Fernando Rodney finished off a scoreless four-inning effort from the relief corps Wednesday and Detroit rallied to edge Kansas City 4-3. The Tigers overcame a 3-0 deficit and stayed 4 1/2 games in front of Minnesota in the American League Central.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Fernando Rodney has been suspended three games for throwing a ball that hit the press box at Tropicana Field. Major League Baseball also fined him an undisclosed amount for the incident, which occurred Friday following the last out of the Tigers' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. No one was hit by the throw but it sent members of the media scrambling.

Fernando Rodney struck out Adam Kennedy in the ninth Friday with the tying run on third, allowing Detroit to hold on for a 3-2 win over Oakland. The Tigers increased their lead over the Chicago White Sox to 3 1/2 games in the American League Central. Ryan Raburn twice gave Detroit the lead with solo homers, one in the first and another in the third. Clete Thomas singled in a run in the sixth to give the Tigers a 3-1 advantage, and Oakland climbed within one on an RBI double by Rajai Davis in the seventh. Edwin Jackson, who allowed both Oakland runs in six innings, got the win, but he and the Tigers needed a scary save from Rodney. Jack Cust singled off Rodney to lead off the ninth, and Tommy Everidge sacrificed Cust to second.

By John Lowe and Jon Paul Morosi, Detroit Free Press Jul. 30--CLEVELAND -- The Tigers today traded catcher Ivan Rodriguez straight up to the New York Yankees for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski portrayed three causes for the deal.