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DETROIT -- Ron Gardenhire deflected credit on the night the Minnesota Twins gave their manager his 900th career victory. Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run single, one of six singles during Minnesotas four-run fourth inning, to help the Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 Monday night. "This is all about getting 900 wins for our organization," Gardenhire said. "The people above me who gave me the chance, and the players that have gone out there and played the game. All I have ever had to do is tell them to play the right way, play hard and respect the game. They did the rest." The Twins have won four straight to match their season-best winning streak from May 16-19 that included two wins at Detroit. "Weve got some momentum now and we want to keep that going," Josh Willingham said. "We got the early runs, but you knew that offence was going to get them back into the game. Our bullpens been great and they shut them down tonight." Anthony Swarzak (2-4) picked up the win, allowing a hit and one walk in 2 2-3 innings of relief. Alex Burnett allowed only one walk in 1 1-3 innings and Glen Perkins pitched the ninth for his third save in five chances in place of injured closer Matt Capps. Detroit was trying to get back to .500 for the first time since May 15. Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder hit one-out singles in the ninth, but their teammates couldnt bring them home. Delmon Young hit a long fly for the second out and Brennan Boesch struck out to end the game. Boesch also had a chance to help his team in the seventh, but the pinch-hitter was struck out by Burnett on three pitches with two on to end the inning. "You want to be up in those situations," Boesch said. "You hope to get it done, but in this game odds are you wont." Doug Fister (1-6) gave up six runs and eight hits in four-plus innings, leaving the Tigers with a five-run deficit. He faded after a strong start that included striking out the side in the first and holding the Twins without a hit for 3 1-3 innings. "He got rushing in the fourth and just made some bad pitches," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Hes just not real sharp." Cabrera hit a two-run double and Young had a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it 6-4, but that was it for Detroit. The Twins built a cushion with six runs over the fourth and fifth innings. Willingham and Ryan Doumit also had RBI singles in the fourth, and Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each singled in a run in the fifth to make it 6-1. Minnesota starter Liam Hendriks failed to finish the fifth inning and remains without a win in 12 career starts. He faced four batters in the fifth and gave up a leadoff single, a four-pitch walk, Cabreras double and bounced a pitch before it reached the plate to walk Fielder and end his outing. The Tigers had won five of eight to pull within a victory of a .500 record for the eighth time. "We havent really synchronized all year, but the players have done a good job of staying pretty stable," Leyland said. NOTES: Detroit RHP Max Scherzer will be scratched from his scheduled start Tuesday, the only turn hes expected to miss in the rotation, and LHP Duane Below will face Minnesota in the second of the four-game series. ...The Twins are 13-13 within the AL Central and are 11 games under .500 outside of the division. ... Fielder was picked Monday for the All-Star home run derby. ... Burnett has not allowed a run in his last 14 games. ... Cabrera had three hits and three RBIs. ... The Twins hope Capps, on the DL with right shoulder inflammation, can start a rehab assignment during next weeks All-Star break. beats by dre . Instead, history tells us that for the European Champions to reign supreme domestically this season, they must defeat Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Recording the home win against Sir Alex Ferguson has been a consistent for each of the titles the West London club has amassed during this House of Abramovich era. beats by dre uk . The Steelers re-signed tackle Max Starks to a one-year deal on Tuesday, hoping his surgically repaired knee is healed and his leadership can help one of the NFLs youngest lines provide better protection for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. [url=http://cambridgediversity.org/beats-by-dre-uk.html]http://cambridgediversit... . Surprised? Yes. Shocked? Not so much. "I wasnt expecting him to do that, obviously," Bostons new starting goalie said Thursday at a charity event.(Sports Network) - Its been almost a month since Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero tasted victory, and he has a tough task ahead of him this afternoon to try to turn things around when he faces the New York Yankees. Romero is 0-4 with an 8.14 earned run average in his last four starts and last prevailed on June 22 at Miami. Romero turned in a quality start in Fridays 1-0 loss to Cleveland and gave up the lone run and six hits in six innings. He is 8-5 in 19 starts this season and managed to lower his earned run average to 5.03. The left-hander will face the Yankees for the first this season and is 3-3 with a 5.65 ERA in 10 starts against them. He also is 3-2 with a 4.95 ERA in seven starts at Yankee Stadium, spanning 43 2/3 innings. Romero went 1-2 in four starts against the Yankees last season. Toronto hopes to salvage the finale of this set in the Bronx before heading to Fenway Park for a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox. With slugger Jose Bautista on the disabled list with a wrist ailment, the Jays displayed no power last night. Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind finished with two hits apiece for Toronto, which lost for the sixth time in nine tries. Colby Rasmus provided the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. Encarnacion has recorded a hit in 23 of his last 24 games on the road, dating back to May 13. Brett Cecil started for the Blue Jays and was dealt the loss for surrendering three runs and six hits in six innings. Sam Dyson allowed three more runs in relief. "It was a pretty solid outing," said Cecil. "I kept the ball down for the majority of the game." Toronto won two meetings with New York back in May, but has lost seven in a row at Yankee Stadium, getting outscored 42-20 in that time. The Blue Jays seven straight losses at Yankee Stadium marks their longest road losing streak against New York since dropping eight straight from June 23, 1995-June 4, 1996. The Yankees lead the majors with 145 home runs and target their eighth series sweep of the season (one short of 20111).dddddddddddd They have scored six runs in each of the first two games of this series and are coming off Tuesdays 6-1 triumph behind the return of All-Star left-hander CC Sabathia. Sidelined with a strained groin, Sabathia was activated off the disabled list in time to toss six scoreless innings. He struck out six batters, walked one and allowed four hits for his 10th win of the season (10-3). "He looked like he (did) before he got hurt," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said of Sabathia. "He did exactly what weve come to expect." Five relievers held the Blue Jays to a run the rest of the way and closer Rafael Soriano nailed down his 24th save by getting the final two outs in the ninth inning. New York, which leads the AL East by 9 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay, has won eight of 10 games and has scored three or more runs in 41 straight games. The team record is 49 games from Sept. 7, 1950 through May 16, 1951. Cleveland did it in 48 games back in 1994. Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer and Robinson Cano went 1-for-4 with a run scored to extend his career-high hitting streak to 20 games. Cano has 13 runs, six homers, 20 RBI and 11 multi-hit games during the surge. The Yankees have homered 44 times in the past 23 contests and are 38-2 when holding opponents to three runs or less. The Yankees will start a seven-game road trip out west following todays game and will visit both Oakland and Seattle. Taking the mound for New York Wednesday will be Hiroki Kuroda. Kuroda has been shelled in each of his last two starts -- both no-decisions -- and has allowed a total of 11 earned runs. He took the hill in Fridays 6-5 win over the LA Angels of Anaheim and gave up five runs and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. He is still 8-7 on the season with a 3.67 earned run average in 18 starts. Kuroda is 6-3 in 10 starts at Yankee Stadium in 2012 and lost his only appearance against the Blue Jays in an 8-1 loss on May 16 up north. The Japanese right-hander was reached for seven runs and eight hits in five innings. ' ' '


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