Yankees 2 Tigers 4
Okay, that was pretty sweet! Justin Verlander seemed to find his groove tonight. He had 9 strikeouts and 0 walks over 7 innings. He started to loose it in the 8th when he gave up 2 singles, but Bobby Seay came in from the Pen and shut them down! Nobody got past 2nd in that inning. Rodney made it waaay too interesting allowing 3 hits and 2 runs before getting Posada to ground into a double play and Pena to flyout to Raburn in Leftfield.
Cabrera drives in Polanco to score the first run for Detroit in the 1st. Polanco doubles in Granderson for the 2nd run. Maggs hit his second HR of the year with Polanco on for the final 2 runs. Polanco was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. That makes him my player of the game on the offensive side.
On the defensive side it has to be Verlander for that amazing performance (with and honorable mention for Inge and his turning the 9th inning double play that saved Rodney's bacon). It was interesting to see Verlander leave the dugout as Rodney flirted with a melt down in the 9th. It would have been a shame to see Justin not get the win after that game.
So they are 11-8 and go into Tuesday in 1st place in the AL Central.
Go Tigers!!!!!!!!!
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