Justin Verlander was making batters look helpless for a second straight game, using his dazzling array of hard fastballs and offspeed pitches to move within 10 outs of matching Johnny Vander Meer's feat of back-to-back no-hitters. "I did want to tie him tonight, maybe break it the next time," Verlander joked. That audacious plan will have to wait, but the Detroit ace followed his no-hitter last weekend with another sparkling performance Friday night, holding the Kansas City Royals hitless until Melky Cabrera finally lined an RBI triple to the gap in right-center field with two outs in the sixth inning. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310513106&teams=kansas-city-royals-vs-detroit-tigers
