Archive for September, 2007
Boston’s magic number remains at 2 after losing to Minnesota 5-4 (AP)
Michael Cuddyer and Garrett Jones homered off 20-game winner Josh Beckett in his last start before the playoffs, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over Boston on Thursday night and preventing the Red Sox from closing in on an AL East title. Boston has already clinched a playoff berth, but it needs two [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2007.
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Beckett, Peavy easy aces for Cy Young (Yahoo! Sports)
Pitching equals playoffs. Josh Beckett and Jake Peavy lead the pack for Cy Young honors.
Posted: September 26th, 2007.
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Tigers beat Twins 9-4 in rain-shortened game but are eliminated from playoff race (AP)
A dreary, drizzle-filled sky provided a fitting backdrop for the Detroit Tigers on the night they were eliminated from the playoff race. Mike Hessman hit a home run and an RBI single to lead Detroit to a rain-shortened 9-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night, a five-plus-inning win that came just too late.
Posted: September 26th, 2007.
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Tigers beat Twins 9-4 in rain-shortened game but are eliminated from postseason (AP)
The Detroit Tigers will not defend their American League title. Mike Hessman hit a home run and an RBI single to lead the Tigers to a rain-shortened 9-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night, a five-inning win that came just too late. The Tigers needed help from Tampa Bay to maintain their remote [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2007.
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Santana could be L.A. bound (Yahoo! Sports)
Minnesota Twins left-hander Johan Santana may end up with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008.
Posted: September 26th, 2007.
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Ordonez-led Tigers beat Twins 8-0 and Yankees lose, defending AL champs stay in playoff race (AP)
The big-screen TVs in the Tigers clubhouse showed postgame coverage of their 8-0 win over Minnesota, plus live action from the Oakland-Boston game. Detroit manager Jim Leyland didn’t have the set in his office turned on Tuesday night, as it usually is. The defending AL champions — clearly — were not riveted to the end [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2007.
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Ordonez-led Tigers beat Twins 8-0, left to hope Yankees lost (AP)
On the brink of being eliminated from the playoffs, Magglio Ordonez and the Detroit Tigers hit, pitched and fielded as if something was at stake. Ordonez homered and doubled, Yorman Bazardo threw seven scoreless innings and the Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-0 Tuesday night. To stay in contention, the defending AL champion Tigers needed [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2007.
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Tigers’ loss leaves them on brink of elimination; Yanks 1 win from playoffs (AP)
Detroit’s defense of the American League pennant is all but over. Carlos Silva shut down the fading Tigers, pitching the Minnesota Twins to a 2-0 victory Monday night that left host Detroit on the brink of elimination from the playoff race. The 2006 AL champions are one loss, or a New York Yankees win, [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2007.
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Tigers on the brink of elimination after 2-0 loss to Twins (AP)
Minnesota’s Carlos Silva shut down Detroit over 7 2-3 innings in a 2-0 victory Monday night that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race. The defending American League champions are one loss, or a New York Yankees’ win, from officially being relegated to watching this postseason.
Posted: September 24th, 2007.
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Rondell White is “99 percent” sure this will be his last week as a ballplayer (AP)
Rondell White plans to retire after finishing this season with the Minnesota Twins. The popular outfielder and designated hitter said there is a “99 percent chance” he will hang up his spikes for good after this week. “I missed four months this year. My body hurts,” the 35-year-old White said Monday before facing the Detroit [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2007.
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