Tigers clinch playoff spot with another big inning
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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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The Detroit Tigers showed they are not   going to surrender the AL Central lead without a fight on   Friday, dishing out a 17-2 mauling of the Baltimore Orioles.
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays yesterday at Yankee Stadium.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Diamonbacks, 7-0, Saturday.
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Craig Monroe hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians 7-6 Friday 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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Jeremy Bonderman scattered five hits over 8-1/3 stellar innings as the Detroit Tigers shocked the New York Yankees 8-3 in the American League playoffs on Saturday.
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The Houston Astros pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning their club-record 15th straight home game by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, last night.
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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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Craig Monroe went 4-for-5 with a tiebreaking homer, and Nate Robertson pitched seven solid innings in the Detroit Tigers' 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
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The Minnesota Twins' latest win had a postseason feel and moved them a little closer to a better position for the playoffs. A dramatic 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night lifted the Twins into a tie for first place in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers.
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Brandon Inge was there at the low point, when the Detroit Tigers set an AL record for losses by going 43-119 in 2003. Detroit fought off its late-season slump and clinched its first playoff berth since 1987, scoring nine runs in the second inning Sunday and coasting to an 11-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
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Back on the mound in Detroit, Kenny Rogers gave the Tigers another lift. He allowed one run over six innings in his first home start since shoulder surgery, leading the Tigers over the Texas Rangers, 5-2, yesterday.
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Ryan Garko hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Casey Blake had a solo shot in the fifth to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-3 win and a three-game sweep of the Tigers last night in Detroit.
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Magglio Ordonez homered twice as the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory that ended the Los Angeles Angels's six-game winning streak on Wednesday.
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Jeremy Bonderman stays unbeaten despite another shaky first inning and the Tigers defeat the Cleveland Indians, 9-2, to gain a four-game series split Sunday.
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the Yankees clinched a postseason spot with a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.