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Following a hard-fought showdown in Saskatchewan, TSN and Kraft Canada are off to Porcupine Plain as the town has been named the fifth winning community in this years Kraft Celebration Tour. Von Miller Impact Jersey . As part of the Kraft Celebration Tour, Porcupine Plain will host a special edition of SportsCentre featuring anchors Darren Dutchyshen and Kate Beirness when they broadcast live from the Saskatchewan community on Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 6pm et/3pm pt on TSN. Porcupine Plain also receives $25,000 from Kraft Canada to put towards improvements to Chase Place Arena, which is 45-years-old and needs new flooring and panelling. Porcupine Plain is home to nearly 900 residents and the towns beloved mascot, Quilly Willy. Situated in eastern Saskatchewan, the town was initially settled by soldiers returning home from World War I. Forestry was Porcupine Plains first industry, but it soon gave way to farming as land became available for the grain fields that now drive the local economy. Porcupine Plain joins Creston, B.C., Clarenville, NL, Cochrane, AB, and Pugwash, NS, as one of the 10 winning communities in the Kraft Celebration Tour.  Porcupine Plain was named to the tour after winning a national, head-to-head online vote over Kerrobert, SK. Porcupine Plain brought home the victory with 118,543 votes, while Kerrobert amassed a total of 105,393 votes in support of its nomination. Canadians can decide the other winning communities for the Kraft Celebration Tour.  One pair of communities is featured each weekday through July 20, and Canadians can visit KraftCelebrationTour.ca or Tourneedecelebrationkraft.ca to vote for their favourite communities.  Voting is unlimited and runs from 12 noon ET each day for a 24-hour period. During the voting period, SportsCentre on TSN and Sports 30 on RDS profile each match-up with a look at the duelling communities and their proposed recreation facility improvement projects.  Results of each vote will be announced the following weekday on SportsCentre and Sports 30. 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Alvarez (7-7) surrendered a run on five hits over seven innings with four strikeouts and two walks for the win. He had some help in the first inning when third baseman Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., made a nice leaping catch of a one-out Quintin Berry line drive before left-fielder Travis Sniders outstanding diving snag of a two-out drive from Prince Fielder with one on. "It always helps having guys making plays for you," Alvarez said through an interpreter. "After those two plays I got pumped up and it helped me get through the game and pitch well." The 22-year-old Venezuelan registered his team-high 11th quality start of the season and went at least seven innings for the eighth time this season. "He had a fastball that was more electric than we anticipated," said Detroit right-fielder Brennan Boesch. Alvarez was aided by four Toronto homers in his last win, a 15-7 decision over Boston on July 22 that saw him allow seven runs over 5 2-3 innings. He was sharper Saturday and was against the beneficiary of long-ball support, including Colby Rasmus 18th homer, a two-run shot in the seventh that ended Detroit starter Anibal Sanchezs day. "I was really, really impressed," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said of Alvarez. "Hes got a real live arm." Detroit (53-48) suffered its third straight loss and fourth in five games after a five-game win streak briefly moved the Tigers atop the AL Central. Sanchez (5-8) was acquired from Miami last week witth infielder Omar Infante but surrendered five runs and eight hits through six innings in his Tigers debut. Kevin Vickerson Jersey. "The last few days we havent done enough to win games, plain and simple," Leyland said. "We either made a couple of mistakes pitching or we havent got the big hit or I havent pulled the right strings." Left-hander J.A Harp worked the final two innings for Toronto (51-49). Toronto outhit Detroit 10-5 with Edwin Encarnacion and Yunel Escobar also belting solo homers. Rasmus finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs in his first stint as the DH with Anthony Gose starting in centre field. "It definitely was weird in the beginning," Rasmus said of not playing in the field. "But I just stayed focused on the game and watched him pitch and what he was trying to do with the hitters so it would give me a better chance when I got up there." Alvarez got himself into a jam in the sixth by issuing one-out walks to Miguel Cabrera and Fielder but ended the threat by getting Delmon Young and Boesch to both fly out. Escobar then led off the bottom of the inning with a solo homer, his seventh of the season to give Toronto a 3-1 advantage. Encarnacions solo shot, his 28th of the season to lead off the fourth, put Toronto ahead 2-1 Detroit made it 1-1 in the top of the inning on Boeschs two-out double that scored Young, who had singled. Rasmus opened the scoring in the third, his sacrifice fly bringing home Gose, who had singled. Notes: Toronto slugger Jose Bautista swung a bat before the game for the first time since suffered a left wrist injury in New York on July 16. Bautista is currently on the 15-day disabled list and eligible to come off Aug. 1, although Farrell figures Bautista will need additional time to fully recover. ... With his first-inning double, Lawrie extended his hit streak to seven straight games. ... Toronto left-hander Brett Cecil (2-3, 5.82 earned-run average) takes on Detroit right-hander Doug Fister (4-7, 4.03 ERA) on Sunday. Left-hander Ricky Romero (8-7, 5.75 ERA) will open Torontos road series at Seattle on Monday night . ... Detroit is in the midst of a nine-game road trip that will conclude with a three-game series in Boston starting Monday night. ... Prior to Saturdays game, Toronto had scored a major league-leading 496 runs. ' ' '