Tigers Beat White Sox 6-1, Clinch Post Season Spot
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Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 43 Tigers beat White Sox 6-1, MLB results/standings Baltimore 9, NY Yankees 5; Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 1; clinch post season spot Minnesota 2, Arizona 1; LA Angels 5, Oakland 4; Toronto 1, Seattle 0; Boston 11, Tampa Bay 3; Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 2; Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 0; Philadelphia 2, Miami 1; Cleveland 6, Kansas City 4; Texas 5, Houston 1; Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 1; San Diego 4, Colorado 3; LA Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1. American League Eastern Division W L PCT GB Baltimore 95 63 .601 - NY Yankees 81 77 .513 14 Toronto 81 77 .513 14 Tampa Bay 76 82 .481 19 Boston 69 89 .437 26 Central Division Detroit 88 70 .557 - Kansas City 86 72 .544 2 Cleveland 83 76 .522 5.5 Chicago White Sox 72 86 .456 16 Minnesota 68 90 .430 20 Western Division LA Angels 98 61 .616 - Oakland 86 72 .544 11.5 Seattle 83 75 .525 14.5 LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hanley Ramirez, right, scores on a single by Juan Uribe as San Francisco Houston 69 90 .434 29 Giants relief pitcher Javier Lopez takes a late throw during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Texas 65 93 .411 32.5 in Los Angeles. —AP National League DETROIT: The Detroit Tigers looked dormant with the bats until a pitch since Kenny Lofton had 210 in 1996. The Royals fell two games behind Eastern Division from Chicago’s Chris Sale hit Victor Martinez around the back of his left first-place Detroit in the AL Central thought they remain tied with Washington 92 64 .590 - shoulder. Then tempers flared, the benches and bullpens emptied - and Oakland for the first wild-card spot with identical records of 86-72, three Sale’s shutout didn’t last much longer. games ahead of Seattle. Atlanta 77 81 .487 16 Martinez came around to score the tying run in the sixth inning, and NY Mets 76 81 .484 16.5 after Sale came out of the game, Chicago’s bullpen was no match for the Braves 6, Pirates 2 Miami 75 82 .478 17.5 Tigers. Detroit won 6-1 on Wednesday - and clinched a spot in the post- Justin Upton hit a two-run homer to break out of a September slump Philadelphia 72 86 .456 21 season when Seattle lost to Toronto. and right-hander Julio Teheran helped himself with a two-run single as The worst the Tigers can end up with now is a wild card. Detroit is try- the Braves defeated the Pirates. The home run was the 28th for Upton, Central Division ing for its fourth straight AL Central crown, and the Tigers took a two- who finished 2-for-4 with a walk, and moved him to 99 RBIs. Pittsburgh St. Louis 88 71 .553 - game lead over second-place Kansas City, which lost at Cleveland. (86-72), who had clinched at least a wild-card spot in the postseason on Pittsburgh 86 72 .544 1.5 Detroit’s magic number to clinch the division is three. Tuesday, remained 1-1/2 games behind the Cardinals in the National With one out in the sixth and Chicago up 1-0, Sale’s first pitch to League Central. Milwaukee 81 77 .513 6.5 Martinez hit the Detroit slugger. Martinez walked slowly to first, and the Cincinnati 73 85 .462 14.5 two started jawing at each other. Sale appeared to point out toward cen- Cubs 3, Cardinals 1 Chicago Cubs 71 88 .447 17 ter field in agitated fashion as Martinez went to first. Right-hander Jake Arrieta tossed a two-hitter while striking out 10 as “They were claiming that someone with binoculars in center field was the Chicago Cubs wrapped up their home season with a victory over the Western Division giving signs to Victor,” Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. “I think it’s a lit- St Louis Cardinals. But the Cardinals (88-71) maintained a 1-1/2 game LA Dodgers 91 68 .572 - tle weak that they would hit him. If they injure Victor there and we’re in lead over Pittsburgh in the NL Central. San Francisco 85 73 .538 5.5 the playoff hunt, that’s bad news. That just can’t happen. “He clearly did it on purpose. He made it obvious.” Sale didn’t accuse Angels 5, Athletics 4 San Diego 76 82 .481 14.5 the Tigers of stealing signs afterward, and he said he wasn’t specifically Left-hander Hector Santiago pitched 5-1/3 shutout innings, second Colorado 66 93 .415 25 gesturing toward center field. “I was just throwing my arms up, like you baseman Howie Kendrick drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Arizona 63 96 .396 28 do when you are