Major League Roundup: Verlander Helps Tigers Inch Closer to Indians
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Gary Sheffield, Carlos GuillÃ©n and PlÃ¡cido Polanco hit home runs against C. C. Sabathia yesterday, giving the host Detroit Tigers a 12-3 victory against the Cleveland Indians.
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NEW YORK -- Justin Verlander and Detroit's bullpen held down the New York Yankees' mighty offense, bringing just enough 100 mph heat to send the Tigers home with a split.
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The Minnesota Twins moved within a   game of the faltering Detroit Tigers in the American League   Central with a 9-4 win over Cleveland on Thursday.
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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 New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday night.
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Pinch-hitter Kenny Loftonâs infield single against Joel Zumaya broke a scoreless tie with two outs in the 10th inning yesterday, and the Cleveland Indians went on to beat the host Detroit Tigers, 3-1.
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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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(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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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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Detroit, MI -- Jacque Jones&#39; single in the seventh scored Pat Borders with the go-ahead run and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
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Ivan Rodriguez homered and the Detroit Tigers used a five-run fifth inning to rally past the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Thursday night.
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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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Travis Hafner hit a three-run home run last night and the Cleveland Indians unloaded for four homers off Justin Verlander in a 7-4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers, whose reign as AL champions is nearing an end.
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Justin Verlander struck out 10 and outpitched Dan Haren in their third matchup of 2007 and Curtis Granderson homered, doubled and scored three runs to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Saturday.
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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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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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The Cleveland Indians pulled within one game of the AL Central lead by beating the Minnesota Twins, 7-1, Saturday night with home runs by Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez.
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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers reached agreement Friday on a five-year contract with Justin Verlander, the second overall selection in the 2004 amateur draft, one week after the club announced it had given up on attempting to sign the