Tigers stop slide at Fenway, top Red Sox
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Curtis Granderson tripled off Josh Beckett on the first pitch of the game, and the Detroit Tigers went on to stop their season-worst losing streak at five, beating the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Monday night.
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Curt Schilling won his major league  leading 18th game and David Ortiz hit his 35th home run as the  Boston Red Sox edged the Texas Rangers 6-5 in American League  at Fenway Park Sunday.
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Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in eight innings and the Boston Red Sox won their sixth straight game with a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Wakefield (11-7) gave up only Nook Logan's double in the third, Craig Monroe's 10th homer in the fifth and Logan's single in the eighth.
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at Comerica Park, Detroit Records: Boston is 53-31 (first in the American League East); Detroit is 49-34 (second in the AL Central, 1 game behind).
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With the victory, the Yankees gained ground on the Boston Red Sox in the A.L. East and extended their lead in the wild-card race to three and a half games over the Tigers.
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BOSTON - Tim Wakefield finished off the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Now comes the real challenge for the streaking Boston Red Sox. Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games - 23 against teams below
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Tim Wakefield pitched eight strong innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers and a sweep of the four-game series at Fenway Park.
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A comeback win kept the Boston Red Sox in first place. Staying there could be tougher if Tim Wakefield is sidelined.
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Carlos Lee hit a grand slam homer and a two-run shot to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 11-2 rout of Detroit Wednesday. Juan Uribe, Ross Gload and Joe Borchard also homered for Chicago.
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A three-hitter over eight innings by Tim Wakefield helped Boston secure a 6-1 win over Detroit and make it 12 wins in the last 13 matches at Fenway Park.
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Manny Ramirez belted his  league-leading 43rd homer and Johnny Damon hit a three-run shot  as the Boston Red Sox clinched a playoff spot with a 7-3 win  over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St Petersburg on Monday.
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After capping Boston's nearly flawless homestand with another dominant outing, Curt Schilling was confident the Red Sox can beat any team &#151; at home or on the road.
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The Boston Red Sox are gaining ground on the New York Yankees in the AL East, and they're brimming with confidence.   "I think we can beat any team right now," outfielder Johnny Damon said after the Red Sox beat Detroit 6-1 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory...
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Bronson Arroyo gave the surging Boston Red Sox another strong start, allowing six hits in 7 1-3 innings in a 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.
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Jason Bartlett's three-run homer helped   Minnesota ease to a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on   Tuesday, a win that sliced the Detroit Tigers' American League   Central lead over the Twins to half a game.
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The Detroit Tigers handed Cleveland a 12-3 drubbing on Thursday and moved to within a game of the first-placed Indians in the American League Central.
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The Motor City skyline was draped in clouds, and a steady rain pattered on the tarp-covered field at Comerica Park. If things weren't gloomy enough in Detroit on Tuesday, the Tigers only needed to look at the AL Central standings.