AL Capsules (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs, and Drew Smyly pitched into the seventh inning for his first major league win to help the Detroit Tigers snap a five-game losing streak by beating the New York Yankees 7-5 Saturday.

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AL Capsules (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs and Drew Smyly pitched into the seventh inning for his first major league win to help Detroit snap a five-game losing streak by beating New York 7-5 on Saturday.

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Longoria’s drive changed to double after review (PA SportsTicker)

Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria had a seventh-inning home run changed to a double after a video review in Saturday night's game against the New York Yankees.

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Athletics beat Giants 5-0 in exhibition game (AP)

Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning and Tommy Milone pitched five scoreless innings on Sunday as the Oakland Athletics beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 in an exhibition game. Suzuki connected off Yomiuri reliever Levi Romero to give Oakland a 3-0 lead and Jemile Weeks singled in another run in the same inning to widen the lead.

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Young leaves with mild left oblique strain (PA SportsTicker)

Detroit left fielder Delmon Young has left Game 5 of the AL division series against New York in the seventh inning Thursday night because of a mild strain of his left oblique.

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No kidding: Tigers can prove Valverde righ (Yahoo! Sports)

Jose Valverde might have been joking -- at least he said he was -- but Rick Porcello and his Detroit Tigers teammates have a chance Tuesday to make him right, too. A tie-breaking seventh-inning home run by Delmon Young plus some stout pitching by Justin Verlander and Valverde gave...

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Red Sox beat Orioles 8-7, stay tied for wild card (AP)

EDITORS: The Boston at Baltimore game has resumed after a rain delay of 1 hour, 26 minutes. The Red Sox lead 3-2 to start the bottom of the seventh inning. AP Sports

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Bourjos’ error costs Angels chance to sweep Yanks (AP)

Peter Bourjos is generally considered the Los Angeles Angels' best fielder, and he only lost the fly ball in the sun for a moment. A team in a difficult playoff chase usually can't afford such mistakes -- particularly when facing the New York Yankees. Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson homered, and New York scored two key runs when Bourjos dropped Mark Teixeira's seventh-inning fly in...

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Cano leads Yankees to win over Blue Jays again (AP)

Through all the drama surrounding the New York Yankees this year -- the lineup changes, injuries and off-field issues -- Joe Girardi has had one constant: Robinson Cano. And the smooth-swinging second baseman has not let his manager down. Cano gave the Yankees the lead for the second straight game against Toronto, this time hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning to exceed 100 RBIs for the...

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A.J. Burnett kicks off interesting weekend for Yankees: A fan’s outlook (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

As the East Coast gets ready for Hurricane Irene, New York Yankees fans get prepared for another A.J. Burnett start. The question whenever A.J. takes the mound these days is will he make it through the sixth inning. In his last eight starts, he has made to the seventh inning just...

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