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| Angels shoot for sweep of short set with Orioles |
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04/29/2009 |
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| e Loux, who is still searching for his first win of 2009. Loux fell to 0-2 on Friday against Seattle, as he allowed seven runs and 11 hits in just four innings to balloon his earned run average to 6.61. Loux, who hasn't won since 2003 while with the Detroit Tigers, had surrendered just five runs in 12 1/3 innings of his first two starts. This will be his first-ever start against the Orioles, but the 29-year-old hurler has faced them once in relief, tossing two scoreless innings. Baltimore will counter with Ja |
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| Yankees use 10-run inning to down Tigers |
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04/29/2009 |
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| roit, MI (Worldwide Gamble) - Phil Hughes was stellar in his return to the majors and Jose Molina hit a grand slam as part of a 10-run seventh inning, as the New York Yankees snapped their four-game slide in convincing fashion with an 11-0 rout of the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Hughes (1-0), who was called up from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to the game to start for the first time since September 24, 2008 in place of an injured and ineffective Chien-Ming Wang, gave up just two hits while fanning six and w |
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| Hughes makes debut for slumping Yanks in Detroit |
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04/28/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The New York Yankees turn to Phil Hughes as they try to put the brakes on a four-game losing streak this evening in the middle test of a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Big things were expected last season from the once highly-touted Hughes, but the 22-year-old right-hander stumbled out of the gates, going 0-4 with a 9.00 earned run average through his first six starts before being placed on the disabled list. Hughes, who will be starting tonight in place of the |
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| Verlander, Ordonez help Tigers hand Yankees fourth straight loss |
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04/27/2009 |
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| Detroit, MI (Worldwide Gamble) - Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run, game-changing sixth inning, and Justin Verlander was stellar on the hill to lead the Detroit Tigers past the New York Yankees, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set from Comerica Park. Verlander (1-2) got the win after going seven-plus innings and yielding just seven hits with a season-high nine strikeouts. Placido Polanco stroked a pair of doubles, drove in a run and scored twice for the Tigers, who won their third s |
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| Yankees send Sabathia to mound in Detroit |
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04/27/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - CC Sabathia hopes to get himself as well as the New York Yankees back on track this evening when they open a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Sabathia was awful in his last start on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics, as he allowed a season-high seven runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He also walked four batters, but did not factor in the decision of his team's 9-7 win that day. The left-hander, who, of course, signed a seven-year, $161 million deal with t |
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| Tigers send C Treanor to DL |
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04/26/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Worldwide Gamble) - The Detroit Tigers placed catcher Matt Treanor on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a right hip strain. Treanor has no hits in 13 at-bats over four games for Detroit this season. To fill the roster spot, the Tigers recalled catcher Dane Sardinha from Triple-A Toledo. |
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| Tigers, Royals conclude set at Kauffman Stadium |
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04/26/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The Detroit Tigers try to secure a winning road trip this afternoon when they close their nine-game trek with the rubber match of their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. After getting baffled by Zack Greinke in the opener of this set on Friday, Detroit's bats came alive on Saturday, as Gerald Laird and Curtis Granderson each belted two-run homers in the Tigers' 9-1 win. Laird had three hits, and Magglio Ordonez recorded his first extra base hit, a mammoth s |
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| Royals, Tigers meet again at Kauffman Stadium |
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04/25/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Kyle Davies hopes to continue his solid start to the season this evening when the Kansas City Royals resume their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Davies has allowed just six runs in 18 2/3 innings this season, but has just one win to show for it. He did not get a decision in his last trip to the hill on Sunday in Texas, despite holding the Rangers to three runs and three hits in six innings. Davies did walk five batters in his team's 6-5 loss, including four |
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| Royals' Greinke aims to put up more zeros vs. Tigers |
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04/24/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Zack Greinke puts his impressive consecutive scoreless innings streak on the line tonight, when the Kansas City standout leads the Royals in the opener of a three-game series with the American League Central- rival Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Greinke has fired nothing but zeros in each of his first three starts of 2009 and has a string of 34 straight innings pitched without surrendering a run dating back to last season. The former first-round draft choice has not been scored upon i |
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| Palmer set for Angels debut against Tigers |
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04/23/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Matt Palmer makes his Angels debut this evening when Los Angeles closes out its three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Angel Stadium. Los Angeles, which in addition to dealing with the Nick Adenhart tragedy, are dealing with four starting pitchers on the disabled list. So, tonight, Palmer will be recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to make the start. Palmer appeared in three games for the San Francisco Giants last season and was 0-2 with an 8.53 earned run average. He has never faced th |
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