Detroit comes back to down Cleveland rally caps win
In Detroit, Craig Monroe belted a two-out two-run homer in the eighth to lift the Tigers past the Indians 7-6 after Cleveland led 6-4. Polanco and Rodriguez started the eighth with singles, Guillen drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, and Monroe followed with the decisive homer. Todd Jones earned the save after Ramon Ramirez (2-0) pitched 2 1/3 innings.
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AL Box Scores And Leaders
AL leaders include batting average by Mauer .366 Jeter .352 Suzuki .338 Tejada .330 DeRosa .325 Matthews .324 Wells .323. Runs by Sizemore 87 Cortiz 82 Hafner 80 Thome 80 A Rodriguez 77 Suzuki 76. RBI led by Cortiz 107 Hafner 92 Morneau 91 Mamirez 86 Giambi 85 Glaus 84 Ibanez 84. Hits Suzuki 154 Jeter 143 M Young 142 Sizemore 133 Loretta 133 Matthews 139. Doubles M Young 38 Lowell 37 Sizemore 35 Matthews 35 Teixeira 32 CGuillen 30 DeRosa 30. Triples Crawford 11 Sizemore 8 Jo Lopez 7 Teahen 6 Suzuki 6 Podsednik 6 Reed 5 Punto 5 A Kennedy 5 Ibanez 5. Home Runs Cortiz 39 Thome 33 Hafner 32 Giambi 31 Glaus 30 Dye 30 Mamirez 30. Stolen Bases Fitgins 40 CPatterson 35 Suzuki 34 Crawford 33 Podsednik 31 R Roberts 28 Jeter 24. Pitching 12 Decisions Liriano 12-2 Halladay 13-3 Mussina 13-3 Garland 12-3 Verlander 14-4 Schilling 14-4 Contreras 10-3. Strikeouts Jo Santana 160 Bonderman 146 Schilling 142 Kazmir 139 Liriano 137 Mussina 131 Lackey 127. Saves Papelbon 30 Jenks 30 TJones 30 Ray 27 Rivera 27 Rodiguez 26 Bryan 25.
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Major League Baseball standings and schedule updates
American League results show the Yankees beating the Blue Jays 8 1 and Cleveland over Boston 7 6 among others. National League notes include Arizona 10 over Chi Cubs and Philadelphia 8 over St Louis. Today's pitchers list key matchups such as Mussina at Loewen and Clemens at Webb across multiple venues.
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Cardinals Fall. Menchs Sac Fly Then Brewers Tie Deficit
Cardinals fell to Milwaukee. Rolen tripled and scored on Encarnacion’s infield hit in the sixth to trim the lead. Carpenter left for Spiezio with bases loaded. Spiezio lined out to end the threat. Brewers improved to 20-34 on the road.
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Utley’s 35 game hitting streak ends in Mets loss
New York Mets defeated by Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 as Chase Utley goes 0-for-5 ending his 35 game hitting streak. Dellucci hits a tiebreaking homer in seventh, Howard adds 37th, Madson and Gordon secure win. Phillies win fourth straight and sit 11 games back in NL East. Reds top Braves 5-4 and Dodgers beat Marlins 6-2 with Lowe lasting seven innings.
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NL Leaders Batting And Pitching Highlights
Top NL players include Sanchez and Utley leading batting with averages and runs while Beltran Pujols and Soriano pace home runs and RBIs. Stolen bases feature Reyes and Pierre. Pitching leaders show Webb Glavine Olsen and Penny with decisive 12 decisions and strong ERAs, Hoffman and Isringhausen lead saves.
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