The Yankees had a tough first couple of games against the Tigers, losing both and ultimately putting their first place standing into jeopardy. Last night we all saw the true Yankee team. They were right on target with their offense and CC Sabathia was dealing very tough pitches. The Yanks started off strong in the first inning. It all started with Eric Chavez, who singled to center to score Nick Swisher. Granderson was looking to leave his slump behind came up to bat and singled to right, which allowed Mark Teixeira to score to make it a 2-0 game. Granderson wasn't done there! He went yard in the third inning with a three run home run which made it 5-0. It was all Yankees throughout the first four innings when Swisher singled to right, scoring Jeter and Teixeira's sac fly to score Jeter to make it 7-0. Who would think the Tigers would come back? Great pitching, great offense for the Yanks..But they did. Boesch singled to center to get Detroit on the board. Before we all knew it, it was 7-3 Yankees. Ichiro reached on an infield single to first and Granderson scored which gave the Yankees an even bigger lead, but the Tigers weren't going to completely back down. The seventh inning was very long. The Tigers picked up four more runs to make it an 8-7 game. After watching their lead diminish the first two games against Detroit and losing I was thinking the same thing was about to happen last night too. The Yanks took over in the eighth and ninth innings, scoring two more runs which ultimately gave them a four run lead, and the final score was 12-8.
Today's matchup is between Kuroda (10-8) and Fister (6-7). I think the Yankees success last night definitely had to do with both their pitching and offense, but a key to their success early on in the game is to have shut out pitching. With a team like Detroit with great hitters like Cabrera, Kuroda cannot give them an easy pitch to take advantage of. If their pitching is on point and they continue their great base running and hitting, they will have no problems splitting this series! Let's go Yankees!
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