Wilson Betemit capped Detroit’s three-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking RBI double against his former team, leading the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Austin Jackson went 4 for 4 and scored three times for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who have won seven of 10.
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The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have made a pair of trades to strengthen their roster for the stretch run, acquiring reliever Mike Gonzalez and bringing back catcher Matt Treanor. Treanor was with the Rangers last season when they won their first AL pennant and he set a career high with 82 games played.
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Jim Leyland has stressed that the Detroit Tigers need pitching from someone other than Justin Verlander if they want to hang on in the AL Central. The last two games have proven his point. A day after Brad Penny gave up seven runs in five innings, it was Max Scherzer (13-8) who allowed seven runs in three innings as the Tigers lost 9-5 to the Kansas City Royals Monday night.
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Jeff Francoeur was as perplexed as anyone after the Kansas City Royals struggled to hit the ball out of the infield against Doug Fister. One night after an 18-hit game, the Royals made 18 straight outs before finally breaking up Fister’s perfect game in the seventh inning. Kansas City went on to lose 2-1 to the Detroit Tigers on Ramon Santiago’s solo homer in the 10th.
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Ramon Santiago hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Santiago, who entered the game in the eighth as a pinch-runner, lifted Aaron Crow’s pitch over the right-field wall for only his fourth homer of the year.
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The story reported from Comerica Park Monday night was the Kansas City Royals beating the Detroit Tigers, 9-5. But the real story — the one which went unreported, except for the following photographs — was the praying mantis invasion that … Continue reading →
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Nine innings and nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. Charmed snakes: The Arizona Diamondbacks keep rolling and might be taking the NL West with them. The D-backs’ … Continue reading →
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The Kansas City Royals have the record of a last-place team, and a pitching staff to match. The Detroit Tigers found out again Monday night that the Royals don’t have a last-place offense. The Royals got 18 hits in their second August win over Max Scherzer, beating the first-place Tigers 9-5 on Monday night.
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Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar hit back-to-back homers and the Kansas City Royals beat the first-place Detroit Tigers 9-5 Monday night. Alex Gordon also homered and Johnny Giavotella added a bases-loaded double for the Royals, who came in 18 1/2 games behind Central Division leaders. Luke Hochevar (9-10) ended a four-start winless streak.
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