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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 36

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FOOTBALL I WOLVERINES 27, BADGERS 13 Favre likely making V. No Michigan letdown wkz final Detroit Inside Soundoff 7 Preps 12 Outdoors 13 Autos 15 Are you the state's No. 1 sports fan? PROVE IT! CONTEST, 2D a M'. 1 THE BLITZ, IE LilsZi appearance 3D Li a Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006 Sports 313-222-6660, sportsfreepress.com www.freep.com Detroit Free Press DETROIT 15, KANSAS CITY 4 THE PLAYOFFS: One more win clinches a berth THE DIVISIOIJ: Twins win, stay within 1J4 HOYAL ROUT: Tiger's rock Redman in first nn7 3 MM MAGIC NUMBER 5 2 3.

i (aZ 3 i ib It's first and 10! Ex-Tigers lefthander Mark Redman faced 10 batters in the first inning. Nine reached base and eight scored before he was pulled. His final batter later scored; Scott Dohmann allowed a 10th run. Redman's log: 1- 0 Curtis Granderson HOME RUN TO CENTER. Craig Monroe 6R0UND0UT TO SHORT.

Marcus Thames WALK. Magglio Ordonez SINGLE TO LEFT. 2- 0 Carlos Guillen DOUBLE TO LEFT, THAMES SCORED. Pudge Rodriguez WALK. 3- 0 Brandon Inge SINGLE TO RIGHT, ORDONEZ SCORED.

4- 0 Chris Shelton SINGLE TO LEFT, GUILLEN SCORED. 6-0 Placido Polanco DOUBLE TO RIGHT, RODRIGUEZ, INGE SCORED. 0-0 Granderson TRIPLE TO RIGHT, SHELTON, POLANCO SCORED. I Tigers' wins and Twins' losses equal AL Central title, barring a comeback by the White Sox. I If the Tigers and Twins finish tied, Detroit wins the division by virtue of winning the season series.

For wild card: 1. CENTRAL STANDINGS W-L 6B NEXT DET 93-62 MIN 91-63 'lOiBAL CWS 86-69 7 SEA HOME-FIELD STANDINGS W-L GB NEXT x-NYY93-61 DET 93-62 WIN 91-63 2 BAL 0A 9C-c! 3 LAA x-AL East champion ON DECK TODAY, 2:10 at Kansas City On the air Channel 20; WXYT-AM (1270). Matchup: Justin Verlander (16-9, 3.63) vs. Runelvys Hernandez (6-9, 6.40). HERO CURTIS GRANDERSON Led off with a homer and added a triple before inning was over.

GOAT MARK REDMAN Former Tiger faced 10 in the first inning, retiring one. THE RIVALS TWINS 8, O'S Former Tiger Rondell White had four hits and Torii Hunter homered. WHITE SOX 11, M'S 7 Sox rally from 7-2 hole. Paul Konerko's two-run homer knocks in the winning run in eighth. 4 ittnwirwin Mtrlffln-'f-T'' JULIAN H.

GONZALEZDetroit Free Press Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco singles in the fourth inning on Saturday. Polanco batted ninth and went 3-for-4, including a two-run double in the first. Polanco 9s return provides the final piece of the playoff puzzle By JOHN LOWE KREF. PRESS SPORTS Tigers at ease now that destiny is clear ANSAS CITY, Mo. There iu 2k was an unrecognizable expression on Jim Leyland's face as he toyed with a Marlboro, his feet propped atop his desk Saturday.

After much deliberation, team officials finally confirmed the anomaly as a smile. A team uneasy with each step it took the last three weeks finally exhaled, secure in its destiny. It was OK to embrace the moment. It finally hit Justin Verlander Polanco said. "It was like a test, and I guess I passed it." With seven games to play, the Tigers are seven games ahead of the third-place Chicago White Sox.

They'll make the playoffs if they win one more game or Chicago loses one more. The first such dual chance comes this afternoon, when the Tigers finish in Kansas City and the White Sox wrap up their series with Seattle. The most significant part of these seven remaining games is they give Polanco a chance to get DREW SHARP and Joel Zumaya when they had lunch a couple hours before they headed for the ballpark. They learned that Chicago was losing to Seattle. "We just looked at each other," Verlander said.

"And then you realize that if we just win one more game, we're going to the playoffs as rookies. Man, you just can't believe that. You dream about stuff like this, but you never KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Tigers didn't quite make the playoffs Saturday night. But they got a great sign for the playoffs: Placido Polanco looked and felt superb in his return.

Polanco, hitting ninth, had a two-run double in the 10-run first inning that sent the Tigers to a 15-4 win over Kansas City. He finished 3-for-4 and patrolled second with his usual vacuuming grace. "Honestly, I didn't know how I was going to see the ball today," Pnr full Titrors rnuorano an arwtos, 90 to frwp.com See TIGERS, UD See SHARP, 12D 36TH RYDER CUP I EUROPE 10, UNITED STATES Europeans all U.S. in deep hole Casey's hole-in-one Europe's Paul Casey celebrates after watching a replay of his hole-in-one Saturday, which ended his and David Howell's 5-and-4 victory over Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson. uniiiii" r.

mrm.il leads Day 2 thrashing By CARLOS MONARREZ FREt PRESS SPORTS WRITER ing into this morning's final day of singles. The Europeans need four points to retain the Ryder Cup and look poised to win for the fifth time in six competitions. Casey's ace closed out the afternoon foursomes, or alternate shot, match he and David another Ryder Cup. Paul Casey, a rising star from England, delivered one of the most memorable shots in the 79-year history of the Ryder Cup when he recorded a hole-in-one from 213 yards on the 14th hole Saturday at the Club. That helped Europe win four of eight matches, score five points and take a 10-6 lead head Race for the Cup What: 36th Ryder Cup.

Where: The Club, Straffan, Ireland (7,335 yards, par 72). TV: 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today, NBC (Channel 4 in Detroit). To win: U.S. needs points in the 12 singles matches to reclaim the Cup.

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