the road as well, as his 10-4 overall record and 3.23 ERA will attest. He had not lost in 11 consecutive starts, posting seven wins over that span, until being hung with a defeat in Friday's matchup with the Chicago Whit |
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| Blue Jays come back to down slumping Tigers |
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08/13/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Adam Lind hit a solo home run and Vernon Wells had a two-run double to cap a four-run seventh inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays battled back to beat the struggling Detroit Tigers, 6-4, in the second of a four-game set. Joe Inglett and Marco Scutaro both drove in runs for the Blue Jays, who have won the first two of this series after dropping three straight to the Indians. A.J. Burnett (15-9) won his fifth straight start after going six innings and yielding four runs on eight hit |
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| Tigers' Guillen leaves game |
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08/12/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit Tigers third baseman Carlos Guillen left Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays after the seventh inning with lower left back tightness. Guillen was 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts before being replaced by Ryan Raburn for the top of the eighth inning. For the season, Guillen is hitting .284 with nine homers and 53 RBI. |
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| Tigers sign Freddy Garcia |
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08/12/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers signed free-agent pitcher Freddy Garcia to a minor league contract on Tuesday that runs through the rest of this season. Garcia, 33, is coming off right shoulder surgery that cut his 2007 season with the Phillies short. In his only campaign in Philadelphia after being acquired in an offseason deal with the White Sox, Garcia went 1-5 with a 5.90 earned run average in only 11 starts. The Caracas, Venezuela native is a career 117-76 with a 4.07 ERA in nine seaso |
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| Streaking Burnett to take hill for Jays against Tigers |
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08/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays aren't a team that is going to beat you with the long ball. With A.J. Burnett on the hill, they likely won't have to. Toronto resumes a four-game series with the Detroit Tigers tonight at Comerica Park. Toronto won the opener of this series, 7-2, on Monday, getting two hits -- including a home run -- and three RBI out of Rod Barajas. Barajas' long ball, however, halted a string of 47 innings without a homer for Toronto, which ranks last in the American League with jus |
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| Tigers resume homestand with opener vs. Jays |
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08/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers continue a 10-game homestand tonight, when they open a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park. The Tigers began the residency with three games versus Oakland and rebounded to win the final two tests of that set after losing the opener. Following a 10-run outburst on Saturday, the Tigers rolled to a 6-1 victory in Sunday's finale. Magglio Ordonez had a pair of hits and drove in two runs and Curtis Granderson added his 15th homer of the season, while |
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| Tigers OF Thames out |
MLB Baseball |
08/10/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit Tigers leftfielder Marcus Thames sat out Sunday's 6-1 win over the Oakland Athletics due to a sore right shoulder. Ryan Raburn got the start in left, finishing 1-for-3 with a double, RBI and run scored. Thames is hitting .236 with 21 home runs and 46 RBI in 79 games for Detroit this season. |
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| Cabrera slugs Tigers past struggling A's |
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08/10/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Miguel Cabrera hit a pair of home runs and drove in four, as the Detroit Tigers smoked Oakland, 10-2, in the second of three games with the Athletics. Armando Galarraga (10-4) took the win after allowing two runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 frames. The right-hander has won his last three decisions for Detroit, which has won two of three after losing six in a row. "It wasn't my best stuff, but it was important to get the win," Galarraga said. "The guys started swinging much better." |
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