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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has described top scorer Jamie Vardy as a fantastic horse as they enter the home straight of the Premier League title race. The Foxes go into the final six matches of the campaign knowing four victories will be enough to win the league for the first time in their history, having started the season as one of the favourites for the drop.Vardy has been one of the key reasons behind their success, scoring 19 goals, including a record run of 11 goals in successive league matches between August and November. Matt Elliott believes Leicesters coolness under pressure will guide them to the title That impressive form has also earned him his first international caps and goals for England and Ranieri was keen to highlight his thoroughbred status ahead of the Super Sunday clash with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.This is not a footballer. This is a fantastic horse, he told The Players Tribune website. Some impressive performances at club level have also seen midfielder NGolo Kante called up by France, while a number of other previously unfancied players have come to the fore during Leicesters remarkable rise to the top.Perhaps you have heard their names now. Players who were considered too small or too slow for other big clubs. NGolo Kante. Jamie Vardy. Wes Morgan. Danny Drinkwater. Riyad Mahrez, said Ranieri. Claudio Ranieri has described Vardy as a fantastic horse When I arrived my first day of training and I saw the quality of these players, I knew how good they could be. I knew we had a chance to survive in the Premier League.This player Kante, he was running so hard that I thought he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts. He never stopped running in training. This player Kante, he was running so hard that I thought he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts. Claudio Ranieri on NGolo Kante Ranieris side have been praised for their work ethic and team spirit and the Italian revealed they were among the key factors he tried to instil in his players from day one.Before we played our first match I told the players, I want you to play for your team-mates, he said.We are a little team, so we have to fight with all our heart, with all our soul. I dont care the name of the opponent. Ledley King thinks Leicester have set an example for other clubs All I want is for you to fight. If they are better than us, Okay, congratulations. But they have to show us they are better.We have six games remaining, and we must continue fighting with our heart and our soul.This is a small club that is showing the world what can be achieved through spirit and determination. Twenty-six players, 26 different brains, but one heart.Watch Sunderland v Leicester on Super Sunday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports 1 HD at 12:30pm. 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The 287 runs allowed by Minnesota with two outs are by far the most in baseball, more than 20 ahead of Arizona, which is second.Its kind of painful, said Twins manager Paul Molitor. A lot of opportunities to try and get off the field and it just wasnt happening.The main culprits on Wednesday were Tigers sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Justin Upton. Cabrera finished with four hits, including his team-leading 28th home run, and finished a triple short of the cycle.Upton has been red hot since returning to the lineup, posting his fourth-straight two hit effort. He also homered, marking the third time in four games that he has hit a three-run blast.He lengthens the lineup and hes got power as we saw tonight. He can hit the ball as far as anyone in the lineup, said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus. We just want to keep him rolling.Upton, in his first regular appearances against American League pitching, has found things to be challenging in his first year in Detroit. TThat hasnt applied to Twins hurlers or at Target Field, where Upton has 11 hits in 21 at-bats in four games at the park.ddddddddddddAfter a recent 1-for-31 stretch at the plate, Ausmus gave Upton a few days on the bench to help clear his head. So far, the results are encouraging.Sometimes thats needed, Upton said. A little break, but Im back at it now. My timing is better. And Im seeing some pitches.Thursdays game will feature a pair of young pitchers, with Detroit sending left-hander Daniel Norris to the bump against Twins righty Jose Berrios.Norris will be making his eighth start in the Majors this season; in none of the previous seven has he allowed more than three runs. Despite that, Norris hasnt lasted more than 5 1/3 innings in any start and hasnt earned a victory since June 29. Thursdays start will mark the second against the Twins in Norris career; he allowed one run on one hit in 3 2/3 innings last season.Berrios, arguably the top player in the Twins farm system, has found the adjustment to the Majors rough during his rookie season. Hes been blasted in each of his last three outings. In four starts since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester earlier this month, opponents are hitting .329 off Berrios who has a 1-2 record and a 8.47 ERA.The right-hander will be looking to bounce back from his shortest outing of the season so far against Detroit on May 16, when he allowed seven runs on three hits and four walks in just two-thirds of an inning at Comerica Park. ' ' '