Top of the 9th Score 2-1 TIGERS lead after Nunez solo home run
Reports of A-Rod flirting with fans while being benched are going around. Craig Sager with the reports.
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports retweeted tweet by Eric Stangel: Yankees go in order against Verlander in the 1st. It wasn't a total loss, A-Rod go 2 phone numbers from the bench.
FULL COUNT COMING TO IBANEZ!
Ibanez at bat-- It is pouring now in Detroit... 1-0 the count.... 2-0 the count. Balls are way outside
2-1 after foul ball, misses outside and up 3-1... Everything outside to Ibanez
Cano at bat-- 2-0 the count Fastball down the pipe...2-1..... Cano with a hit to left field
We'll do it again-- Teixeira two out single!
Full count on Teixeira! Foul ball down the line! Would have been extra base hit
2 OUTS-- Teixeira at bat-- Strike on the outside corner... Tiger fans are going crazy!
1-1 the count... 1-2 now after foul ball 2-2 on 96 MPH pitch...
1 OUT Ichiro at bat-- HERE WE GO-- STRIKE! Grounder to second
1 OUT-- Gardner with a tapper back to Verlander... Phil Coke in to pitch... Yankees only down by a run
Gardner at bat-- 2-2 the count. Verlander has throw 130 pitches in the game now.
HOME RUN FOR EDUARDO NUNEZ!!!
Nunez at bat-- 1-2 the count-- continues to stay alive... 2-2
Nunez swings so hard he lets go of his bat and goes straight back
Verlander bringing it down 99
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Yankees get outof it----------------------
2 OUTS... Logan taken off the mound... Chamberlain will make appearance.....
Avila lazy fly to left field
Peralta line out to left field
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2 OUTS- 1-2 on Granderson pop up... Peralta grabs it and we are going to the bottom of the eight!
1 OUT Chavez at bat-- weak flyout to center
Martin at bat-- 2-2 count... Cabrera smothers liner
3 OUTS--------------------END OF THE 7th INNING-------------------------------------
2 OUTS-- Dirks at bat-- liner to left... Gardner catches
1 OUT Young at bat-- strikes out swinging
Fielder leads off-- Popout to shallow right field
3 OUTS========================MIDDLE OF THE 7TH==========================
2 OUTS-- Ibanez at bat-- 1-2 the count-- Fans are on their feet! FIELDER WITH THE SNATCH!
1 OUT-- Cano at bat-- heater--- strikeout!
Teixeira at bat-- flyout to right
Ichiro at bat--- 3-1 the count-- single
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1 OUT Cabrera at bat-- liner down the line. Chavez with the pickup... DOUBLE PLAY YANKEES!!
2-1 the count .....3-1 the count and Cabrera on deck... SINGLE TO CENTER!! Loaded for Cabrera!
Runners on 1st & 2nd 1 OUT-- Berry at bat-- Garcia at bat--- Avisail Garcia
Girardi makes pitching change-- Boone Logan looks to enter the game
1 OUT Jackson at bat-- almost slices one down the right field line but foul FULL COUNT!
INFANTE STEALS! Runner on 2nd---
Infante at bat--single to left RUNNER ON 1st--
Avila at bat-- 0-2 the count quickly Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night!... Strike out
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2 OUTS Gardner at bat-- liner right back to Verlander... picks it up off the floor. OUT!
1 OUT Nunez at bat-- weak grounder to first base---
Granderson ahead 3-0... Verlander drops a strike... 3-1--- POPUP! Cabrera catches it
Misses ball right down the middle
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Peralta with a fly out.... Granderson traps at it
2 OUT Runners on 1st & 3rd...Pitching change as Peralta is due
EPPLEY in to pitch for the Yankees
NUNEZ WITH DIVING STOP! Saves a run... Force at 2nd...
1 OUT Runners on 1st & 2nd Dirks at bat
1 OUT Young at bat intentionaally walked-- Lefty Dirks on deck
Rapada in to pitch... Fielder down 0-2 in count-- Grounder to short
Pitching change coming fro Yankees
THE BALL CARRIES OVER GRANDERSON'S HEAD! Cebrera with the RBI DOUBLE! 2-0 score!
Cabrera at bat-- BERRY STEALS SECOND! 1-0 count on Cabrera
2-1 the count.... 2-2 the count
Berry at bat-- hard grounder to third, Chavez cannot handle.... Safe at first!
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FULL COUNT TO CHAVEZ! Jammed... Popout to Peralta!
2 OUTS-- Chavez at bat-- Verlander behind 2-0... 3-1 the count
1 OUT-- Martin at bat-- Drops in the curveball! 0-2 --- Jackson in left center field
Ibanez at bat-- 2-1 the count... Jackson with the grab
3 OUTS---------------------END OF THE FOURTH---------------------
2 OUTS-- Jackson at bat-- strike outside-
1-2 the count ... 2-2 the count Jackson to Nunez....
Runnners on 1st & 2nd 1 OUT Infante at bat-- Flyout to right
1 OUT Avila at bat-- liner to right! Base hit
Count now 3-2 on Peralta---Pickoff attempt at first--- FLY OUT TO CENTER
David Phelps in to pitch ******Craig Sager says is a disk issue (back) for Hughes
***Medical staff out to check on Hughes**** HUGHES IS OUT OF THE GAME! Updates on his condition coming soon.
Peralta at bat---
Dirks takes a walk
DELMON YOUNG WITH A LINER TO LEFT! HOME RUN!!! Scores first run of the game
3 OUTS=================MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH====================
2 OUTS Cano at bat-- Grounder to short... 6-4 for the force out
1 OUT Teixeira at bat-- Verlander unraveling... 2-0 the count
2-1 foul ball
Cabrera tracks ball down as he ran over from shortstop position with shift on
1 OUT Ichiro at bat-- 3-1 the count... Full count after Ichiro fouls it off--- SINGLE
Gardner leads off the fourth----- FULL COUNT--- 8 pitch at bat so far-- POPOUT!
