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| Twins try to stay atop AL Central vs. Royals |
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09/26/2008 |
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| sota Twins find themselves in first place in the American League's Central Division heading into the regular season's final weekend. The surging and surprising club will try to stay in front when they play the first of three important games with the Kansas City Royals tonight at the Metrodome. Minnesota entered this week's play trailing Chicago by 2 1/2 games for the division's top spot, but a crucial three-game home sweep of the White Sox has vaulted the Twins one-half game ahead of their competition with just a |
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| Rays conclude set with Tigers gunning for division crown |
MLB Baseball |
09/25/2008 |
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| in the year in his only other start against them. He gave up a run and four hits in seven innings of that one back on August 3. Detroit, meanwhile, lost its sixth straight game and fell into the AL Central cellar on Wednesday with a 10-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nate Robertson (7-11) was dealt the loss after surrendering seven hits and eight runs -- seven earned -- over 4 2/3 innings. He also had control problems, walking four batters, including three in the pivotal fifth inning. Placido Polanco belted a t |
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| Royals' DeJesus leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Kansas City Royals right fielder David DeJesus left Wednesday's game against Detroit due to tightness in his right hip flexor. He's day-to-day. DeJesus had a 14-game hitting streak coming into the game, but he led off with a strikeout before being replaced by Joey Gathright. For the season, DeJesus has an average of .307 with 12 homers and 73 RBI. |
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| Slumping Tigers try to avoid sweep by Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Nate Robertson will try to get the Detroit Tigers out of their current funk this evening, when he takes the ball in the finale of a three-game series versus the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Robertson will make his second start in a month, having been demoted to the bullpen in late August following a string of poor showings, and is 7-10 with a 6.15 earned run average in 31 games (27 starts) this season. In a 17-4 win at Texas his last time out on September 17, the bespectacled hurler ga |
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| Tigers send Garcia to hill vs. KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Freddy Garcia tries to follow up a successful season debut this evening, when the Detroit Tigers play the second of three games against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Garcia made his first start in over a year on Wednesday against Texas and picked up the win after allowing just an unearned run and two hits over five innings. The 32-year-old righty, who was limited to just 11 starts a year ago with Philadelphia due to injury, has faced the Royals 22 times over the course of his career |
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| Tigers' Sheffield suspended four games |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| , while Indians catcher Victor Martinez and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera both received three- game suspensions. Sheffield did not appeal the decision and started serving the suspension immediately as the Tigers opened a three-game home series with the Kansas City Royals. In the seventh inning of the 6-5 Indians victory, the excitable 39-year-old was hit by a Carmona pitch. Before throwing a pitch to the next batter, Carmona attempted to pick Sheffield off at first, angering the slugger, who told him to throw a pitc |
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| Tigers' 1B Cabrera departs |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera departed from Monday's game against the Kansas City Royals due to upper back tightness. He's day-to-day. Cabrera came into the game having already established career highs with 36 home runs and 125 RBI to go along with a .295 batting average. Jeff Larish replaced Cabrera in the field in the top of the third inning. |
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| Royals begin set with Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Kansas City Royals hope to move out of the basement in the AL Central this week, as they open a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The Royals come into this series residing in last place in the division, two games back of the fourth-place Tigers. They have played well of late, though, but lost two of three this weekend to the Central-leading Chicago White Sox. On Sunday KC dropped the rubber match to the White Sox, 3-0, at Kauffman Stadium. Alex Gordon doubled for |
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| White Sox set for rubber match with Royals in KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| White Sox are still in good shape in the American League playoff picture, the current AL Central leaders haven't been playing like a postseason participant on their current road trip. Chicago will try for a swift rebound from Saturday's loss to the Kansas City Royals when the clubs play the rubber match of a three-game series this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City belted three home runs to back a strong start from Kyle Davies in last night's 5-2 decision over the White Sox, Chicago's third defeat in its |
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| White Sox try to play long ball again versus the Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) -- The Chicago White Sox hope to move a little closer to winning the American League's Central Division at the conclusion of tonight's matchup with the Kansas City Royals from Kauffman Stadium. This three-game series started off well for Ozzie Guillen's club, as Chicago cruised to a 9-4 victory over the Royals on Friday and extended its lead atop the Central with second-place Minnesota's loss at Tampa Bay last night. The White Sox are now up 2 1/2 games on the Twins and have a magic number of se |
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