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 DETROIT (AP) - C.C. Sabathia and Justin Verlander squared off in a marquee matchup of starting candidates for next week's All-Star game. The Detroit Tigers knocked some of the luster off Sabathia's sensational season.
Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen and Placido Polanco hit homers off Sabathia on Thursday, giving Detroit a 12-3 win over Cleveland and contributing to the star pitcher's worst game of the year and the Indians' most lopsided loss of the season.
"Sometimes you get those pitching matchups that don't turn out quite like you thought they would," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Fortunately for us, it turned out our way."
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