Tigers extend lead with win over Royals
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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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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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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 probably wouldn't have minded traveling to Kansas City from Chicago by way of Baltimore &#151; if they got a win for their trouble.
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Kenny Rogers allows one run over six innings Thursday in his second start back from injury, leading the Tigers over the Rangers, 5-2.
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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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Craig Monroe homered twice to plate five runs and carry the Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 road win over the Kansas City Royals in the only scheduled American League game Monday.
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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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White Sox closer Bobby Jenks got Mike Sweeney to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded, and Chicago increased its AL wild-card lead by holding off the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday.
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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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Eric Munson and Omar Infante each hit two-run homers and Detroit's bullpen stayed busy all night Thursday, leading the Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
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The Kansas City Royals set a team record for runs in a 26-5 rout of Detroit in game one of a doubleheader. The Royals eclipsed the previous team mark of 23 runs set against Minnesota in 1974.
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Eric Munson hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
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John Buck hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.
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Justin Morneau hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and Johan Santana won his fourth straight decision to lead the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers 4-3 Wednesday night.
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Todd Walker loves playing pressure baseball this time of year. Walker was 3-for-4 with a walk, a two-run homer and four RBIs Monday night to help the Chicago Cubs extend their slim lead in the
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Ledezma (4-2) gave up two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in six innings to lead Detroit to a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.