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| 905 | DETROIT | +115 | Ov 8,-110 | +120 | Ov 8,-105 | | 906 | NY YANKEES | -125 | Un 8,-110 | -130 | Un 8,-115 |
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| All Games | 92-76 | -9.6 | 69-89 | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.329 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.310 | | Road Games | 40-45 | -13.3 | 32-46 | 4.1 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 4.1 | 0.258 | 0.315 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 64-50 | -2.3 | 47-60 | 4.6 | 0.270 | 0.330 | 3.9 | 0.252 | 0.307 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.2 | 2-4 | 3.4 | 0.259 | 0.302 | 2.1 | 0.202 | 0.285 | | Grass Games | 88-73 | -10.1 | 68-83 | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.330 | 4.1 | 0.256 | 0.312 | | Day Games | 38-26 | +0.3 | 23-38 | 4.4 | 0.257 | 0.319 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.303 | | Playoff games | 4-2 | +2.2 | 2-3 | 3.8 | 0.263 | 0.299 | 2.5 | 0.203 | 0.275 |
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| All Games | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.329 | 168 | 5689 | 1523 | 495 | 166 | 0.03 | 715 | 522 | 1152 | 61 | 1164 | 184 | 101 | 131 | 135 | | Road Games | 4.1 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 85 | 2928 | 756 | 236 | 73 | 0.02 | 337 | 266 | 647 | 39 | 609 | 100 | 47 | 64 | 66 | | Righty Starters | 4.6 | 0.270 | 0.330 | 114 | 3866 | 1045 | 334 | 120 | 0.03 | 504 | 343 | 760 | 56 | 787 | 117 | 74 | 88 | 77 |
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| All Games | 3.84 | 1.316 | 473.3 | 221 | 202 | 442 | 50 | 181 | 447 | 27-24 | 41 | 17 | 70.7% | | Road Games | 4.40 | 1.429 | 212.7 | 113 | 104 | 208 | 29 | 96 | 208 | 8-15 | 22 | 8 | 73.3% |
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| All Games | 98-70 | +2.3 | 73-90 | 4.9 | 0.263 | 0.331 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.304 | | Home Games | 53-32 | +2.6 | 35-49 | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.330 | 4.0 | 0.237 | 0.293 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 61-44 | +0.1 | 40-60 | 4.7 | 0.262 | 0.325 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.304 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | -0.2 | 3-4 | 4.9 | 0.242 | 0.320 | 2.6 | 0.211 | 0.251 | | Grass Games | 92-58 | +10.4 | 65-81 | 5.0 | 0.265 | 0.332 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.300 | | Day Games | 34-21 | +4.1 | 22-32 | 5.2 | 0.264 | 0.338 | 4.0 | 0.245 | 0.307 | | Playoff games | 3-3 | -1.2 | 2-4 | 3.3 | 0.216 | 0.288 | 2.7 | 0.207 | 0.246 |
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| All Games | 4.9 | 0.263 | 0.331 | 168 | 5751 | 1510 | 555 | 251 | 0.04 | 794 | 588 | 1233 | 98 | 1182 | 175 | 77 | 140 | 92 | | Home Games | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.330 | 85 | 2825 | 738 | 275 | 143 | 0.05 | 405 | 291 | 613 | 51 | 558 | 87 | 40 | 71 | 38 | | Righty Starters | 4.7 | 0.262 | 0.325 | 105 | 3571 | 934 | 344 | 158 | 0.04 | 473 | 336 | 751 | 61 | 714 | 111 | 42 | 78 | 55 |
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| All Games | 3.40 | 1.250 | 460.7 | 184 | 174 | 417 | 48 | 159 | 455 | 25-19 | 51 | 13 | 79.7% | | Home Games | 3.64 | 1.246 | 240 | 104 | 97 | 220 | 22 | 79 | 226 | 11-9 | 26 | 7 | 78.8% |
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| 9/30/2012 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ MINNESOTA | HENDRIKS(R) | 2-1 | W | -160 | 9 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | | 10/1/2012 | PORCELLO(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | 6-3 | W | -125 | 9 un | P | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 10/2/2012 | FISTER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 2-4 | L | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | | 10/3/2012 | SCHERZER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | MENDOZA(R) | 1-0 | W | 100 | 8.5 ev | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | | 10/6/2012 | VERLANDER(R) | OAKLAND | PARKER(R) | 3-1 | W | -185 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | | 10/7/2012 | FISTER(R) | OAKLAND | MILONE(L) | 5-4 | W | -155 | 7.5 ov | O | 11 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | | 10/9/2012 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ OAKLAND | ANDERSON(L) | 0-2 | L | 120 | 7 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 10/10/2012 | SCHERZER(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRIFFIN(R) | 3-4 | L | -105 | 7 ev | P | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 10/11/2012 | VERLANDER(R) | @ OAKLAND | PARKER(R) | 6-0 | W | -130 | 6.5 un | U | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 10/13/2012 | FISTER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PETTITTE(L) | 6-4 | W | 120 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | | 10/14/2012 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | | | 10/16/2012 | | NY YANKEES | | | | 10/17/2012 | | NY YANKEES | | |