1-1
Gardner has words with home plate umpire
2-1 the count
3 OUTS-------------------END OF THE THIRD---------------------
2 OUTS Fielder at bat-- Lines to Granderson on 3-0 count!
FULL COUNT ON CABRERA---- HE WALKS!
LINER FOUL! Wooo, that was close...
2 OUTS Cabrera at bat-- everybody went to their feet as Miguel lines one foul.... Ooooh! Down the third base line... foul... 0-2
1-2 the count, foul ball... Ball gets away from Martin... Jackson at third base
2-2 the count
1 OUT Berry at bat-- BUNT! ... Chavez hurries the throw and gets the out.
1 OUT Jackson at bat-- 2-2 the count Single to right field!
Infante at bat-- flyout to left field
3 OUTS=====================MIDDLE OF THE 3RD INNING=================
2 OUTS Nunez at bat-- flyeout to right field
2 OUT after Granderson K's
1 OUT Chavez works full count and flies out
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2 OUTS Avila at bat-- 0-2 the count ... 2-2 the count BLOWN AWAY WITH FASTBALL!
1 OUT Peralta at bat-- lazy flyball to Gardner
Dirks at bat-- Groundout 2 Cano
3 OUTS ====================MIDDLE OF THE 2ND=====================
2 OUTS-- Martin at bat-- AVILA WITH AMAZING GRAB BY YANKEES' DUGOUT!
1 OUT Ibanez at bat-- FULL COUNT-- Everything thrown outside to Ibanez-- GROUNDER to SS
1-1 Ibnaez takes strike and then checks swing
2-2 the count
Cano at bat--- There is annoying fan to excited... oh no, that's actually a vendor in the stands... In the meantime, Cano takes a strike
Off balance with curveball, grounder to SS
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3 OUTS---- Young with liner to right field. Ichiro grabs it---
2 OUTS Young at bat-- (AKA Yankee Killer)
1-0 takes ball outside
1-1 strike on the corner
2 OUTS Fielder at bat-- 2 pickoffs-- FULL COUNT--- WALKS
2-0 the count...2-1 strike low and away
2-2 misses a fat pitch down the middle
1 OUT Cabrera at bat-- MVP Chants roar in Comerica Park-- Flyout to right center
1-0 takes a ball
2-0 slider outside.... Hughes staying outside
2-1 Hughes gets away with mistake over inside part of the plate
1 OUT Berry at bat-- quickly 0-2-- SINGLE
Jackson at bat-- first pitch swinging... grounder to third
1. Jackson 2. Berry 3. Cabrera due at bat
3 OUTS---------------------- MIDDLE OF THE 1st---------------------
2 OUTS- Teixeira at bat-- Flyout to left center
0-1 the count
1 OUT Ichiro at bat--- STRIKES OUT! Fastball up in in
1-0 first pitch high and away
1-1 change up out in front
1-2 fouls it off.... Pitch in the dirt coming or high cheese?
2-2 fastball outside
Gardner at bat-- Takes strike -- Grounder to 2B
-------Gardner steps up to the plate------- TOP OF THE FIRST!
Ball thrown around the infield and Verlander throws his last toss.
Alex Rodriguez says "Hi mom" to the camera as he sits on the Yankee bench.
Jack Morris threw out the first pitch... won almost 200 games with the Detroit Tigers as a pitcher from 1977-1990. That's a 14-year career.
About 10 minutes from first pitch
New York Yankees controversial Lineup
1. Gardner LF
2. Ichiro RF
3. Teixeira 1B
4. Cano 2B
5. Ibanez DH
6. Martin C
7. Chavez 3B
8. Granderson CF
9. Nunez SS
Detroit Tigers Lineup
1. Jackson CF
2. Berry LF
3. Cabrera 3B
4. Fielder 1B
5. Young DH
6. Dirks RF
7. Peralta SS
8. Avila C
9. Infante 2B
We are about 20 minutes from first pitch. Stay tuned for the lineups, in case you haven't checked it out in the articles below.
Verlander warming up in the bullpen.
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First pitch is just minutes away as the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers meet up for Game 3 of the ALCS.
For the Yankees, it will be about staying alive. They are not down 0-3, but if they lose tonight they will be. The Tigers will definitely try to tighten the noose on the Yankees.
With Justin Verlander on the mound, the Yankees' chances of winning look dim. Verlander usually struggles in the playoffs, but he has only allowed one run in 16 innings pitched while striking out 22 players in the postseason.
The Yankees have not hit well and they face a Verlander has been unhittable.
Questions of starting CC Sabathia have surfaced, but Yankees' manager Joe Girardi has decided to keep him on regular rest and will be reserved for Game 4.
If the Yankees win tonight in Game 3, the Yankees could then come back and win Game 4 with Sabathia on the mound.
The Yankees have won seven of the eleven last games that Verlander has pitched in.
Girardi has made gutsy calls in the past, but he will not budge on Sabathia's case.
On the hill in Game 3 for the Yankees will be Phil Hughes. He has only allowed one run in 6.2 innings pitched. He threw against the Baltimore Orioles and got the no decision.
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