American League Central News

Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

The Tigers will be hoping that the return of Austin Jackson to the top of the lineup will have a positive cascading effect down the order by opening up more chances for Torii Hunter, Miguel Cabrera, and Prince Fielder.

The Cleveland Indians took two of three over the weekend from the Washington Nationals to clinch their second straight series win following an eight game losing skid.

The Kansas City Royals have been on an absolute tear of late in the American League.

During a start on Saturday, June 15, Detroit Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez returned to pitch after suffering from shoulder tightness.

Baltimore has won four of its last five games against the Tigers despite each team scoring the same number of runs over that five game span .

Jason Castro homered for the second straight game and Matt Dominguez hit a three-run double to help the Houston Astros to their fourth straight win, 5-4, over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

New York's Kirk Nieuwenhuis, right, dives into teammates Sunday after hitting a walk-off, three-run home run off Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol.

For one of the few times in his 13-year career, Adam Dunn said he was speechless Sunday to describe the White Sox's offensive futility.

Torii Hunter is one of baseball's most exciting players. While he's not exciting in the same way that Mike Trout or Bryce Harper is, there are few outfielders that could make the defensive plays that Hunter did in his prime.

Wade Davis did enough in his first outing against his former team on Sunday. Kansas City hit the five-run mark for the third time in the series, picking up a 5-3 victory over Tampa Bay.

Detroit's Torii Hunter pumps his fist as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Twins for his 300th career home run in the first inning Sunday at Target Field.

Central Intelligence The Tigers are, and will be, a very dangerous team to tangle with.

Through their first 66 games, the Indians played the toughest schedule in the AL Central.

Whether one is lost in the wild world of Westeros or perusing the latest MLB box scores, parallels can be drawn between the two distinctly different entertainment genres.

Houston's Lucas Harrell was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and spent his first seven years with the organization before the Astros claimed him off waivers in 2011.

In many ways, last night's 2-1 to the Astros loss summed up the season for the White Sox.

When a team goes through an extended period of losing games like the Cleveland Indians did recently, losing several games in the division race to the American League Central leading Detroit Tigers in the process, there are a couple of options of how to handle it.

The Minnesota Twins have a tough task on hand as they face Anibal Sanchez and the Detroit Tigers in the second of a three-game series at Target Field.

The red-hot Kansas City Royals hope to keep the ball rolling as they tangle with the Tampa Bay Rays in the third chapter of a four- game set at Tropicana Field.