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DETROIT - Rick Porcello can finally close the book on a rough September.As for the rest of the Detroit Tigers a€” they still have work to do after the AL Central race tightened again.Porcello allowed six runs in under four innings, and Detroit lost 11-4 to the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The Tigers could have clinched the division with a victory and a Kansas City loss, but neither of those things happened, and now Detroit leads the Royals by only one game with two to play.Weve had two really tough stretches this year, and weve bounced back from them, Porcello said. This is one game. Were OK.Porcello allowed four earned runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings. He is 0-4 with a 6.20 ERA in September, but with the Tigers heading to the post-season in some fashion next week, manager Brad Ausmus hopes his right-hander can bounce back. Porcello (15-13) has surpassed 200 innings this year for the first time in his career.Obviously, Im aware of where his innings are, but I dont think thats the issue, Ausmus said. If it were fatigue, Id expect to see a massive degradation in his performance, and we arent seeing anything like that. Hes just leaving a couple pitches in bad spots and teams are hitting the heck out of them.The Tigers fell way behind early. Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer in the first, and Minnesota led 6-0 in the fourth.A.J. Achter (1-0) earned his first career win with a solid relief effort. The former Michigan State Spartan worked two innings, holding the Tigers without a run until he allowed Miguel Cabreras solo homer in the seventh.The Tigers are a team I grew up rooting for a€” I think thats pretty well known, said the 26-year-old Achter, who was born in Toledo, Ohio. I came to games here, at least one a year, growing up, so for it to happen here, its just another thing in my career thats been pretty unbelievable.The Tigers did get a scoreless inning of relief from Anibal Sanchez, who pitched for the first time since Aug. 8 after being out with a pectoral strain.Minnesota opened the scoring on Brian Doziers RBI single in the first, and Arcias home run made it 3-0. Dozier added a solo homer in the third, his 22nd of the year.The Twins added a couple of unearned runs in the fourth when third baseman Nick Castellanos throwing error allowed Chris Herrmann and Aaron Hicks to score.Minnesota starter Anthony Swarzak allowed three runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings, and with the score 6-3 in the fifth, Achter came on with one out and men on first and second. Victor Martinez came within a few feet of tying the game with a drive down the line in right, but it was caught in front of the wall, and Achter got J.D Martinez on a flyout to end the inning.The Twins responded with four runs in the sixth.Dozier and Danny Santana had three hits each for the Twins, and Dozier and Arcia drove in three runs apiece.STILL CONFIDENTThe Tigers are trying for a fourth straight division title, and the Royals have pushed them to the final weekend of the season. Kansas City clinched at least a wild card Friday.Were still up a game, so the pressure is all on the Royals, Detroit outfielder Rajai Davis said. This is still in our hands.KEEPSAKEAchters father wasnt in attendance Friday because he had a high school football game to coach, but he gave a game ball to his mother.That was pretty emotional. She just beat breast cancer this off-season, Achter said. For her to be a part of this and to be here, its all around a pretty special moment.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: OF Jordan Schafer has a hyperextended right elbow. He was available to pinch-run but didnt play.Tigers: Sanchez was activated from the disabled list before Tuesdays game in Detroit, but he didnt pitch until Friday. He threw 14 pitches against the Twins, allowing only one hit a€” an infield single by Santana.Well see how I feel tomorrow and decide where to go from there, Sanchez said. I hope to pitch at least one more time before the playoffs, but Im not too concerned about it.UP NEXTDetroit LHP Kyle Lobstein (1-1) takes the mound against Minnesota RHP Ricky Nolasco (5-12) on Saturday night. Lobstein made his major league debut against the Twins last month, allowing three runs in 5 2-3 innings of relief. Wholesale Nike Air Max Shoes . The 12th-ranked Haas served well throughout the match at the Ibirapuera arena, allowing only one break point to the 152nd-ranked Italian. Both players held serve until the first-set tiebreak, when Haas stepped up his game to easily clinch the set. Cheap Air Max Shoes Sale . -- Among the 31 players at the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp, none feels closer to cracking the NHL roster than right winger Aaron Palushaj. http://www.wholesaleairmaxauthentic.us/ . With a win tonight, Buehrle will match Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka for the most wins in the majors with 11. Buehrle is 10-4 with a 2.32 earned run average, but has lost his last three starts, including a 7-3 setback at Yankee Stadium last Wednesday. Cheap Wholesale Air Max Shoes . Wayne and Cindy Tuck of Ilderton, Ont., closed out round-robin play earlier in the day with a 7-3 win over Finland but needed a win over Austria to reach the final eight. Wholesale Air Max Authentic . On Wednesday night, they showed that stellar defence and a little small ball can get the job done too. With pinch-runner Kevin Pillar aboard after Dioner Navarro opened the bottom of the ninth with a single, Anthony Gose dropped down an excellent bunt along the first-base line.Nashville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Rookie Andre Williams rushed for a career- high 131 yards, much of it on a 50-yard touchdown run that helped the New York Giants snap a seven-game losing streak with a 36-7 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Something had to give between the two teams, who came into the game with 13 consecutive losses between them. While the Giants (4-9) ended their skid, the Titans (2-11) remained winless since Oct. 12, losing seven in a row for the first time since an 11-game slide in 1994 when they were the Houston Oilers. New York avoided what would have been a second consecutive loss to one of the NFLs worst teams after coughing up a 21-0 lead to Jacksonville last week. Its a great lift, said Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who had two of New Yorks eight sacks in the game. In all three phases we did our job and thats what counts. Eli Manning threw for 260 yards with a 15-yard touchdown pass to rising star Odell Beckham Jr. that helped the Giants build a 23-0 lead at halftime. Beckham had 11 catches for 130 yards and Williams carried the ball 24 times in his first career 100-yard game. Rashad Jennings, who is dealing with an ankle injury, had two carries and one catch. Much of New Yorks scoring came on five Josh Brown field goals and a defensive touchdown from Markus Kuhn, who returned a Zach Mettenberger fumble. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie had an interception return for a touchdown waived off in the fourth quarter because of an unnecessary roughness penalty. Mettenberger re-injured his sprained right shoulder in the fourth quarter after going 14-of-24 for 125 yards. Jake Locker relieved him for the second week in a row and also threw a pick. Marqueston Huff scored the only Tennessee points on a 23-yard interception return in the third quarter. Weve got to make changes, said Tennessee center Chris Spencer. Were trying to get a break, we just cant get one right now. Beckham had a star-making November, when he became the first NFL rookie ever to have five 90-yard receiving games in one month and hogged higghlights with his spectacular catches.dddddddddddd He made another one on Sunday, a leaping 50-yard grab over the middle of the field in tight coverage against Jason McCourty. His 15-yard touchdown catch in the back of the end zone three plays later was no cupcake, either, as the 5-foot-11 Beckham was sandwiched between hits from McCourty and safety Daimion Stafford. Later in the first, Mettenberger lost his grip on the ball under pressure and Kuhn scooped the ball up for a 26-yard touchdown that gave the Giants a 17-0 lead with 1:07 remaining in the first quarter. Ryan Succop missed a 42-yard field goal try for Tennessee in the second quarter and Brown, who kicked a 20-yard field goal on New Yorks first possession of the game, hit from 19 and 36 yards to make it 23-0 at halftime. The Giants handed the ball to Williams three straight times to start the third quarter and he ran 50 yards on the third play to give them a 30-0 lead. They gave the points back on their next possession when Manning threw across his body and Huff picked the pass off, taking it 23 yards for a touchdown. Brown drilled a season-long 52-yarder near the end of the third quarter for a 33-7 Giants lead. Later, Rodgers-Cromarties touchdown was called back after defensive end Damontre Moore was penalized for knocking Mettenberger to the ground far away from the play as his teammate high-stepped down the sideline. The Giants got three points out of the pick on Browns 42-yard field goal. Rodgers-Cromartie played college football at nearby Tennessee State and said the game was like a homecoming. Im definitely familiar with this stadium and this win has been a long time coming, he said. Game Notes New York snapped a five-game losing streak against the Titans and took a 6-5 lead in the all-time series ... The Giants havent lost eight in a row since Nov. 7-Dec. 26, 2004, in coach Tom Coughlins first season at the helm ... The Giants host division rival Washington next Sunday ... The Titans host the New York Jets next Sunday. 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