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Rain cuts into spring opener
Tigers Braves Spring  Heal WEB
Atlanta Braves second baseman Tommy La Stella turns a double play in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game on Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla. The Tigers won 6-5. - photo by Associated Press
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — In a spring training game that ended with both teams leaving the field and neither side sure who won, the Detroit Tigers were later awarded a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves in a rain-shortened exhibition Wednesday. Hernan Perez hit a two-run, two-out single in the top of the ninth inning that put the Tigers ahead. The game was stopped with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with a Braves runner on first base, and it never resumed.