Tigers pound Matsuzaka to sweep Red Sox
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The Detroit Tigers slammed three home runs off Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 and sweep a three-game series on Sunday.
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The Detroit Tigers pulled off a major upset by knocking the New York Yankees out of the playoffs with an 8-3 win to clinch their best-of-five divisional series on Saturday.
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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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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 Yankees, 5-3, last night.
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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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The Red Sox extend their winning streak to six games with a 6-to-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers Sunday. Tim Wakefield was masterful over eight innings, allowing just three hits and one run to improve his record to 11-and-7.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka got as much support from slumping Julio Lugo on Tuesday night as he had gotten from the Red Sox in any of his six previous starts, pitching eight shutout innings to lead Boston to a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay, the Devil Rays' ninth straight loss.
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Boston's Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka overcame a bout of nausea to help the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 and record his seventh win of the season on Friday.
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CHICAGO The surging Boston Red Sox won their sixth in a row by completing a weekend sweep of the Chicago White Sox 6-to-5. The game featured five home runs.
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The Red Sox survived another shaky outing by Daisuke Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka nearly gave away a nine-run lead, but Mike Lowell hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs to lead the Red Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays 13-10 Monday night.
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Carlos Pena homered off Shingo Takatsu to lead off the 10th inning and the Detroit Tigers outslugged the Chicago White Sox for an 11-10 victory Friday night.
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Magglio Ordonez slammed a pair of home  runs against his former team as the Detroit Tigers pounded the  Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Monday to keep the Minnesota Twins at  bay in the AL Central.
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Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in eight innings yesterday as the Red Sox won their sixth straight game, beating the Detroit Tigers, 6-1, at Fenway Park.
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The Detroit Tigers scored nine runs in   the second inning to clinch a playoff spot with an 11-4 win   over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
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Second baseman Mark Bellhorn [stats, news] issued the closing statement in the Red Sox [stats, schedule]&#39; four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers yesterday at Fenway Park.
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Pedro Martinez struck out eight to move into the top 20 on baseball's career list, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to five.
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The highest-scoring offense in baseball was too much for the team with the best record in the majors. Curtis Granderson led off the fifth with a home run and Marcus Thames added a grand slam in the inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 9-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.