Jhonny Peralta's debut with Detroit was powerful enough to withstand a late grand slam by David Ortiz. Peralta hit two homers in his first game since being traded and the struggling Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 on Friday night despite Ortiz's ninth-inning homer against closer Jose Valverde.
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Armando Galarraga hobbled around the Detroit Tigers clubhouse after Friday night's game. He apparently was not seriously injured by a line drive off his right ankle. "It looks like an ankle bruise. He was checked out by the doctors" and there was no broken bone, Detroit manager Jim Leyland said after the Tigers' 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox.
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The Detroit Tigers have made room on the roster for newly acquired third baseman Jhonny Peralta by optioning infielder Scott Sizemore to Triple-A Toledo. The moves were announced before Detroit's game against Tampa Bay on Thursday. The Tigers obtained Peralta and cash considerations from Cleveland for minor league left-hander Giovanni Soto on Wednesday.
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Joba Chamberlain can’t throw the eighth and Jamie Shields could sit in only one spot during Matt Garza’s no-hitter.
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David Price became the AL's first 14-game winner, Carlos Pena had four RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 Thursday to complete a four-game sweep. Price (14-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings, tying the team record for wins in season. He struck out nine and walked two.
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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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