Tigers Top Jays to Keep AL Central Lead
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Placido Polanco drives in three runs as the Detroit Tigers hold off the Toronto Blue Jays for a 4-3 victory Tuesday, keeping their lead in the AL Central.
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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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Bobby Kielty hit a go-ahead homer off Ted Lilly &#151; the pitcher he was traded for &#151; and Nick Swisher doubled and walked twice in his major league debut to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Friday night.
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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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Troy Glaus' run-scoring double off the wall highlighted Toronto's four-run rally in the 12th inning, and the Blue Jays sent the Oakland Athletics to their fourth straight loss, 6-2 Monday night.
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The Detroit Tigers were rusty on Monday after two days off, but they didn&#39;t make as many miscues as their opponents. Therefore, the Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-3.
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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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The Detroit Tigers squeezed past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Monday when Magglio Ordonez capped a four-run, ninth-inning rally with his fourth hit of the game.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Jason Giambi hits a grand slam, Jorge Posada adds a solo homer and New York beats the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-2, for their sixth straight victory, which puts the Yankees are four games in front of Detroit in the AL wild-card standings.