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Verlander Wins 19th Game, Tigers Beat Rays
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Far more often than not this season, Justin Verlander has taken the ball following a loss. The Detroit Tigers' ace won't have to worry about getting the AL Central leaders back on track this time.
The fact that Justin Verlander is pitching Monday night could have had something to do with it, but Jim Leyland using a half-dozen relief pitchers from the fourth inning on showed that one game might have been a tad more important than some others.
After Justin Verlander won his 18th game a couple of evenings ago, he ducked into Jim Leyland's office.
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Three reasons Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander isn't only a candidate for the American League Cy Young Award, but also MVP
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Justin Verlander looks to win his sixth consecutive start and become the first pitcher to 18 wins Tuesday night when the AL Central rivals continue their series.
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After Justin Verlander, the three Tigers' most valuable players so far in 2011:
Manager Jim Leyland is opting for the status quo and extra rest for Justin Verlander over taking advantage of the schedule to pitch his ace against Cleveland next weekend.
Justin Verlander gave Detroit exactly what it needed, becoming baseball's first 17-game winner as the division-leading Tigers avoided being swept by Cleveland and opened a three-game lead in the AL Central with a 4-3 win over the second-place Indians on Thursday night.
The biggest obstacle standing in the way of the Cleveland Indians moving within one game of the first-place Detroit Tigers is Cy Young Award candidate Justin Verlander.
Verlander tries to win his fourth straight start both overall and against the Royals when he takes the mound for the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.
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Justin Verlander has no-hit stuff in many of his starts and looked the part through seven innings against the Angels.
Justin Verlander was at his best in a marquee pitching matchup that lived up to its billing.
Whenever you hear about a matchup of two of the best pitchers in baseball, the game rarely lives up to the hype. Sunday's game at Comerica Park pitting Tigers' ace Justin Verlander against the Angels' Jered Weaver was the exception. Both pitchers were sensational. But Verlander was better.
An error and other misplays in the eighth inning ended a no-hit run by the Tigers' Justin Verlander but Detroit still beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Sunday.
Justin Verlander's fastball was still popping as he finished up the eighth inning.
One of Justin Verlander's worst outings in the last two months came at home against the Chicago White Sox less than two weeks ago.
Very few pitchers can done what Justin Verlander did Thursday against Minnesota and at least two other times this season.
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