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The Detroit Tigers stopped the bleeding by beating the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Now, the Tigers are after a series win. The 2-0 shutout victory in the second of a three-game set snapped a five-game losing streak for the Tigers, who are third in the American League wild-card standings. Continue to Article

August 14, 2016 1:12:am EST

An oblique injury may have cost Zack Greinke his chance of winning a second Cy Young Award in the first year of a six-year, $206.5 million contract. While he was gone, fellow right-hander Rick Porcello, in the first year of his five-year, $82.5 million extension, burst onto the American League Cy Young picture with 15 wins. On Sunday, the right-handers match up at Fenway Park when Greinke's Arizona Diamondbacks finish their three-game interleague series with Porcello's Boston Red Sox, who are going for a sweep. Continue to Article

August 13, 2016 11:49:pm EST

Casey McGehee had four of Detroit's 14 hits against Cole Hamels, Matt Boyd pitched seven scoreless innings and the Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the AL-best Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Boyd (4-2) limited the Rangers to two hits with three strikeouts and two walks in his longest start this season. Detroit opened the fifth with three consecutive singles, McGehee leading it off and scoring on a hit by Victor Martinez for a 1-0 lead. Continue to Article

August 13, 2016 11:07:pm EST