Tigers halt Yankees to tie series
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October 4, 2011, Tuesday
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DETROIT closer Jose Valverde held off a furious New York ninth-inning rally and the Tigers avoided a major slip-up, beating the Yankees 5-3 on a rainy Sunday and leveling their best-of-five American League playoff series at one game apiece.
Down 1-5, the Yankees scored twice in the ninth. Helped when Detroit catcher Alex Avila lost his footing on the slick on-deck circle while chasing a foul pop that would've been the final out, New York got a chance to win it.
Robinson Cano, who hit a grand slam and had six RBI as the Yankees won the opener, came up with two outs and runners on first and second. After wiping away raindrops from his helmet, Cano hit a routine groundball to end it.
Tigers starter Max Scherzer pitched no-hit ball into the sixth before Cano hit an opposite-field single to left.
Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer in the first off Freddy Garcia gave Scherzer an early edge, and the Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the eighth.
Curtis Granderson hit a solo homer off Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit in the eighth.
In the National League Division Series, it was: Cardinals 5, Phillies 4; and Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 4.
In Philadelphia, Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead single in the seventh after Cliff Lee blew a four-run lead, and the St Louis Cardinals rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies to even their NL playoff matchup at one game each.
After chipping away for a few innings, the Cardinals took the lead in the seventh. Allen Craig led off with a triple off center fielder Shane Victorino's glove. Pujols, who struck out in his previous two at-bats, lined a single over drawn-in shortstop Jimmy Rollins to give St Louis a 5-4 lead.
In Milwaukee, Jonathan Lucroy drove in the winning run and the Brewers showed they could bunt as well as bash, breaking away from Arizona to take a 2-0 lead in their series.
Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer and fellow slugger Prince Fielder added an RBI single for Milwaukee.
Lucroy's safety squeeze keyed a five-run sixth inning, and came right after Arizona reliever Brad Ziegler became angry about a balk call.
With the score 4-4 and runners at the corners with one out, Jerry Hairston Jr took a couple of half-steps and sprinted home as Lucroy bunted toward first base. Ziegler's awkward flip went wide of catcher Miguel Montero and Arizona imploded from there, with Milwaukee taking a 9-4 lead.
Down 1-5, the Yankees scored twice in the ninth. Helped when Detroit catcher Alex Avila lost his footing on the slick on-deck circle while chasing a foul pop that would've been the final out, New York got a chance to win it.
Robinson Cano, who hit a grand slam and had six RBI as the Yankees won the opener, came up with two outs and runners on first and second. After wiping away raindrops from his helmet, Cano hit a routine groundball to end it.
Tigers starter Max Scherzer pitched no-hit ball into the sixth before Cano hit an opposite-field single to left.
Miguel Cabrera's two-run homer in the first off Freddy Garcia gave Scherzer an early edge, and the Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the eighth.
Curtis Granderson hit a solo homer off Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit in the eighth.
In the National League Division Series, it was: Cardinals 5, Phillies 4; and Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 4.
In Philadelphia, Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead single in the seventh after Cliff Lee blew a four-run lead, and the St Louis Cardinals rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies to even their NL playoff matchup at one game each.
After chipping away for a few innings, the Cardinals took the lead in the seventh. Allen Craig led off with a triple off center fielder Shane Victorino's glove. Pujols, who struck out in his previous two at-bats, lined a single over drawn-in shortstop Jimmy Rollins to give St Louis a 5-4 lead.
In Milwaukee, Jonathan Lucroy drove in the winning run and the Brewers showed they could bunt as well as bash, breaking away from Arizona to take a 2-0 lead in their series.
Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer and fellow slugger Prince Fielder added an RBI single for Milwaukee.
Lucroy's safety squeeze keyed a five-run sixth inning, and came right after Arizona reliever Brad Ziegler became angry about a balk call.
With the score 4-4 and runners at the corners with one out, Jerry Hairston Jr took a couple of half-steps and sprinted home as Lucroy bunted toward first base. Ziegler's awkward flip went wide of catcher Miguel Montero and Arizona imploded from there, with Milwaukee taking a 9-4 lead.
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