Raburn's 2 HRs help Tigers beat White Sox 5-3, force at least an AL Central tiebreakerOctober 4th, 2009 Tigers extend season with 5-3 win over White SoxDETROIT — Justin Verlander and Ryan Raburn gave the Detroit Tigers at least one more game. Raburn hit two homers and Magglio Ordonez had a solo shot to lead slumping Detroit over the Chicago White Sox 5-3 Sunday, putting the Tigers in a tiebreaker against Minnesota for the AL Central title.
All even! Tigers lose to Chicago 5-1, drop into AL Central tie with Twins with 1 day leftOctober 3rd, 2009 Tigers lose, tied with Twins for AL Central leadDETROIT — The AL Central has come down to the final day. The Detroit Tigers dropped into a first-place tie with Minnesota, looking listless Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to Freddy Garcia and the Chicago White Sox.
Magglio Ordonez hits 3-run double as Tigers beat Twins 7-2 to close in on AL Central crownOctober 1st, 2009 Tigers beat Twins to close in on AL Central crownDETROIT — Eddie Bonine settled down in time to move the Detroit Tigers to the brink of the AL Central title. He got a big assist from Magglio Ordonez.
Tigers 6, Twins 5September 30th, 2009 Tigers 6, Twins 5
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Tigers 7, Twins 2September 30th, 2009 Tigers 7, Twins 2
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Showdown in Motown: Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DH and get AL Central lead back to 2 gamesSeptember 30th, 2009 Central-leading Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DHDETROIT — Justin Verlander kept the Detroit Tigers on top in the AL Central, pitching eight innings in a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night that salvaged a split of their critical doubleheader. Detroit increased its division lead to two over Minnesota, which won the day game 3-2 in 10 innings, with two games left in the series and five to go in the regular season.
AL Central showdown put on hold: Twins-Tigers game postponed by rain and DH slated for TuesdaySeptember 30th, 2009 Twins-Tigers game postponed by rain; DH on TuesdayDETROIT — The scheduled game between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers has been postponed because of rain. Locked in a tight race for the AL Central title, the teams were supposed to begin a four-game series Monday night that could decide the division crown.
Polanco's 3 RBIs lead Tigers past Twins 6-2 to increase AL Central lead to 3 gamesSeptember 20th, 2009 Tigers beat Twins, increase lead to 3 gamesMINNEAPOLIS — Placido Polanco drove in three runs, Detroit's bullpen pitched four shutout innings and the Tigers avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday to increase their AL Central lead to three games. Ryan Raburn homered for slumping Detroit, which won for the second time in six games and fourth in 13.
Twins 3, Tigers 0September 18th, 2009 Twins 3, Tigers 0
Detroit Minnesotaab r h biab r h biRaburn lf 4 0 0 0 Span cf-rf3 0 1 0Polanc 2b 2 0 0 0 OCarer ss4 0 0 0Ordonz rf 4 0 0 0 Mauer c2 0 0 0MiCarr 1b 4 0 0 0 Kubel rf4 2 2 0Thams dh 4 0 2 0 Gomez cf0 0 0 0Inge 3b 3 0 1 0 Cuddyr 1b4 1 1 2Avila ph 0 0 0 0 DlmYn lf4 0 2 1Grndrs cf 4 0 2 0 JMorls dh4 0 2 0Laird c 3 0 0 0 ACasill pr-dh0 0 0 0A.Huff ph 1 0 0 0 Tolbert 3b4 0 1 0Everett ss 2 0 0 0 Punto 2b2 0 0 0Santiag ph-ss 1 0 0 0Totals 32 0 5 0 Totals31 3 9 3
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Ordonez, Polanco help Tigers extend division lead in AL CentralSeptember 2nd, 2009 Ordonez, Polanco help Tigers extend division leadDETROIT — Magglio Ordonez had three hits and Placido Polanco scored twice to help the Detroit Tigers beat the sloppy Cleveland Indians 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Tigers, who now lead the Twins by 4 1-2 games in the AL Central, were aided by five Cleveland errors, the most they had committed in a game since 1998.
Detroit Tigers agree to terms on 4-year deal with first-round draft pick RHP Jacob TurnerAugust 19th, 2009 Tigers' first-round pick agrees to 4-year dealDETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have optioned right-handed pitcher Eddie Bonine to Triple-A Toledo. Bonine was sent down Tuesday to make room for first baseman Aubrey Huff, whom the Tigers acquired from Baltimore on Monday.
Pavano dominates Tigers for the second time in less than a week to win Twins' debut, 11-0August 9th, 2009 Pavano, Twins dominate Tigers in 11-0 winDETROIT —Carl Pavano allowed only five hits over seven innings in his Minnesota debut, Denard Span went 5-for-5 and Joe Mauer homered and drove in three runs to lift the Twins to a 11-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. Jose Mijares and Glen Perkins completed the combined six-hit shutout with an inning each for third-place Minnesota, which moved to within 4½ games of first place Detroit in the A.L.
Konerko homers to help White Sox beat Tigers to avoid sweep against AL Central-leading TigersJuly 27th, 2009 White Sox beat Tigers 5-1 avoiding 4-game sweepDETROIT — Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer in Chicago's four-run first, Gordon Beckham added a solo home run the next inning and the White Sox coasted to a 5-1 win Sunday night over the Detroit Tigers and avoided a sweep. Clayton Richard (4-3) allowed only a run on five hits over eight innings to help the White Sox salvage a four-game series that started with them tied atop the AL Central with Detroit.
Tigers recall RHP Bonine to start Game 2 of doubleheader against White SoxJuly 24th, 2009 Tigers recall RHP Bonine to start Game 2 of DHDETROIT — The Detroit Tigers recalled right-hander Eddie Bonine between games of Friday's day-night doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox and optioned reliever Freddy Dolsi to Triple-A Toledo. Bonine was scheduled to make his sixth career start in the nightcap.
Twins 6, Tigers 2July 5th, 2009 Twins 6, Tigers 2
Detroit Minnesotaab r h biab r h biGrndrs cf 5 0 1 0 Span cf-lf4 1 2 0Polanc 2b 5 2 4 0 OCarer ss4 1 2 0CGuilln lf 4 0 0 0 Mauer c3 2 1 1Kelly lf 0 0 0 0 Kubel rf4 1 1 2Raburn ph 1 0 0 0 Cuddyr 1b4 1 1 3MiCarr 1b 4 0 3 1 DlmYn lf3 0 2 0A.Huff dh 4 0 1 1 Gomez pr-cf1 0 0 0Ordonz rf 4 0 1 0 JMorls dh3 0 1 0Thoms rf 0 0 0 0 Buschr 3b3 0 0 0Inge 3b 3 0 1 0 Tolbert 3b0 0 0 0Laird c 4 0 1 0 Punto 2b3 0 0 0Everett ss 4 0 0 0Totals 38 2 12 2 Totals32 6 10 6
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