Tigers&#39; challenge: Win out or lose out
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Satchel Paige said don&#39;t look back because something might be gaining on you. Satch was a baseball pitcher, not a football coach.
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Pardon the Houston Astros if this &quot;backs against the wall&quot; thing feels familiar. The team faces another winner-take-all game on Thursday, this time in the National League Championship Series against the St.
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You don&#39;t lose to the Bengals. It simply isn&#39;t done. Not on Monday night, not on Sunday afternoon, not on Oct. 25, not on the 12th of Never.
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Detroit's Kenny Rogers strikes out eight asÃÂ the TigersÃÂ shut out New York, 6-0, to take a 2-1 series lead over the Yankees on Friday night.
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If they're not careful, the Detroit Tigers are going to get caught by their tails. Rookie Joe Inglett's two-run triple off Justin Verlander highlighted Cleveland's six-run fifth inning that sent the Indians to an 8-5 win Saturday night over the Tigers, who have lost four straight and maybe their stranglehold on the AL Central.
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Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday, bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their American League divisional playoff series.
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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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With his teamâs position in the playoffs locked, Giants Coach Tom Coughlin must choose whether the best strategy is to rest key players or to take a serious stab at upsetting the Patriots.
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Brandon Inge was there at the low point, when the Detroit Tigers set an AL record for losses by going 43-119 in 2003. Detroit fought off its late-season slump and clinched its first playoff berth since 1987, scoring nine runs in the second inning Sunday and coasting to an 11-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
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Ah, the big inning. It's been the hot topic around Daisuke Matsuzaka, that one inning that can cost a team a game in a pitcher's inability to get the final out. Or anyone out.
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The Chicago White Sox won a game they needed. They're hoping they didn't lose a key player in the process. Jim Thome limped off the field in the second inning with a hamstring injury in a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.
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Kenny Rogers has gone from all-star scourge to All-Star game starter. The Tigers&#039; left-hander, the top winner for the team with the best record in the majors, will be on the mound for the AL on Tuesday night against Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rogers will be trying to extend a nine-game AL unbeaten streak.
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The Tigers face plenty of decisions on players from here on out. Their option on the manager was a quick one. Two days after Alan Trammell completed his second season at
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The Tigers fell again to a manufactured Minnesota run Saturday night, but what they needed more was manufactured health. While the Tigers lost a 3-2 decision to the Twins
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The Detroit Tigers know they are playing on Tuesday no matter what happens Sunday. That's why Tigers manager Jim Leyland isn't going to dwell on Saturday's 9-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals. He was even able to joke about the Tigers missing a chance to clinch the AL Central.
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This hasn&#39;t been the finest season for Bernie Williams, but Thursday night&#39;s division-clinching home run may be a sign that October could be a different story.
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Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided  Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday,  bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their  American League divisional playoff series.