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| Phillies' bats awaken, Myers masterful in win over Pirates |
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08/09/2008 |
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| to second on defensive indifference, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Brandon Moss. Durbin settled down and retired the next two batters to collect his second career save and first since June 24, 2007 when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers. Game Notes Myers and Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had a heated exchange in the dugout after the right-hander was removed from the game...It was the first four-hit game for Rollins since September 1, 2007...Rollins is riding a nine-game hitting s |
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| Meyer leads A's against Tigers |
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08/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young southpaw Dan Meyer makes his first start of 2008 and just the fourth of his brief career tonight, when the Oakland Athletics play the second of three weekend games with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The 27-year-old New Jersey native is getting the call in place of recent acquisition Sean Gallagher, who was scratched after heading back to California to have an MRI due to irritation in his right pitching shoulder. Gallagher, who came to Oakland in the trade that sent Rich Harden |
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| Davis, A's snap skid with win over Tigers |
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08/09/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Rajai Davis finished with two hits and two runs batted in, as the Oakland Athletics snapped a season-high 10-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Oakland hadn't won since July 27 against Texas, but took the victory after getting a solid outing from Dallas Braden (3-2), who gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings to pick up the decision. "It feels good for everybody. Some games we could have won if a ball would've been here and not there," Oakland ma |
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| Tigers send Rogers to the hill in opener with A's |
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08/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ageless southpaw Kenny Rogers faces yet another of his former teams tonight, when the Detroit Tigers open a three-game series with the slumping Oakland Athletics at Comerica Park. Rogers is 21-7 with four saves and two complete games in 60 lifetime appearances against Oakland, posting a 4.28 earned run average. He pitched with Oakland in 1998 and 1999, going 21-11 over 53 starts before heading east to the New York Mets. In 2008, he's been up and down, alternating a pair of wins and a pair |
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| Tigers roar to crush ChiSox |
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08/07/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Miguel Cabrera smacked a two-run home run as the Detroit Tigers stopped the Chicago White Sox, 8-3, in the finale of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field. Cabrera finished 3-for-3 with three runs driven in, while Carlos Guillen went 2-for-2 with three walks, three runs scored and an RBI for the Tigers, who stopped a six-game losing streak. Zach Miner (6-4) was solid on the hill as he gave up just two runs -- one earned -- on seven hits with three strikeouts in six innings of |
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| First-place White Sox aim to extend Tigers' skid |
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08/07/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox aim for a three-game sweep of the badly-slumping Detroit Tigers, who hope to avoid a seventh consecutive loss in tonight's matchup between the American League Central rivals from U.S. Cellular Field. Detroit's playoff chances took a significant hit with the team's defeats to the division-leading White Sox in the first two tests of this set. The Tigers are now 8 1/2 games behind Chicago following Wednesday's 5-1 loss, which kept the Sox one game in front of Minnesota f |
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| White Sox' Danks puts streak on line against fading Tigers |
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08/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - John Danks will try to keep the Chicago White Sox atop the American League Central standings when he toes the rubber tonight in the second test of a three-game series versus the division-rival Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox are clinging to a one-game lead over the Minnesota Twins in the Central, while the Tigers are fading at 7 1/2 games off the pace. Chicago believes Danks can keep it that way on Wednesday, since his last loss came back on May 24 versus the Los Angel |
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| Swisher lifts ChiSox in 14-inning comeback over Detroit |
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08/06/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Nick Swisher's three-run homer in the bottom of the 14th inning lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 10-8 win over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a three-game set from U.S. Cellular Field. Detroit had taken the lead in the top of the 14th. Edgar Renteria led off the frame with a single and, one out later, Placido Polanco launched the first pitch he saw from Matt Thornton over the left-field wall for an 8-6 Tigers lead. However, the White Sox came back in the next frame off Ti |
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| White Sox lose their grip on AL Central |
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08/05/2008 |
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| ven up 14 runs in his last two starts. "If we're not pitching, I don't care how many Juniors we bring here. We have to pitch better," Guillen said. A LOOK AHEAD The White Sox are home for the first time since July 23 for a three-game set against the Detroit Tigers, with rock-solid Gavin Floyd (11-6, 3.43) hoping to anchor Chicago's starting rotation tonight against Nate Robertson (6-8, 6.06). John Danks (8-4, 3.31) will toe the rubber against Justin Verlander (8-11, 4.49) on Wednesday, while Vazquez (8-9, 4.6 |
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| Now is the time for Tigers to regroup |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The window is still open for the Detroit Tigers this season, but if they continue to play the way they've been playing lately, it won't be long before it's shut. The Tampa Bay Rays managed a three-game sweep of Detroit over the weekend, sending the Tigers to a fourth straight loss. At the moment, Detroit (55-56) is 6 1/2 games back in the American League Central, with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins tied for first. With Ken Griffey Jr. donning a Chicago White Sox uniform and Fran |
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