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To: SiouxPal who wrote (53590)	8/22/2006 9:59:43 PM
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Rogers leads Tigers past White Sox 4-0 ___________________________________________________________ 8/22/2006, 9:39 p.m. ET By LARRY LAGE The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Kenny Rogers shut down the slumping Chicago White Sox, giving the Detroit Tigers their biggest lead in the AL Central in almost two weeks and guaranteeing their first .500 season in more than a decade. Rogers dominated for seven innings and was backed by Marcus Thames' solo homer and RBI triple in Detroit's 4-0 win over the White Sox on Tuesday night, its second straight victory in a possibly pivotal four-game series. The World Series champions, who got just five hits, have lost six of eight, falling behind Detroit in the division by 7 1/2 games, the biggest the gap since after play on Aug. 11. After losing nine of 12, the Tigers (81-45) ensured their first non-losing season since 1993 and improved their chances of reaching the playoffs for the first time since 1987. Detroit won the series opener 7-1 with another sensational start by hard-throwing rookie Justin Verlander, then the 41-year-old Rogers followed up with a crafty night on the mound. Rogers (13-6) gave up four hits, walked only one and struck out two over seven innings, his third straight strong outing quieting talk of his history of struggling after the All-Star break. Fernando Rodney pitched the eighth, putting the first two on before getting an out, and the ninth. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was relegated to watching much of the game on TV. He was ejected after arguing from the dugout in the second inning for shouting at plate umpire Dan Iassogna when he called a second strike against Juan Uribe with two outs. Iassogna signaled that Guillen was ejected, and the manager came out of the dugout to have a face-to-face argument that was so intense that the veins on the umpire's neck were bulging and the manager's head was bobbing. After a double play got him out of a two-on, one-out jam in the first, Rogers retired the side in order the next three innings. Jermaine Dye led off the fifth with a single on an infield dribbler and reached second on Rogers' throwing error. He was stranded on third after Uribe struck out and Brian Anderson grounded out. Right fielder Magglio Ordonez got Rogers in and out of trouble in the seventh. He was charged with an error for not catching a liner that he appeared to lose in the lights, then made a sliding catch after a long run for the second out. With the bases loaded, Rogers got Sandy Alomar to ground out. Mark Buehrle (10-11) allowed four runs and nine hits over 5 1-3 innings. Buehrle, who began the season 9-4, beat Kansas City in his previous start for the only victory in his last 10 outings. Unlike Rogers' prior start against the White Sox, when he lost despite not giving up a run over seven innings, Detroit quickly gave him run support. Four of the first five Tigers singled, with Ordonez's hit bringing in the first run. Thames drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 2-0. Carlos Guillen hit a two-out double in the third inning and scored on Thames' triple, and Thames' 422-foot shot to left-center made it 4-0 in the fifth. Notes:@ Before he was ejected for the fifth time this season, manager Ozzie Guillen said he admired Toronto manager John Gibbons' restraint during Monday night's confrontation with Ted Lilly. "I'm not sure I would have had that kind of patience — I might have gotten after him on the mound," Guillen said. ... 2B Neifi Perez became Detroit's seventh leadoff hitter Tuesday, his second game with the Tigers. Copyright 2006 Associated Press.