Justin Verlander dominates Indians as Tigers stretch AL Central lead

The Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander put in a dominant performance as the Tigers pushed their winning streak into double figures by beating nearest rival the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Tuesday, opening a five-game lead in the American League Central division.The Atlanta Braves also extended a winning run, by beating the Washington Nationals in a bad-tempered affair for a 12th straight victory,Wholesale Shirts cheap Shirts but the Los Angeles Dodgers' remarkable run of 15 consecutive road wins came to an end with a loss at the St Louis Cardinals.Buy Cheap Juicy Couture Tracksuits In interleague play, the Tampa Bay Rays slipped to 1-1/2 games off the AL East lead after a defeat by the Arizona Diamondbacks while the struggling Oakland A's lost at the Cincinnati Reds and now lead the AL West by only one game from the in-form Texas Rangers, who beat the Los Angeles Angels.Buy Cheap Abercrombie Men's ShirtsDetroit's Verlander (12-8) allowed one run in eight innings as the Tigers beat the Indians for 10th time in 11 games.Buy Cheap Lululemon Women's Pants-LL0022 Don Kelly hit a three-run homer for the Tigers in the fifth inning off Justin Masterson (13-8) and Miguel Cabrera picked up his 100th RBI of the season. The Indians have a 3-11 record against Detroit this season and are a combined 24-10 against the Central's three other teams. 

St Louis' Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in the eighth inning to help the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 5-1. Joe Kelly (3-3) pitched into the sixth inning, giving up one run and outperforming Clayton Kershaw, while Tony Cruz added an RBI single. The Dodgers had won 15 of their previous 17 games since the All-Star break, coming within two of the all-time consecutive road wins record, which was set by the 1916 New York Giants.Cincinnati's Jay Bruce homered and made a run-saving catch on the warning track to help the Reds beat Oakland 3-1. Reds starter Mat Latos (11-3) pitched 7 1-3 scoreless innings, and has taken his past three decisions. It was a welcome turnaround for the Cincinnati pitchers after giving up 28 runs across two games against St Louis. Oakland have lost five of their past six. Atlanta edged Washington 2-1 in a game that saw benches and dugouts empty in anticipation of a brawl when the Nationals' Bryce Harper was hit by a Julio Teheran pitch, but no punches were thrown.Buy Cheap Juicy Couture Bracelet-JC6219 Evan Gattis' two-run single in the fifth inning and the six innings thrown by Teheran (9-5) while allowing one run combined to push the Braves 14? games clear of Washington in the National League East.