Tigers running to stand still in AL wild card race
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The Detroit Tigers ended a hectic 24 hours with two wins from three games but ultimately made little progress in their American League wild card chase on Tuesday.
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Anaheim gained ground in the American League West and the wild card race with a 5-2 win over Seattle Monday. The Angels are now 2 1/2 games behind first-place Oakland and 4 1/2 behind wild card leader Boston.
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The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are keeping things exciting in the AL Central. The division-leading Tigers used a ninth-inning comeback at Yankee Stadium to avoid a doubleheader sweep Wednesday night. Less than an hour later, the White Sox scored three times in the eighth to beat Tampa Bay and move within 4 1/2 games of the Tigers.
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The Detroit Tigers doubled their AL Central lead Friday night. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning, Brandon Inge added a grand slam in the sixth and the Detroit Tigers boosted their division lead to two games by routing the Baltimore Orioles 17-2 Friday night.
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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Nobody expected the Detroit Tigers to have the best record in baseball at the All-Star break, and everyone wants to see if they can keep it up.
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LSU puts its 10-game winning streak on the line when the defending co-national champs face a difficult road test. Auburn has rolled in its opening two games against Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State, but the Tigers haven&#39;t been tested.
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It doesn&#39;t get any better than this. The Red Sox visit Yankee Stadium, the Giants and Padres battle it out for the NL wildcard, while the Cubs try and keep pace and are leaning on a kid to do so.
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The Philadelphia Phillies want to keep playing next week, even if they are desperate for some rest. Needing sleep, but needing a win more, the Phillies stayed in the NL wild-card race Friday night by drubbing the Florida Marlins 14-2.
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(Sports Network) - Two of the top teams in the American League tangle in a possible American League Division Series preview tonight, as the West-leading Oakland Athletics host the wild card-leading Boston Red Sox for the first of a three-game set at the
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Roger Clemens won his 327th career game with seven strong innings, and the Houston Astros kept pace in the wild-card race by holding on for a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals last night in St. Louis.
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The Detroit Tigers fought off their late-season slump and clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, scoring nine runs in the second inning yesterday and coasting to an 11-4 win over the Royals in Kansas City.
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The Red Sox don't have to worry about a repeat of their historic 1978 collapse this season: Even if they fail to win the AL East, they're still a shoo-in for the playoffs as a wild card.
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Every time it appears the Detroit Tigers are about to mount a surge, they fall flat. A day after the Tigers rallied with four runs in the ninth for a thrilling win over Toronto, they fell behind by 11 runs and lost 13-6 Monday to the Rangers in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
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Catching the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] remains the primary goal of the Red Sox [stats, schedule], but winning the wild card and being forced to face the Oakland
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Justin Verlander didn't look like a rookie in the thick of a pennant race. Despite their recent struggles, the Detroit Tigers kept their cool, too. Having lost 19 of their last 28 games, the Tigers reached this critical four-game series at Minnesota with a chance to fall out of sole possession of first place in the AL Central for the first time since May 20. But that won't happen this weekend, thanks to the rookie right-hander.
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All of a sudden, the Chicago White Sox are chasing more than a wild-card berth. The World Series champions played like serious AL Central challengers, with Freddy Garcia pitching the White Sox past the slumping Detroit Tigers 7-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.