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DETROIT, July 10 (UPI) -- Miguel Cabrera touched off a Detroit homer barrage with a two-run shot in the first inning Saturday and the Tigers rolled to a 7-4 victory over Minnesota.
Alex Avila, Magglio Ordonez and Johnny Damon also homered for the Tigers, winners of five in a row.
All of the Detroit runs scored on home runs with Cabrera getting things started by delivering his 22nd of the season and running his hitting streak to a career-best 18 games.
Avila added a solo shot in the second, Ordonez hit one with the bases empty in the third and Damon produced a three-run blast in the fifth that gave Detroit a 7-3 lead.
Jeremy Bonderman (5-6) took advantage of the long ball display to get the victory. He gave up three runs on four hits over six innings. Jose Valverde threw a perfect ninth for his 19th save.
The Tigers have won 17 of their last 19 home games.
Nick Blackburn (7-7) allowed seven runs on seven hits in four-plus innings to take the loss. Minnesota has dropped six out of seven to fall four games behind the division-leading Tigers in the American League Central.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) --
Jeremy Lin scored 23 points and grabbed 10 assists in his second New York start Wednesday, boosting the Knicks to a 107-93 win over Washington.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (UPI) --
Pop star Katy Perry and comedian Russell Brand informed Los Angeles Superior Court they have reached a settlement in their divorce, documents show.
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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) --
Secrets of a stellar nursery in the Carina Nebula in our Milky Way have been revealed in a new telescope infrared image, European astronomers say.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb. 8 (UPI) --
Experts said the carcass of a giant whale shark that washed ashore at Pakistan's Karachi Harbor likely got lost and became trapped in the shallow waters.
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