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Jose Iglesias has won a lot of games for the Detroit Tigers with his glove. Iglesias had two RBI doubles as the Tigers rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Houston Astros 5-3 on Saturday. Iglesias is hitting .364 with four doubles, a homer and 11 RBI in his last 14 games, raising his batting average from .239 to .261. Continue to Article

July 29, 2017 10:28:pm EST

Jose Iglesias hit two RBI doubles, Matt Boyd pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 5-3 on Saturday night. Iglesias' second run-scoring double tied the game at 3 in the seventh. Ian Kinsler then flared a single to center to give Detroit the lead. Kinsler followed up the single with a spectacular defensive play, racing down the right-field line and leaning into the stands to catch Josh Reddick's pop fly. Victor Martinez made it 5-3 with an RBI single in the eighth. Boyd (5-5) allowed three runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out five without walking a batter. Justin Wilson, the subject of trade rumors, pitched the ninth for his 13th save. Making Continue to Article

July 29, 2017 9:17:pm EST

DETROIT (AP) - After two sacrifice flies earlier in the game, Josh Reddick came up in the eighth inning with men on first and second and the Astros down by two. "I told him, 'Go get another RBI,'" Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. "He said, 'How about three?'" Reddick hit a three-run homer, lifting Houston to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. His five-RBI performance helped the Astros win despite getting only three innings from starter Dallas Keuchel in the left-hander's return from a neck injury. The Astros trailed 5-3 when Detroit brought in reliever Bruce Rondon (1-2) to start the eighth. He allowed singles to Derek Fisher and Jose Altuve before Reddick's drive sailed well Continue to Article

July 28, 2017 10:07:pm EST

Houston Astros great Jeff Bagwell appeared on the baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2011. Bagwell will finally enter the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday after receiving 86.2 percent of the vote. Perhaps no player was hurt more by the 1994 Major League Baseball strike than Bagwell. Continue to Article

July 28, 2017 2:28:pm EST

The Rays acquired Lucas Duda to help with their playoff push. The Tampa Bay Rays may have picked up the boost they need in the second half. The team added some pop to its lineup Thursday, acquiring New York Mets first baseman Lucas Duda for pitcher Drew Smith, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Continue to Article

July 27, 2017 5:57:pm EST

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