Royals Beat Tigers, Now 5 1/2 Games Back
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Mark Grudzielanek gets the best of Kenny Rogers, collecting four hits and scoring three times as the Royals move the Tigers to the verge of playoff elimination.
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Sean Casey hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Friday night to take a 1 1/2-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central.
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The Twins finally catch the Tigers and take home another AL Central championship on SundayÃÂ with aÃÂ 5-1 victory over the White Sox.
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The Kansas City Royals produced the  joint fifth highest runs tally in a major league contest since  1900 when they annihilated the host Detroit Tigers 26-5 in the  first game of an American League (AL) doubleheader Thursday.
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Odalis Perez won for only the second time in 10 starts and the Kansas City Royals took advantage of mistakes by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright in a 5-3 victory over St. Louis on Monday night.
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Zack Greinke allowed five hits in five shutout innings for his first win as a starter since April, Ross Gload homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Monday night.
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Curtis Granderson homered, tripled and drove in three runs in a 10-run first inning to help the Detroit Tigers rout the Kansas City Royals 15-4 on Saturday night.
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Back on the mound in Detroit, Kenny Rogers gave the Tigers another lift. Rogers allowed one run over six innings in his first home start since shoulder surgery, leading the Tigers over the Texas Rangers 5-2 Thursday.
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The Kansas City Royals lost their club-record 101st game of the season, falling to the Cleveland Indians 5-2 Wednesday night.
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Jeremy Bonderman halted his six-game losing streak as the Detroit Tigers avoided a sweep with a 6-1 victory against the host Kansas City Royals.
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The Detroit Tigers clawed their way  back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on  Thursday and level their best-of-five game American League  divisional playoff series at one game apiece.
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Kenny Rogers shut down the slumping Chicago White Sox, giving the Detroit Tigers their biggest lead in the AL Central in almost two weeks and guaranteeing their first .500 season in more than a decade.
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Mark Redman pitched seven sharp innings to win his fifth straight start and the Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 Sunday for their sixth victory in seven games.
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(CP) - Somehow, in the span of half an hour, the Detroit Tigers&#39; pitching went from brutal to brilliant. Shortly after being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 thrashing from to the Kansas City
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Short notice brought out Brad Thompson's best. The first-year starter worked seven strong innings a day ahead of schedule and three days after a two-inning relief stint, leading the pitching-starved St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
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Royals 10, Rangers 2 At Kansas City, Calvin Pickering drove in six runs with a grand slam and a two-run home run yesterday in his first major-league appearance in almost three years to
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The Detroit Tigers had everything lined up to take command of the American League Central race. They had a five-run lead against the lowly Kansas City Royals . . . and simply blew it.