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 DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers might be putting it together just in time to keep their postseason hopes alive. Curtis Granderson's homer put him in elite company and Justin Verlander gave up one run over eight innings as Detroit beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 Friday night for its first three-game winning streak in nearly two months.
Granderson hit his 20th home run in the seventh inning, making him just the sixth player since 1900 with at least 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles in one season. George Brett, in 1979 for Kansas City, was the last player to pull off the feat and Willie Mays also did it.
The Tigers hadn't won three straight since sweeping Minnesota from July 17-19, putting them 21 games over .500 and two games ahead of Cleveland in the AL Central.
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