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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Miguel Cabrera's eighth-inning RBI single Thursday boosted the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory against the Texas Rangers.
The win extended Detroit's winning streak to six straight games.
Cabrera's only hit broke a 3-3 tie with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Curtis Granderson's lone hit was a two-run third-inning homer. Clete Thomas hit a first-inning solo homer, while three others had one hit each for the Tigers, who swept a three-game series from Texas for the second time this season.
Winning pitcher Edwin Jackson (4-2) surrendered three earned runs and seven hits in eight innings with five walks and seven strikeouts.
Closer Fernando Rodney earned his eighth save with a scoreless ninth.
Texas got three hits from David Murphy -- one a first-inning solo homer.
Nelson Cruz had two hits and two RBI for the Rangers, who started the series on a seven-game winning streak.
Losing pitcher Kevin Millwood (4-4) yielded four earned runs and six hits in eight innings.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (UPI) --
Javier Lopez snuffed out a Chicago comeback bid in the ninth inning Friday to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (UPI) --
Rising U.S. television personality Dan Savage has signed on with the top-tier talent agency CAA, The Hollywood Reporter said.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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