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Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat Baltimore 5-1 on Monday night.

Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him.

Star winger Marian Hossa was a late scratch for the game at TD Garden as the Hawks and Boston Bruins were set to battle for the series lead, which was knotted at a game apiece.

Hossa was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Blackhawks with 17 goals during the regular season.

Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland has never been one to not tell the Detroit sports media what he thinks.

A station official says the cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.

A Maryland man who was hurt in a fight during a Baltimore Orioles game last month has moved to a rehab facility, and his lawyers say they are now looking for anyone who may have witnessed the exchange.

It is hard to complain about a first place baseball team. it is hard to look at the 2013 Detroit Tigers, who have a 38-29 record, and say that the team has one if not two rather significant flaws.

A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ordered.

A Japanese aircraft carrier and two destroyers are attacked during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Andy Murray was pleased to shake off any ring-rust as he claimed his third Aegon Championships title by beating Marin Cilic 5-7 7-5 6-3 at Queen's.

Atlanta won its second straight to take the three-game series and increase its NL East lead to 6½ games.

Win or lose, Sunday marked the final home game of this season for the Spurs. The series shifts back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday night, and the winner will be decided on South Beach.

Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees snapped their five-game losing streak with a wild 6-5 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday.

Jay Bruce homered in the third inning on a 3-0 pitch to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a three-run homer that capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the New York Mets salvaged what had been shaping up as another sorry afternoon, startling the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday.

Doug Fister held Minnesota hitless until the sixth inning and Torii Hunter connected for his 300th career home run, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Twins 5-2 Sunday.

It was Biffle's first win since he overtook Johnson to win at MIS in August. Johnson's engine faltered with six laps left in that race.

Andy Murray has defeated defending champion Marin Cilic to win the Aegon Championships at Queen's, a Wimbledon warm-up.

Roger Federer overcame a sluggish start Sunday to win his first title of the year by beating unseeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 , 6-3, 6-4 at the Gerry Weber Open.