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Rick Porcello's 20 victories this season are impressive in their own right, but his performance at Fenway Park has proven to be the backbone of his success. The Orioles are tied for second with the Toronto Blue Jays, who lost at home to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, and are two games back of division-leading Boston (81-63). "We get a chance to win another series on the road, which is something we knew we were going to have to do," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. Continue to Article

September 14, 2016 1:11:am EST

Jarrod Saltalamacchia realizes the Detroit Tigers need to go on a hot streak to stay in the playoff race. The Tigers are on the outside looking in for a wild-card spot after losing five of their last seven. "When you're fighting and clawing to get a playoff spot and you get tied for the second wild-card spot, then you drop down two, get back up one, then drop back down to two, it's frustrating," Saltalamacchia said. Continue to Article

September 14, 2016 12:54:am EST

Kyle Gibson got a little help in one of his best starts this season. ''It's a lot easier to pitch with a 7-1 lead in the fifth,'' Gibson said. Jorge Polanco homered and drove in four runs, Brian Dozier added three more hits to his torrid second half and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 on Tuesday night. Continue to Article

September 13, 2016 11:20:pm EST

Miguel Cabrera and Ian Kinsler homered, and the Detroit Tigers scored two runs in the seventh inning on close plays at the plate, rallying for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Andrew Romine slid in safely with the tying run on a double by Jose Iglesias, and Iglesias scored on Kinsler's sacrifice fly to put the Tigers ahead 3-2. Cabrera's homer in the eighth gave Detroit an insurance run, and the Tigers pulled within a game of Baltimore for the American League's second wild card. Continue to Article

September 12, 2016 10:32:pm EST