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| 9/30/2012 | HUGHES(R) | @ TORONTO | ALVAREZ(R) | 9-6 | W | -160 | 9 un | O | 15 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | | 10/1/2012 | SABATHIA(L) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 10-2 | W | -280 | 8 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 10/2/2012 | PHELPS(R) | BOSTON | LESTER(L) | 4-3 | W | -180 | 8.5 un | U | 16 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | 10/3/2012 | KURODA(R) | BOSTON | MATSUZAKA(R) | 14-2 | W | -315 | 9 un | O | 15 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 10/7/2012 | SABATHIA(L) | @ BALTIMORE | HAMMEL(R) | 7-2 | W | -160 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 10/8/2012 | PETTITTE(L) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 2-3 | L | -130 | 8 un | U | 9 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 10/10/2012 | KURODA(R) | BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 3-2 | W | -170 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 10/11/2012 | HUGHES(R) | BALTIMORE | SAUNDERS(L) | 1-2 | L | -160 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 10/12/2012 | SABATHIA(L) | BALTIMORE | HAMMEL(R) | 3-1 | W | -205 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | 10/13/2012 | PETTITTE(L) | DETROIT | FISTER(R) | 4-6 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 1 | | 10/14/2012 | KURODA(R) | DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | | | 10/16/2012 | | @ DETROIT | | | | 10/17/2012 | | @ DETROIT | | |
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| |  | DETROIT: HITTING: OF AUSTIN JACKSON doesn't make much contact, but manager Jim Leyland likes his speed in the leadoff spot. RYAN RABURN and RAMON SANTIAGO will split second base duties, with Raburn getting the majority of the starts. 3B MIGUEL CABRERA seems to have cleaned up his act. He's an MVP candidate. So is newcomer 1B PRINCE FIELDER who will try to keep slugging in his move to a pitchers' park. His presence was needed after DH VICTOR MARTINEZ was lost for the season with a knee injury. OF DELMON YOUNG is a pending free agent, and he hit well after escaping spacious Target Field. He'll nab the starting LF job but could also DH. OF BRENNAN BOESCH did enough pre-injury to earn an everyday role, but he'll again be in danger of fading over the summer. SS JHONNY PERALTA had a resurgence in 2011, and he's on the right side of 30. C ALEX AVILA might not hit for average, but his power is legit. Leyland favorite BRANDON INGE and DON KELLY will back up the All-Star corner infielders, so neither expect to get much playing time. Streaky OF ANDY DIRKS is a fourth outfielder. C GERALD LAIRD will spell Avila.
STARTING PITCHING: You can't expect an identical stat line for JUSTIN VERLANDER; his opponent .236 batting average on balls in play suggests there was some luck involved in his MVP season. But he's still the best pitcher in the American League by a wide margin. DOUG FISTER's improved strikeout rate with the Tigers suggests he could sustain success as a quality No. 2 starter. MAX SCHERZER can still be outstanding when he's on, but he was inconsistent again last year. He could figure it out in his late-20s, but time is running out. RICK PORCELLO still has a ways to go. His mid-season success came against some weak lineups. He's still only 23, but he hasn't been able to beat hitters at any level in the pros. The Tigers are still searching for a No. 5 starter. Top prospect JACOB TURNER is only 20, but the Tigers haven't been shy about fast-tracking young arms. He was dominant in the minors, but torched in his first big-league stint. ANDY OLIVER appears to be the front-runner for this role, but DREW SMYLY is also a possibility.
