Mon, 09/21/2009 - 04:13 by surajdogra
Minneapolis -- Placido Polanco had two hits and three RBI Sunday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 win over Minnesota, averting a three-game sweep by the Twins.
Polanco's two-run single erased a 2-1 deficit with no outs in the top of the fifth and his sacrifice fly in the ninth capped the scoring.
Ryan Raburn hit a solo homer, Magglio Ordonez had two hits and one RBI, Carlos
Guillen hit an RBI triple and Gerald Laird added two hits for the Tigers, who upped their AL Central Division lead over the Twins to three games by snapping a three-game losing streak.
Winner Nate Robertson (2-2) yielded two runs and five hits in five innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:26 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. Sept. 4: Fernando Rodney retired the final batter with the potential winning run on second Friday, allowing Detroit to escape with a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay.
The score was deadlocked at 1-1 going into the ninth, during which the teams combined to score five times.
Detroit won its fourth straight and increased its lead in the American League Central to six games over Minnesota.
The Tigers took the lead in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Adam Everett. Curtis Granderson then drove in another run with a base hit and a sacrifice fly by Placido Polanco delivered what turned out to be the winning run.
Those three runs made a winner out of Detroit starter Justin Verlander (16-7), who gave up a run on four hits over eight innings.
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Fri, 09/04/2009 - 04:52 by surajdogra
Detroit -- Placido Polanco's 10th-inning sacrifice fly Thursday boosted Detroit to a 4-3 win over Cleveland.
Thursday's win capped a three-game sweep.
Polanco's bases-loaded fly ball to center field broke a 3-3 tie, scoring Ryan Raburn with no outs in the bottom of the 10th.
Curtis Granderson belted a leadoff homer in the first inning and Clete Thomas hit a two-run seventh inning triple for the Tigers, who have won four of five.
Winner Zach Miner (6-4) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings.
Starter Nate Robertson gave up four hits in six scoreless innings.
Cleveland scored on Asdrubal Cabreara's single and Shin-Soo Choo's game-tying two-run double, both in the top of the eighth.
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Mon, 08/31/2009 - 01:44 by surajdogra
Detroit -- Placido Polanco's two-out, three-run home run in the eighth inning pushed Detroit into the lead and the Tigers held on Sunday to edge the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3.
Polanco homered off Grant Balfour with Clete Thomas and Curtis Granderson on base.
Granderson singled in the other run for Detroit, which has won four of its last six contests.
Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer and Akinori Iwamura added a solo shot, both in the fourth inning, in the Rays' third loss in four games.
Winner Justin Verlander (15-7) worked eight innings, giving up three runs and six hits.
Balfour (5-3), the loser, pitched one inning.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 10: Nick Green drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over AL Central-leading Detroit.
The win ended Boston's six-game losing streak.
Green also homered, as did Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay for the Red Sox.
Ramon Ramirez (6-3) earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon recorded the final four outs for his 28th save.
Detroit's Magglio Ordonez had a triple, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI and Placido Polanco had three hits, an RBI and a run for the Tigers, who had won four of five coming in.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:35 by preet_20
Detroit, Aug. 5: Edwin Jackson shut out Baltimore through eight innings for the second time this season Wednesday, and Detroit held on in the ninth to beat the Orioles 4-2.
Jackson, who had worked eight innings against Baltimore in a 3-0 win May 31, took a shutout into the ninth Wednesday. He then hit Nolan Reimold with a pitch leading off the final inning, and Adam Jones homered to left for Baltimore's fourth hit of the game.
Fernando Rodney replaced Jackson and put two runners on base before striking out Gregg Zaun to end the game. Rodney picked up his 22nd save.
Jackson ((8-5) won for the first time since July 10, though he had not allowed more than three runs in any of his three starts since.
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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:22 by preet_20
Detroit, Aug. 3: Clete Thomas homered with two outs in the ninth inning Monday to give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Miguel Cabrera had a homer and drove in three runs for the Tigers, who have won two in a row. Placido Polanco and Ramon Santiago each had an RBI in the win.
Fernando Rodney (2-2) earned the victory by pitching a perfect ninth.
Brian Roberts had a solo homer for the Orioles, who have lost four in a row and 13 of their last 17 games. Luke Scott had a two-run double and Ty Wigginton and Aubrey Huff each had an RBI in the loss.
Detroit starter Justin Verlander gave up five runs on nine hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in eight innings.
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Wed, 07/22/2009 - 10:28 by surajdogra
Detroit, July 21: Magglio Ordonez hit a grand slam homer in Detroit's five-run first inning Tuesday and the Tigers went on to a 9-7 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Placido Polanco had a homer and two RBI, and Ryan Raburn also drove in two runs for the Tigers. Miguel Cabrera added three hits with a solo home run.
Rick Porcello (9-6) got the win despite giving up five runs and nine hits in five innings. Fernando Rodney earned his 20th save.
Jack Hannahan had two home runs, Ryan Langerhans a two-run homer, and Wladimir Balentien a homer and two RBI for the Mariners.
Garrett Olson (3-4) was charged with the defeat after allowing seven runs and five hits in 1 1/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:26 by preet_20
Detroit, July 7: Placido Polanco had a homer, four RBI and two runs, and Marcus Thames drilled a three-run homer Tuesday in Detroit's 8-5 win over Kansas City.
Justin Verlander (9-4) got the win despite giving up five runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out 11. Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save.
Miguel Cabrera had a solo homer for Detroit.
Bruce Chen (0-3) took the loss after giving up seven runs on four hits with five walks in 4 2/3 innings. Chen hasn't won in the majors since Oct. 2, 2005.
David DeJesus was 3-for-5 with three RBI for Kansas City, which is just 3-5 over its last eight games.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:26 by preet_20
Minneapolis, July 4: Placido Polanco, Ryan Raburn and Magglio Ordonez all singled in a run in the 16th inning Friday, bringing the Detroit Tigers a marathon 11-9 win over Minnesota.
The teams combined for 35 hits and the Tigers maintained their 2 ½-game lead over the Chicago White Sox at the top of the American League Central.
The Twins created a 7-7 deadlock with a five-run sixth inning and neither side could score again until the Tigers scraped out a run against R.A. Dickey in the 14th inning. Minnesota, however, tied the game in the bottom half of the 14th and they played on for two more frames before Detroit produced enough offense to win it.
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Wed, 07/01/2009 - 14:23 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. July 1: Placido Polanco homered and Armando Galarraga picked up his second consecutive win in Detroit's 5-3 win over Oakland Tuesday.
Galarraga (5-7) held Oakland to two hits and a run over 6 1/3 innings while striking out five and walking six.
Mark Ellis hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for the Athletics, who managed just five hits and lost for the sixth time in their last seven games. Gio Gonzalez (0-2) took the loss with three runs and seven hits in five innings.
Gonzalez got into trouble right off the bat by walking Curtis Granderson to lead off the game and then serving up Polanco's two-run homer.
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Fri, 06/19/2009 - 12:06 by preet_20
St. Louis, June 18: Placido Polanco and Marcus Thames hit eighth-inning homers Thursday and the Detroit Tigers took advantage of a key St. Louis miscue to down the Cardinals 6-3.
The AL Central Division-leading Tigers ended a four-game losing streak and won in St. Louis for the first time in eight years. Detroit had dropped six in a row on the Cardinals' home field, including three setbacks during the 2006 World Series.
Detroit scored four times in the first, with three of the runs unearned. St. Louis cut its deficit to one through five innings, but Polanco and Thames gave the Tigers some insurance in the eighth with their homers off Jason Motte.
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