upset,” the left-hander said. “I wasn’t really trying to Angels withstood a furious rally to hold off the Oakland A’s. The A’s (86- control where they pointed.” Sale appeared to tip his hat toward the out- 72), who scored four runs in the seventh inning, remain tied with the field in the third inning after striking out Martinez. Kansas City Royals in the AL wild-card playoff race with the pair three Garrett Jones. Papelbon ended the game by striking out center fielder “There was a fan that was just wearing me out in the bullpen before games ahead of the Seattle Mariners. Enrique Hernandez, getting his 38th save for the Phillies. the game, telling me that I wasn’t any good, and telling me how much Victor was going to hit me,” Sale said. “So that was just having some fun Brewers 5, Reds 0 Orioles 9, Yankees 5 with him.” Justin Verlander (15-12) allowed a run in eight innings for Kyle Lohse allowed just two base runners en route to his ninth career Nick Markakis hit a two-run single during a six-run fourth inning as Detroit. Sale allowed a run and four hits in six innings. He struck out 10 shutout and Jean Segura went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, lifting the Baltimore Orioles officially eliminated the New York Yankees from and walked three, becoming his franchise’s career leader with his 18th the Milwaukee Brewers to a victory over the Cincinnati Reds. With the postseason contention. Shortstop Ryan Flaherty had a two-run double game of at least 10 strikeouts. Ed Walsh had 17. win, Milwaukee (81-77) remained mathematically alive for the postsea- ahead of Markakis, while left fielder David Lough added an RBI triple and But Chicago’s slim lead slipped away after he hit Martinez. “I think he son. Lohse (13-9) was sharp throughout, retiring the final 13 batters and center fielder Adam Jones had a RBI bunt single as the Orioles came just woke the whole team up,” said Martinez, who is 15 of 29 for his 21-of-22 for the 12th complete game of his career. back from an early 3-0 deficit. Bud Norris (15-8) settled down after a career off Sale. The benches and bullpens emptied, but order was quickly rocky beginning and won his fourth successive decision. restored. J.D. Martinez followed with a double and Nick Castellanos hit a Blue Jays 1, Mariners 0 sacrifice fly to tie it at 1. Mark Buehrle pitched into the ninth inning and Ryan Goins singled in Red Sox 11, Rays 3 Ian Kinsler’s RBI double the following inning off Javy Guerra (2-4) put the run with two outs in the eighth as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Rookie right-hander Anthony Ranaudo overcame a shaky start to Detroit ahead, and when Kinsler reached second, he put his hands up in Seattle Mariners to dent their playoff hopes. Buehrle (13-10) held the pitch the Boston Red Sox to a rout of the Tampa Bay Rays. Ranaudo, one front of his eyes, pantomiming someone looking through binoculars. Mariners to three hits and a walk while striking out 10 in eight-plus of seven rookies to start the game for Boston, gave up two runs in the Miguel Cabrera added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Detroit scored three innings. It was the fifth successive loss for the Mariners (83-75), who have first inning but settled down to snap a personal three-game losing runs in the eighth on a well-executed squeeze play by Andrew Romine fallen three games behind a wild card spot with just four to play. streak. Xander Bogaerts drove in three runs and combined with right and RBI singles by Rajai Davis and Kinsler. fielder Daniel Nava for back-to-back, two-run hits in a five-run fourth Phillies 2, Marlins 1 inning that knocked Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi out of the game. Indians 6, Royals 4 Marlon Byrd hit an eighth-inning, game-winning single and Jonathan Yan Gomes belted a three-run homer in the first inning and Michael Papelbon returned from a suspension to get the save and lead the Rangers 5, Astros 1 Brantley had three hits to boost his season total to 199 as the Cleveland Philadelphia Phillies past the Miami Marlins. Papelbon-who was sus- Starting pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla tossed six scoreless innings and Indians beat the Kansas City Royals. Brantley needs one hit in the last pended for seven games after making an obscene gesture-pitched a struck out seven batters while Ryan Rua hit a three-run home run for three games to become the first Indians’ player with 200 hits in a season scoreless ninth, working around a one-out double by first baseman Texas as they beat the Astros.