Thames, Verlander liead Tigs over Royals
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Justin Verlander earned his 18th win, Marcus Thames homered twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Sunday to help their dwindling playoff chances.
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Against a nothing-to-lose team such as the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees&#39; manager wanted his team to put down the hammer early and not let baseball&#39;s second worst team believe it had a chance.
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The steady rain was getting to Bronson Arroyo, and not because it presented the clear and present danger of frizzing his cornrows. &quot;It's pretty slick out there,&quot; he reported, 2 hours 10 minutes before the scheduled start of Game 3 last night. &quot;It's very difficult to get your footing. I don't like it. It will be tough ...
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One of the better playoff pitching duels turned in Houston&#39;s favor when Jeff Kent swung the bat in the ninth. Oct. 18 HOUSTON  - Only when Brandon Backe and Woody Williams were done did the hitters have any chance.
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Kansas City pitcher Runelvys Hernandez and catcher John Buck exchanged punches in the dugout Tuesday night, but the Royals regrouped for a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the 1,000th game at Jacobs Field.
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Bud Selig watched Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants oppose the Milwaukee Brewers, though he has not publicly said he would attend Bondsâs record-breaking games.
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Justin Verlander threw 100-mile-per-hour heat, crazy curves, and a tantalizing changeup. No-hit stuff, indeed.
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David Ortiz, still champagne-scented, was watching Saturday's decisive playoff game between the Yankees and Twins with a friend. Up stepped Ruben Sierra, who'd been 1 for 20 in the series, to clock a three-run homer and tie the game in the eighth. &quot;Here they come,&quot; the Red Sox slugger said. Did anyone from Eastport to Block Island expect anything else?
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Baseball's newest Hall of Famers, Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg, lamented on Wednesday the current domination of the home run in the sport and the controversy over suspected use of muscle-building steroids by some of the game's top sluggers.
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The Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers disagreed over who&#39;s to blame for an altercation in the stands that led to the arrest of Rangers pitcher Frank Francisco after Francisco threw a chair that hit a woman and broke her nose.
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Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers fired the second no-hitter of the Major League season on Tuesday, pitching his team to a 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
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(Sports Network) - The Brewers will try to keep Barry Bonds from getting his 700th homer today, when they close out their three-game series against the San Francisco Giants.
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Manager Eric Wedge wanted to hear the sound of hammer on rock Monday night at Comerica Park. He wanted to know that the Indians&#39; offense was making little ones out of big ones again.
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Justin Verlander gave the Detroit Tigers the very start they needed to slow down the Chicago White Sox.
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Justin Verlander made Comerica Park history &#151; with a big assist from his shortstop.
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Detroit rookie Justin Verlander leads the Tigers toÃÂ a much-needed 7-2ÃÂ win on Thursday in the hotly contested AL Central.
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Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Abraham Nunez slugged a first-inning grand slam and Brian Anderson made it stand up with six solid innings, as the Kansas City Royals thumped the Seattle Mariners, 7-3.