Tigers thrash Indians
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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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Gary Sheffield hit one of Detroitâs three home runs against Daisuke Matsuzaka yesterday, and the Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-5, to complete a three-game sweep at home.
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Justin Verlander earns his 18th win, Marcus Thames homers twice and the Tigers beat the Royals to help their dwindling playoff chances.
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Jhonny Peralta's two-run double keyed Cleveland's five-run seventh inning, and the Indians rallied to defeat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Wednesday night.
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The Detroit Tigers pulled off a major upset by knocking the New York Yankees out of the playoffs on Saturday with an 8-3 win that clinched their best-of-five divisional series.
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Paul Byrd was far more impressed with his teammates than his control. Byrd won his fourth straight decision, Casey Blake and Victor Martinez hit first-inning homers and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Friday night.
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Jason Johnson pitched six shutout innings, Jason Michaels hit a grand slam and Travis Hafner homered to help the Cleveland Indians snap the Detroit Tigers&#039; eight-game winning streak with a 9-0 victory on Sunday.
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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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The Detroit Tigers were rusty on Monday after two days off, but they didn&#39;t make as many miscues as their opponents. Therefore, the Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-3.
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Brandon Inge drove in a pair of runs and Kenny Rogers made another strong start after shoulder surgery, as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-4 on Wednesday night to snap their six-game winning streak.
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Nate Robertson pitched seven effective innings and Curtis Granderson doubled, tripled and scored twice to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
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The Cleveland Indians took advantage of Detroit's depleted bullpen. David Dellucci's tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted Cleveland to a 6-3 win over the Tigers on Saturday.
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Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in three runs to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Saturday night.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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Rookie Justin Verlander outpitched C.C. Sabathia, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1 Wednesday to continue their domination of the AL Central.
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Mike Maroth pitched 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball Monday to help the Detroit Tigers to post a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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Kenny Rogers gave up an extra-base hit and thought the Detroit Tigers' luck was about to change for the better. The 42-year-old left-hander needed that lucky bounce and some stellar defense from his teammates to remain unbeaten since returning from shoulder surgery. He gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings Wednesday night in a 6-4 victory over Cleveland that snapped the Indians' six-game winning streak.