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(Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 at home on Saturday to win the opening game of their best-of-five American League Division series. Detroit catcher Alex Avila hit Detroit's only home run of the game, a 398-feet solo homer to left field in the fifth inning, to give the Tigers a two-run cushion after they had trailed 1-0 early. Ace pitcher Justin Verlander gave up a run in the first inning when Coco Crisp blasted a 347-feet homer to right field but he quickly settled down and took control. ... Full Story | Top |
UPDATE 1-Baseball-Detroit win playoff opener against Oakland
* Verlander gives up one run in seven innings for Tigers * Crisp homers for Oakland, Avila for Detroit (Adds detail, quotes) Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 at home on Saturday to win the opening game of their best-of-five American League Division series. Detroit catcher Alex Avila hit Detroit's only home run of the game, a 398-feet solo homer to left field in the fifth inning, to give the Tigers a two-run cushion after they had trailed 1-0 early. ... Full Story | Top |
Baseball-Detroit win opening playoff against Oakland
Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 at home on Saturday to win the opening game of their best-of-five American League Division series. Detroit catcher Alex Avila hit the only home run of the game, a 398 solo homer to left field in the fifth inning, to give the Tigers a two run cushion after they had trailed 1-0 early. Ace pitcher Justin Verlander gave up a run in the first inning when Coco Crisp blasted a 347 feet homer to right but quickly settled down and took control. He gave up just three hits in seven innings and made 11 strikeouts to claim the win. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-Home comforts help Moore flourish in Vegas
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Home comforts and a busy social schedule this week have so far helped American Ryan Moore into a three-way tie for the lead at the Las Vegas Open while keeping his golfing thoughts to a bare minimum away from the course. The Las Vegas resident, who studied at the nearby University of Nevada-Las Vegas, fired a flawless six-under-par 65 in Saturday's third round to end the day joint top with Swede Jonas Blixt and Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge at 19-under 194. ... Full Story | Top |
Soccer-Argentine championship results and standings
Oct 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship matches on Saturday Saturday, October 6 Colon (Santa Fe) 0 Racing Club 1 Estudiantes 2 Quilmes 1 San Lorenzo 0 Arsenal 0 San Martin (San Juan) 2 All Boys 1 Friday, October 5 Argentinos Juniors 0 Tigre 0 Lanus 2 Union (Santa Fe) 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Racing Club 10 6 2 2 15 5 20 2 Newell's Old Boys 9 5 4 0 10 4 19 3 Velez Sarsfield 9 5 2 2 14 8 17 4 Boca Juniors 9 5 2 2 13 11 17 5 Atletico Belgrano 9 4 4 1 10 6 16 6 Godoy Cruz 9 5 1 3 9 7 16 7 Estudiantes 10 5 1 4 9 9 16 8 Colon (Santa Fe) 10 4 3 3 15 13 ... Full Story | Top |
Baseball play-offs division series results
Oct 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB Play-offs Division Series games on Saturday (home team in CAPS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R DETROIT 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x 3 Oakland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (Detroit lead the best-of-five series by 1-0) Full Story | Top |
Rugby-Rugby Championship results and standings
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Results and standings after the sixth andfinal round of the southern hemisphere's Rugby Championshipcompetition on Saturday: South Africa 16 New Zealand 32 Argentina 19 Australia 25 - - P W D L BP PT New Zealand 6 6 0 0 2 26 Australia 6 3 0 3 0 12 South Africa 6 2 1 3 2 12 Argentina 6 0 1 5 2 4 Note: Teams earn four points for a win, two for a draw, plusa bonus point for scoring four tries in a match or losing byseven points or fewer. ... Full Story | Top |
Francona appointed as Cleveland Indians manager
 (Reuters) - Terry Francona has been appointed as the new manager of the Cleveland Indians, it was announced on Saturday. Major League Baseball's official website (mlb.com) said the club had confirmed the appointment but would not make any further comment until Francona was formally introduced on Monday. Francona will take over from Sandy Alomar Jr, who had been acting as interim manager after Manny Acta was sacked last week when the Indians failed to make the playoffs. ...
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Australia tame Pumas to end Rugby Championship on high
 ROSARIO, Argentina (Reuters) - Winger Digby Ioane scored a try and fullback Michael Harris kicked 20 points as Australia finished the Rugby Championship with a 25-19 victory over Argentina in Rosario on Saturday. Australia finished the southern hemisphere's elite championship second behind winners New Zealand, with South Africa third and the Pumas ending their debut season in the tournament with a draw and five defeats. Australia struck their telling blow with Ioane's try with 15 minutes remaining, right after surviving Argentina's most dangerous onslaught that almost delivered the Pumas a ...
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Baseball-Francona appointed as Cleveland Indians manager
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Terry Francona has been appointed as the new manager of the Cleveland Indians, it was announced on Saturday. Major League Baseball's official website (mlb.com) said the club had confirmed the appointment but would not make any further comment until Francona was formally introduced on Monday. Francona will take over from Sandy Alomar Jr, who had been acting as interim manager after Manny Acta was sacked last week when the Indians failed to make the playoffs. ... Full Story | Top |
Rugby-Australia tame Pumas to end Rugby Championship on high
ROSARIO, Argentina, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Winger Digby Ioane scored a try and fullback Michael Harris kicked 20 points as Australia finished the Rugby Championship with a 25-19 victory over Argentina in Rosario on Saturday. Australia finished the southern hemisphere's elite championship second behind winners New Zealand, with South Africa third and the Pumas ending their debut season in the tournament with a draw and five defeats. ... Full Story | Top |
Soccer-Israel captain Benayoun dumped for World Cup qualifiers
JERUSALEM, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Israel coach Eli Guttman dropped stalwart captain Yossi Benayoun from his squad on Saturday ahead of back-to-back World Cup European group F qualifiers against Luxembourg next week. The West Ham United midfielder was one of a number surprise omissions from a list of 23 named ahead of the Oct. 12 clash in Luxembourg and the return fixture in Tel Aviv four days later. ... Full Story | Top |
Rugby-Argentina 19 Australia 25 - Rugby Championship result
ROSARIO, Argentina, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Australia beat Argentina 25-19 (halftime 15-9) in a Rugby Championship match at the Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario on Saturday. Scorers: Argentina - Try: Juan Imhoff; Conversion: Marcelo Bosch; Penalties; Juan Martin Hernandez (3), Bosch Australia - Try: Digby Ioane; Conversion: Michael Harris; Penalties: Harris (6) (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom) Full Story | Top |
Francona hired as Indians' manager
 (The Sports Xchange) - After one year off the bench and in the broadcast studio, Terry Francona has a new managerial job. He is the new skipper of the Cleveland Indians. The team issued a press release, announcing that Francona would be formally introduced in a Monday press conference at Progressive Field. Francona led the Boston Red Sox to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007. He was let go last year after a September collapse in which the Red Sox went 7-20 down the stretch to miss out on a playoff spot. He spent this season working as an analyst for ESPN. ...
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Kasey Kahne looks to rebound with pole run at Talladega
 TALLADEGA, Ala. (The Sports Xchange) - A move to Hendrick Motorsports equipment has made all the difference in the world where Kasey Kahne and Talladega are concerned. In his second trip to Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 5 Chevrolet, Kahne scored his first pole at the 2.66-mile restrictor-plate track. That followed a previous best starting position of fifth for Talladega's event this past spring. In Saturday's time trials, Kahne toured Talladega in 50.017 seconds (191.455 mph) to edge Ryan Newman (191.145 mph) for the top starting spot in Sunday's Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 by . ...
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