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Fast bowler Amjad Khan has dedicated Denmarks four-wicket win over USA on Wednesday at WCL Division Four to captain Michael Pedersen, who left Los Angeles to go back to Denmark on Tuesday night after receiving word that his mother had been involved in an accident.Its a win that wed like to dedicate to Michael really because he had to go home for family reasons, Amjad told ESPNcricinfo after the win. Its something that affected us all and its our captain that we lost so we wanted to win for him. We havent really lost to the US in [50-over] tournament cricket so we were quite confident going into it. But for us it was to make sure that now that Michael is home, we do right by him and we dedicate this win to him.It was a significant bounce back win for Denmark after losing to previously winless Bermuda by 38 runs on Tuesday. A day later, they handed the tournament hosts their first loss - Denmarks sixth straight win over USA in one-day cricket at ICC tournaments dating back to 2001 - thanks in large part to a brilliant bowling effort spearheaded by Amjad, the former England Test representative.Amjads ability to achieve reverse swing in his final four overs at the death resulted in 1 for 12 during that spell and overall figures of 1 for 35 in ten overs. At the other end, Aftab Ahmed bowled a magnificent final over into the wind with a 55-yard straight boundary at his back, taking 3 for 1 off the last six balls to hold USA to 261 for 9. Over the course of the final four overs, Denmark bowled 13 dot balls including the wickets while restricting USA to 17 runs, which gave them a huge lift heading into the innings break according to Amjad.Were pretty clear on our death plans and its something we work really well on, Amjad said. Weve got a quartet of seamers and all of us have done a lot of death bowling. If youre bowling at the death and you hit your areas, it doesnt really matter how big the boundary is. I think Aftab and myself we just took the boundaries out of it and just executed our skill.I think we hit our yorkers really well and held the pace back on the right occasions. I think that was really the background for our success there. Its the first time weve been really tested at the death and it was great to see the boys executing our skills really well.Though USA entered the final four overs at 244 for 6, they struggled to get a big partnership going throughout the day. USAs best stand was produced by Nicholas Standford and Timroy Allen who added 77 runs for the sixth wicket. Amjad says Denmarks ability to disrupt partnerships throughout the day to prevent momentum from building was also a significant factor in the win and it allowed them to get off to an aggressive start in their chase.We thought they could have got 30 more, Amjad said. We were excellent at the death but we never felt they got away from us. We were always getting wickets. Everyone chipped in at the right times and we did feel 260 was gettable. Short boundaries and it a nicely paced wicket, it wasnt turning a whole lot and there wasnt much in it for the seamers. We decided that we were going to be positive, get off to a good start and then coasted home from there. Today everything went according to plan.Denmarks two other wins have been by fairly comfortable margins - 114 runs over Italy and six wickets against Jersey with 7.5 overs to spare - and Amjad says coming back from the loss to Bermuda was a big confidence boost that he feels will set them up for a strong performance against Oman in the final round of group play. The winner will clinch promotion to Division Three but if Denmark loses they will need a lot of mathematical help from other results to give them a chance of also being promoted on the net run rate tiebreaker.We had a bit of a blip against Bermuda but I think the confidence has been pretty high and this victory boosts the confidence even more, Amjad said. I think the guys know we need to focus on our skill. The main difference today was that our pace bowlers bowled with more skill than they did. We varied our pace better and we moved the ball consistently.I believe were one of the most skillful teams in this competition, especially with the ball. For me as a captain, Ill tell everyone to relax and have a good day off but then do our skills again and Im sure well finish on top. Custom Cal Ripken Jersey . 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Hernandez struck out eight and allowed three hits and four walks, while Verlander allowed seven hits and two walks and struck out six.It was what it was billed to be, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. Two very good pitchers going at it, Felix and (Verlander), and they both pitched outstanding. The difference was the eighth inning.Leonys Martin added an insurance run on an RBI single later in the eighth. That gave Nick Vincent more of a cushion to finish the game, and he got his second save filling in for closer Edwin Diaz, who needed to rest.Hernandez was lifted after throwing a season-high 117 pitches, and Verlander also had a season high with 121. Both knew they had to work long into the game to protect their bullpens after a 15-inning contest on Tuesday.Hernandez had trouble in his previous four starts with the first inning, allowing a combined nine runs. He retired the side 1-2-3 to begin Wednesday.About time, Hernandez said. I just tried to make better pitches in the first inning. 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He needs to play catch and have a bullpen session to see how it holds up.UP NEXTTigers: RHP Anibal Sanchez (6-11, 5.88) pitches in the opener of a series against Texas on Friday. Hell face righty Yu Darvish (2-3, 2.78).Mariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (1-0, 6.00) worked one inning -- and was the winning pitcher -- in Tuesdays 15-inning victory. That shouldnt prevent him from starting against the As on Friday. He has had three appearances since his acquisition from Baltimore July 31. ' ' '