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Rookie Porcello wins fifth straight as Tigers increase lead over Royals

Associated Press

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Rick Porcello is comfortable now, all settled in after a shaky start to his big league career. Porcello won his fifth straight start, Placido Polanco homered and drove in three runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Wednesday. Porcello (6-3) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. The 20-year-old rookie lost three of his first four starts. But in his last five, covering 30 innings, he's allowed five runs and struck out 20 while beat ...

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