Alex Avila of the Detroit Tigers at the 2011 All-Star game in Phoenix
American League All-Star Alex Avila of the Detroit Tigers is seen during batting practice prior to the 2011 All-Star game in Phoenix Arizona on July 12, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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DETROIT, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Delmon Young hit two of Detroit's four home runs Thursday and helped keep the Tigers' season going by powering them to a 7-5 victory over Texas.
DETROIT, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Doug Fister hurled eight scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers banged out 18 hits Monday in a 14-0 rout of Cleveland.
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Carlos Guillen's run-scoring single in the 10th inning handed Detroit its 12th straight win and the Tigers rallied for 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
DETROIT, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Alex Avila started a Detroit comeback with a three-run homer in the second Friday and the Tigers rolled to their seventh straight victory, 8-4 over Minnesota.
DETROIT, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Miguel Cabrera and Andy Dirks both hit two-run homers and had four RBI apiece Sunday in Detroit's 18-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Jhonny Peralta drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly Tuesday, boosting the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Justin Verlander collected his 19th victory -- his seventh straight win -- and Alex Avila homered Monday in the Detroit Tigers' 5-2 win over Tampa Bay.
DETROIT, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Austin Jackson, Alex Avila and Jhonny Peralta homered Friday in leading the Detroit Tigers to a 4-1 win over Cleveland in the opener of a key weekend series.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Ryan Raburn's go-ahead, two-run single capped a big sixth-inning rally Saturday that carried the Detroit Tigers to a 6-5 win over Baltimore.
DETROIT, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Alex Avila hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning Wednesday and Detroit held on for its third straight win, 5-4 over Texas.
