At long last, Tigers take over Central with 5-4 win vs. KC

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It took two months, but the Detroit Tigers finally grabbed 1st place in the AL Central Division with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Kansas City. In addition to the Chicago White Sox losing to Cleveland, 6-4, the Tigers now have tha magic number of 7 and will look to reduce that number this Thursday afternoon when they wrap up the four-game series against the Royals at Comerica Park.


NL EAST - Washington & Atlanta came away with victories, but the Nationals improved their magic number to 4.

NL WILD CARD - Still fighting for the top two spots, the L.A. Dodgers & Milwaukee won their games, but still have the magic number of 4 against them with Atlanta & St. Louis in the lead by 3 1/2 games.

AL WEST - Once again, Oakland moved closer to Texas with a 9-3 win over them to move to three games behind 1st place, even though the Rangers still have the magic number of 5.

AL EAST - The N.Y. Yankees & Baltimore both won, but New York reduced their magic number to 6.

AL WILD CARD - Despite the L.A. Angels' victory over Seattle, 4-3, the magic number of 6 is against them as Baltimore & Oakland came away with wins as well.


THURSDAY'S KEY GAMES
Kansas City at Detroit - 1 pm
Tampa Bay at Chi. White Sox - 8 pm
Washington at Philadelphia - 7 pm
Miami at Atlanta - 7 pm
Milwaukee at Cincinnati - 12:30 pm
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego - 10 pm
Oakland at Texas - 2 pm
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto - 7 pm
Seattle at L.A. Angels - 3:30 pm