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Wednesday, September 15, 2010  David Murphy, Vladimir Guerrero and Ian Kinsler hit long home runs for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers in an 11-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night that stretched their winning streak to seven games.

Friday, August 20, 2010  Armando Galarraga continued his season-long dominance of the Cleveland Indians, pitching seven shutout innings to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-0 victory Friday night.

Saturday, July 31, 2010  Galarraga left Friday night's game after being hit by a line drive from the bat of Kevin Youkilis on his right ankle. He was limping around the clubhouse before Saturday's game against the Red Sox and said it's sore, but not so painful that it keeps him from walking.

Monday, July 19, 2010  Right-hander Armando Galarraga is back with the Detroit Tigers after being recalled from Triple A Toledo.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  COURTESY: FREEP.COM -- Because he won’t need to start again for nearly two weeks because of the upcoming All-Star break, Galarraga had just been told that he’s being sent to Triple-A Toledo for one start, then will be recalled to start for the Tigers on July 20, almost two weeks from now.

Friday, June 04, 2010  Joyce says he's received support from the Tigers, the Indians, Major League Baseball and Detroit fans, as well as Galarraga himself.

Thursday, June 03, 2010  Detroit Tigers fans are expressing outrage over an umpire's blown call that cost pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game, and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is no exception.

Thursday, June 03, 2010  Bud Selig won't reverse an umpire's admitted blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a disputed call at first base. Replays appeared to show Cleveland hitter Jason Donald was out.

Sunday, May 16, 2010  The Tigers optioned the contract of righthanded pitcher Max Scherzer and second baseman Scott Sizemore to Triple A Toledo following tonight's game.