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Tigers hold off Yankees, advance to ALCS Fri Oct  7 00:08:48 2011 EST
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Cool, calm, and collected, the Detroit Tigers are advancing to the American League Championship Series. The New York Yankees are heading into an offseason filled with questions. Joaquin Benoit escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning with minimal damage and then came within a few feet of giving up a Derek Jeter go-ahead homer in the eighth, but the Tigers held on for a 3-2 win over the Yankees in the decisive fifth game of their American League Division Seri
Tigers LF Young leaves injured Thu Oct  6 22:46:14 2011 EST
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young left the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees prior to the bottom of the seventh inning due to a mild left oblique strain. Young, who hit a solo homer in the first inning and set a Tigers record with three home runs in a single postseason series, jogged off the field holding his left side. He went immediately to the clubhouse. Ryan Raburn came in to play left field with the Tiger
Yankees P Nova leaves with tight forearm Thu Oct  6 22:08:50 2011 EST
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova left the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series against Detroit after just two innings due to tightness in his right forearm. Nova gave up back-to-back homers to Don Kelly and Delmon Young in the first inning to put New York in a 2-0 hole. The Yankees removed Nova in favor of Phil Hughes, who started the third inning. Nova allowed three hits and had three strikeouts, throwing 24 of his 31 pitches for strike
Do or Die: Yanks, Tigers play decisive Game 5 in the Bronx Thu Oct  6 10:31:18 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - For the second straight year an American League Division Series will come down to a decisive fifth game, as the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers both try to punch their tickets to the AL Championship Series. New York staved off elimination on Tuesday, as Curtis Granderson made a pair of sparkling catches in center field and the Yankees exploded for six runs in the eighth inning to stay alive with a 10-1 win. With the Yankees teetering on being eliminated from the playoffs,
Verlander not available for Game 5; Sabathia could pitch Wed Oct  5 20:49:34 2011 EST
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said ace Justin Verlander will not be available out of the bullpen for the decisive fifth game of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees. Verlander threw 120 pitches over eight innings in a 5-4 Tigers victory at Comerica Park in Game 3 Monday night. The Yankees bounced back with a 10-1 victory Tuesday to force the finale, which will be held Thursday night in the Bronx. Leyland gave an answer of "no" when a
Back to the Bronx: Yankees force Game 5 Tue Oct  4 23:58:19 2011 EST
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Curtis Granderson made a pair of sparkling catches in center field and the New York Yankees exploded for six runs in the eighth inning to beat the Detroit Tigers, 10-1, to push their American League Division Series to a decisive contest. With the Yankees teetering on being eliminated from the playoffs, the two-time All-Star made a leaping catch to turn back a bases-loaded rally in the opening inning and made an even more impressive diving grab to likely save a run
Yanks turn to Burnett in Game 4 showdown with Tigers Tue Oct  4 10:48:08 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - With their season on the line the New York Yankees turn to A.J. Burnett to try to stave off elimination this evening, as they play Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Coming off the worst statistical season ever by a Yankees starter in 2010, Burnett continued to struggle in 2011 and went 11-11 with a 5.15 earned run average. "You can't count me out," Burnett said. "I'm going to bring everything I've got and just let A.J.
Rangers try to close out ALDS in Game 4 versus Rays Tue Oct  4 10:40:25 2011 EST
power, we always knew he had the on-base percentage, and this year he put it together as far as average-wise go." Only two teams have won more than four consecutive division series road games - Atlanta's eight straight from 1995-99, and the New York Yankees' run of five in a row from 2003-05. Colby Lewis (1-0), who went 14-10 this season with a 4.40 ERA, only gave up a solo homer to Desmond Jennings over six innings. He struck out six and walked two in his first career postseason road outing. D
Tigers push Yankees to brink of elimination Mon Oct  3 23:57:26 2011 EST
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Delmon Young's tie-breaking solo home run and Justin Verlander's mighty eight-inning performance has sent the Detroit Tigers to the brink of eliminating the New York Yankees from the postseason. Young, who was acquired from Minnesota on August 15, homered to right field off Rafael Soriano with one out in the seventh, providing the Tigers with a 5-4 victory in the pivotal Game 3 of their American League Division Series. Verlander (1-0), the expected choice for this
Sabathia, Verlander matchup on for Game 3 Sun Oct  2 14:29:39 2011 EST
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - New York Yankees lefty CC Sabathia and Detroit Tigers righty Justin Verlander are set to face off for the second time in four days, as they will each pitch Game 3 of their American League Division Series. The aces for both teams started Game 1 Friday night, but the contest was suspended due to rain after 1 1/2 innings and completed on Saturday in a 9-3 New York win. Yankees manager Joe Girardi confirmed Sunday that Sabathia would be on the mound Monday. "I feel pret
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