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Jake Westbrook walked a tightrope for 5 innings, Jensen Lewis shut the Motor City Kitties down for the 3 more to secure his first major league win, and the Indians beat the Tigers 7-4 behind 4 home runs by 4 different players off Tigers ace Justin Verlander.
The homers:

Inning 2 – Ryan Garko (solo) – tied [...]

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The Indians reduced their magic number for clinching the American League Central Division by beating the Tigers 6-5 in 11 innings on a walk-off home run by Casey Blake.
The Tigers led most of the way, as Kenny Rogers’ Deal With Satan continued long enough to allow him to agetreacheryguile a 5-2 lead after 7. [...]

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Ryan Garko is getting used to a post-game helping of Leadership Pie .
Garko’s 2-run homer in the 9th off Bobby Jenks sent the game into bonus baseball, and his bloop single to centerfield scored Jason Michaels with the winning run as the Tribe came back yet again, this time against the White Sox, 6-5.
Paul Byrd [...]

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The Tribe escaped a weekend series with the KC Royals, taking 2 out of 3 at home.
Friday: Cleveland 5, KC 4
After the Tribe tried to give this one to the Royals after JoeBo, staked to a 1-run lead going in to the 9th, gave up the tying run, the Royals gave it right back by [...]

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For those who have been wondering why the Indians would bring Ben Francisco up to the big leagues and then not play him – maybe you were on to something.
Francisco got his first start, his first major league hit, and his first major league home run – a walk-off shot to left field that propelled [...]

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