Much-maligned Tigers come through to win a Not-so-All-Star Game WITH VIDEO
DETROIT — On a day when the Tigers’ newly-minted members of the American League All-Star team were honored — and rightfully so — the game on the field belonged to the guys who’ve become the fans’ whipping boys.
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Tigers’ Avila voted to start for AL in All-Star Game
DETROIT — There’s always a danger of guilt by association. Or excellence by it. When Tigers manager Jim Leyland strode purposefully into the locker room before Sunday’s game, and grabbed the hands of catcher Alex Avila and closer Jose Valverde —one of the team’s most playful members — Avila thought there was trouble coming.
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Tigers beat Giants 6-3; avoid sweep
Magglio Ordonez hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers went on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 Sunday.
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