Brayan Villarreal

Ryan Doumit had four RBIs for Minnesota, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Twins beat Detroit 4-2 on Friday and cut the Tigers’ lead in the AL Central to one game.  The Tigers entered the night with a two-game...

With the Tigers edging the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday afternoon, then watching their AL Central lead increase to two games when the White Sox lost that night, you'd think Jim Leyland would be smiling and happy with six games left to play. Not so....

 ‘‘He’s still got great stuff, even if he wasn’t throwing 97,’’ Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ‘‘He’s got the great change, a great breaking ball and everything is moving all over the place. We...

DETROIT — The White Sox returned home Sunday night with more than just the unfamiliar feeling of falling to second place during their five-game losing streak punctuated by a 6-4 loss to the Tigers that completed their first series in which they were...

Yuniesky Betancourt almost hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning for the Kansas City Royals against the Detroit Tigers.     Comerica Park was too big, though, and Austin Jackson too fast.     The Royals scored three runs in the final...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be scoring a lot more runs than they have so far this season. They nearly cost themselves this three-game sweep at Minnesota by leaving eight runners in scoring position. But Miguel Cabrera and...

TV SPORTS Soccer--Women's National Teams, exhibition, United States vs. Brazil, 6 a.m. (ESPN2); UEFA Champions League, Marseille at Bayern Munich, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey--Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Minnesota Wild...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Northwestern at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Villanova at South Florida, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Rutgers at Notre Dame, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); North Carolina at Miami, 7 p.m. (ESPN); Purdue at Illinois, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10...

TV SPORTS Cycling-Tour de France, Stage 3, 7 a.m. (VERSUS) Major League Baseball-Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, Noon (WGN); Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins, 1 p.m. (FXSP) MLS Soccer-New England at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2);...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey-Playoffs, Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. (VERSUS) NBA Basketball-Playoffs, Dallas...

NEW YORK (AP) - The 2011 salaries for the 844 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing...