Tigers take series lead
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Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday, bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their American League divisional playoff series.
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Craig Monroe homered and drove in two runs and Wilfredo Ledezma pitched six innings Monday as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-3.
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Derek Jeter and the rest of the modern-day Murderers' Row overwhelmed the young Detroit Tigers, getting the New York Yankees off to a quick start in the first round of the AL playoffs. Jeter tied the postseason record for hits, going 5-for-5 with a home run to lead New York over Detroit 8-4 Tuesday night in its postseason opener.
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Carlos Guillen's walk off home run in   the bottom of the ninth lifted Detroit to a 3-2 win over the   Texas Rangers on Tuesday, keeping the Tigers ahead of a   charging Minnesota Twins in the American League Central.
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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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The Detroit Tigers blanked the   Baltimore Orioles 2-0 on Saturday to record their first   back-to-back win in nearly a month and maintain a two-game lead   in the American League Central.
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The Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers both had a chance to grab the lead in the AL Central with two games left. Neither team could take advantage of the opportunity.
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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 hit a three-run home run, Gary Sheffield had a two-run homer, and Justin Verlander allowed only a run, leading the Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Detroit.
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Justin Verlander didn't look like a rookie in the thick of a pennant race. Despite their recent struggles, the Detroit Tigers kept their cool, too. Having lost 19 of their last 28 games, the Tigers reached this critical four-game series at Minnesota with a chance to fall out of sole possession of first place in the AL Central for the first time since May 20. But that won't happen this weekend, thanks to the rookie right-hander.
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The Cleveland Indians scored three runs in the 10th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Thursday and increase their lead in the American League Central.
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Gary Sheffield homered twice and drove in five runs, and Jeremy Bonderman won his fourth straight start as the Detroit Tigers cruised past the host Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 14-2, last night.
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The highest-scoring offense in baseball was too much for the team with the best record in the majors. Curtis Granderson led off the fifth with a home run and Marcus Thames added a grand slam in the inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 9-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
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The Detroit Tigers doubled their AL Central lead Friday night. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning, Brandon Inge added a grand slam in the sixth and the Detroit Tigers boosted their division lead to two games by routing the Baltimore Orioles 17-2 Friday night.
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Detroit's Kenny Rogers strikes out eight asÃÂ the TigersÃÂ shut out New York, 6-0, to take a 2-1 series lead over the Yankees on Friday night.
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Needing a win to keep pace in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers ran into a familiar nemesis: the Kansas City Royals.
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Ivan Rodriguez hit his 250th career homer and Jeremy Bonderman threw a four-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-0 in the opening game of a doubleheader Thursday.