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Marlon Byrd rallies Rangers past Tigers in 9th (AP)

September 16, 2008 | By Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Detroit Tigers News In Local Team Scores - Updates |

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Fernando Rodney, center, gets encouragement from catcher Dusty Ryan (50) and other teammates after putting two Texas Rangers runners on base with no outs in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday night, Sept. 16, 2008, in Arlington, Texas. Detroit manager Jim Leyland (10) walks off the mound after a brief conference with Rodney. Texas won 5-4, scoring three runs in the ninth.

Detroit manager Jim Leyland leaned over the railing, pointing his finger down the tunnel and shouting at the umpires while they left the field. Leyland was already furious before the Tigers blew a two-run lead in the ninth against Texas to lose their sixth straight game. And he let it out after Marlon Byrd, whose two-run triple had tied the game, trotted home with the winning run in the Rangers'...


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