Tigers complete lopsided sweep of Braves
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Andrew Miller and the Detroit Tigers certainly enjoyed interleague play. Miller threw six sharp innings and the Tigers beat the slumping Atlanta Braves 5-0 Sunday night for their seventh straight win &#151; all on the road against National League teams.
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A questionable strike call helped the Atlanta Braves hold on against the team with the best record in the NL. Closer Bob Wickman came into the bottom of the ninth with a four-run lead against the San Diego Padres, and escaped with a 5-4 win Sunday night after Marcus Giles took a called third strike to end the game with runners on first and second.
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The Detroit Tigers shock the New York Yankees 8-3 to clinch the American League play-offs.
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Freddy Garcia won for the first time in six weeks, Alex Cintron drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep and move within 5 1/2 games of the AL Central leaders.
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David Wright hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez tossed another gem against the Atlanta Braves, leading the New York Mets to a tidy 3-2 victory Monday night.
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ATLANTA - When the Atlanta Braves were six games under .500 in late June, it appeared their streak of division championships would end. Similarly, when the Braves trailed the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning Friday night, it seemed as if they'd have to wait at least one more day to clinch the National League East...
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The Braves prevailed, 6-5, after coming back from a three-run deficit against the Houston Astros after Roger Clemens came out of the game.
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The Atlanta Braves don&#39;t have the dominating pitching or explosive hitting of previous years, but they do have a penchant for scratching out wins, as they did Sunday, beating
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Runs were tough to come by for the Detroit Tigers as their AL Central lead dwindled to one game. That changed big time in one inning Friday night and their lead in the division doubled. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning and Brandon Inge had a grand slam in the sixth in a 17-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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The New York Mets completed a crucial  three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves as Tom Glavine finally  got the better of former team mate John Smoltz in a 3-2 win on  Sunday.
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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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The surging Cleveland Indians completed another sweep of Minnesota yesterday and left the host Twins barely clinging to their playoff hopes.
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The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox are both streaking into the All-Star break &#151; in dramatically different directions. Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen and Marcus Thames all homered off Daisuke Matsuzaka, and the Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
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Mike Mussina&#39;s season continued to  unravel while Justin Verlander pulled his together, tossing  seven shutout innings as the Detroit Tigers mauled the New York  Yankees 16-0 on Monday.
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The New York Mets completed a crucial three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves as Tom Glavine finally got the better of former team mate John Smoltz in a 3-2 win on Sunday.
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The Detroit Tigers gave themselves   some breathing room in the American League Central with a 7-2   win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
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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.