Tampa Bay starting pitcher Jeff Niemann was in control over six innings, guiding the Rays to a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers in the American League on Wednesday. Niemann (9-3) allowed eight hits in six innings, and Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the eighth. The Rays got out of a seventh-inning jam for the second consecutive game after intentionally walking Miguel Cabrera to load the bases…

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Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball. MLB cited Leyland for inappropriate and aggressive conduct during the bottom of the third inning of Monday night's game against Tampa Bay. The manager was ejected during an argument in which Leyland said he accidentally sprayed second base umpire Marty Foster with sunflower…

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James Shields pitched 6 2-3 strong innings to guide the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in the American League on Tuesday. Shields (9-9) allowed just one walk and had seven strikeouts as the Rays closed within two games of AL East-leading New York. Tampa Bay went up 3-2 when Matt Joyce had a broken-bat run-scoring double during the sixth.

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Five no-hitters, two perfect games and another gem that was spoiled by an umpire. By now, San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow and others around baseball are beginning to expect a piece of pitching history every week. "I do. I can't explain it," said Krukow, who pitched in the majors from 1976-89.

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Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday. Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only a second-inning walk, for a team that's often been on the wrong end of pitching gems lately. The last time there were at least five no-hitters in a season was 1991, when Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan…

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An eighth inning implosion by Toronto reliever Jason Frasor ruined what could have been a perfect day for the Blue Jays.

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Their pilfering of starter Dan Haren is in character for a team that looks beyond the immediate future.

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The injuries to Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen added to a disastrous week for the Detroit Tigers. Ordonez fractured his right ankle sliding into home plate in the third inning of Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays and Guillen strained his right calf two innings later, raising to three the number of starters Detroit has lost in six days.

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DETROIT – Cito Gaston has been around baseball enough to know that some wins are sweeter than others.

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DETROIT – The game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers has been postponed due to rain.

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