AL Wrap: Monroe Drives in Five Runs as Tigers Rout Royals
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Craig Monroe homered twice to plate five runs and carry the Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 road win over the Kansas City Royals in the only scheduled American League game Monday.
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Zack Greinke allowed five hits in five shutout innings for his first win as a starter since April, Ross Gload homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Monday night.
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Johnny Damon homered and tripled, Melky Cabrera added a three-run triple, and Chien-Ming Wang delivered eight effective innings, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-2 victory over the Tigers last night in Detroit.
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The table was set for Kansas City's feast-or-famine offense and the Royals pigged out. Two triples and five RBIs for Mark Teahen. Four hits for Tony Pena Jr. Three RBIs each for Emil Brown and David DeJesus, and a mammoth home run for Alex Gordon for the second night in a row.
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Joe Randa ties a major-league record with six runs scored as the Kansas City Royals break a club record for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
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Craig Monroe hit a three-run homer off Scott Proctor with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers avoided a doubleheader sweep by rallying past the New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday night.
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Craig Monroe went 4-for-5 with a tiebreaking homer, and Nate Robertson pitched seven solid innings in the Detroit Tigers' 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
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BOSTON -- Billy Butler doubled in the go-ahead run in a four-run fifth inning and the Kansas City Royals battered Julian Tavarez for a 6-5 victory over the struggling Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
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Terry Tiffee, Torii Hunter and Cristian Guzman homered Sunday to lead the Minnesota Twins to their fifth straight win, 8-5 over the Detroit Tigers.
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Kenny Rogers pitched five-plus innings to pick up his first win since July 5 and Carlos Guillen homered to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 4-2 Thursday night.
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After being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers went out and won 8-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.
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Justin Verlander struck out 10 and outpitched Dan Haren in their third matchup of 2007 and Curtis Granderson homered, doubled and scored three runs to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Saturday.
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Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run home run, Gary Sheffield had a two-run homer, and Justin Verlander allowed only a run, leading the Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Detroit.
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Craig Monroe hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians 7-6 Friday night.
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Needing a win to claim the AL Central title, the Tigers must settle for the wild card after blowing a six-run lead in a 10-8, 12-inning loss to the Royals.
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Eric Munson hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
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Needing a win to keep pace in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers ran into a familiar nemesis: the Kansas City Royals.