Tigers stay hot, edge O’s to move up in AL wild-card race

Kerry Carpenter hit two solo home runs and the Detroit Tigers held off the host Baltimore Orioles for a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.Spencer Torkelson also homered for Detroit, which won two of three games in the series despite managing only five hits in the finale.Carpenter smacked both of his blasts off Orioles starter Albert Suarez, including a tiebreaking solo shot to lead off the sixth.The Tigers (82-74) won four of six meetings with Baltimore across the last 10 days and remain in the thick of the American League wild-card race with a week remaining in the regular season.Detroit has won seven of its last nine games and is tied with the Kansas City Royals for the second wild-card spot, four back of the Orioles.Sean Guenther (2-0) was the winning pitcher with two-thirds of an inning in relief. Jason Foley notched his 26th save.The Orioles (86-70) were denied, at least for now, from clinching a playoff spot as an AL wild card and the outcome will make it nearly impossible to overcome the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. Baltimore begins a three-game series Tuesday night at New York.Suarez (8-7) gave up four runs on five hits in five-plus innings while striking out six and walking one.Carpenter has 17 home runs after his third two-homer game of the season.

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