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Spencer Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1 to win 6th straight

TORONTO — Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians rallied in the ninth to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6. The Tigers are 4 1/2 games behind Cleveland, with three teams in between. Anderson (5-6) allowed two hits, both singles. He struck out four and walked three for his first win ...

Zach McKinstry scores go-ahead run on error to help Tigers outlast Blue Jays 6-5

TORONTO (AP) — Zach McKinstry scored the winning run on a missed-catch error in the ninth inning after Brett Callahan hit a tying RBI single in the eighth, as the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night. McKinstry scored after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. fielded a dribbler and threw to first, where Toronto pitcher Louis Varland missed the throw. Blue Jays starter José Soriano threw 6 1/3 innings, working a perfect game through five innings, before the Tigers scored four runs off five hits in the seventh. Dillon Dingler opened the seventh-inning scoring with ...

Edwards runs for 2 TDs in Michigan State’s 35-7 win over Eastern Michigan

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cam Edwards rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns and Alessio Milivojevic tossed two touchdown passes Saturday to help Michigan State to a 35-7 victory over Eastern Michigan. The Spartans (2-0) broke away from a close game at the start of the third quarter with two quick touchdowns. Edwards ran for 2 yards on the first score and Milivojevic threw a 38-yard pass to Charles Taplin to put Michigan State up 28-7. Jazium Patterson also added 7-yard score midway through the fourth quarter. Milivojevic completed 12 of 20 passes for 170 yards as the Spartans ...

Justin Verlander makes progress toward pitching perhaps 1 more time in 2 weeks for Tigers

DETROIT — Justin Verlander is making progress toward potentially pitching one more time in the last year of his playing career. Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said the three-time Cy Young Award winner threw as hard as he has in more than a month off the mound on Saturday. "That was a good sign," Hinch said Sunday before Detroit wrapped up a series against Colorado. The Tigers have planned a two-day celebration of Verlander's career when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates in two weeks during the last series of the regular season — and they hope he can pitch. "We're aiming for ...