RELIEF PITCHING: JOSE VALVERDE was perfect in 2011, but it was a surprising development considering his sliding K/BB ratio. For Tigers fans, he carries more risk than 49-for-49 would suggest. One of baseball's better set-up men, JOAQUIN BENOIT is an eighth-inning-only guy. He'd take over if Valverde got hurt. OCTAVIO DOTEL is another elite set-up man who will step up as the seventh-inning guy. As good as AL ALBURQUERQUE was in the regular season (one extra-base hit'a double'allowed in 43.1 innings!), he's out until at least the All-Star break after offseason elbow surgery. Lefty DANIEL SCHLERETH has a chance to be the closer of the future, but first he'll need to cut down on the walks. | | NY YANKEES: HITTING: Despite his decline from mediocrity into downright counter-productivity, SS DEREK JETER gets to hit atop the best lineup in baseball. Off an MVP-caliber season, OF CURTIS GRANDERSON is a true star. His average is mediocre, but his power is elite and the Yankees are letting him run when on base. After two years with a sub-.260 average, 1B MARK TEIXEIRA's talent seems to be fading. He still puts up huge power numbers playing in a bandbox. Coming off knee and thumb injuries, 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ is a serious injury risk hitting in the middle of this lineup. 2B ROBINSON CANO will once again see as many RBI chances as anyone. He's been great in those situations the past two seasons. OFs NICK SWISHER and BRETT GARDNER offer power and SBs, respectively, though the Yankees may look to upgrade if they continue to post lackluster numbers. C RUSSELL MARTIN will get plenty of playing time now that Jesus Montero is in Seattle. Veteran slugger RAUL IBANEZ is the new DH in town, and will love hitting towards the short porch in right at Yankee Stadium.
STARTING PITCHING: CC SABATHIA struggled late last year and has logged a ridiculous number of innings over the past five years. He's a top-10 starter in the majors, but is starting to pass his prime. Newcomers HIROKI KURODA and MICHAEL PINEDA will both stabilize what was a shaky rotation last year. Kuroda, 37, posted a 3.07 ERA with the Dodgers and the 23-year-old Pineda has unlimited upside, fanning 173 batters in 171 innings with Seattle last season. IVAN NOVA benefitted from nearly nine runs of support per game. He keeps the ball down often enough to thrive in the Bronx, just without many strikeouts. PHIL HUGHES' stuff has regressed greatly since his days as a top prospect. He's trying to overcome conditioning problems this offseason. MANNY BANUELOS and DELLIN BETANCES are great prospects who may get a chance to start MLB games later this season.
RELIEF PITCHING: Trust MARIANO RIVERA to stay dominant until proven wrong. He was better in 2011 than he was in 2010 despite some velocity slippage. DAVID ROBERTSON has a firm hold on eighth-inning duties after an All-Star season. He's second in line for saves. RAFAEL SORIANO wasn't a total bust, as he did just fine after a rough April. He's settled into the seventh-inning role since Robertson is more trusted that he is. After Tommy John surgery, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN is aiming to be back this June. Middle reliever CORY WADE was reliable last year, and has a chance to rack up some vulture wins if he keeps going strong. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (DETROIT-NY YANKEES) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(ADDS Leyland quote)
*Tigers-Yankees Preview* ========================
By SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN STATS Senior Writer
Detroit (88-74) at New York (95-67), 4:07 p.m. EDT
After another long night in the Bronx, the New York Yankees will now be without their captain as they try to avoid a two-game deficit in the AL championship series.
Derek Jeter is out for the rest of the postseason with a broken left ankle for the Yankees, who will send Hiroki Kuroda to the mound on three days' rest as they try to draw even with the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in Game 2.
The Yankees dropped Saturday's opener 6-4 in 12 innings despite rallying from four runs down in the ninth on two-run homers by Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez off Tigers closer Jose Valverde.
But the defeat became an afterthought when Jeter fractured his ankle in the 12th. It happened when he dove to his left for a grounder hit by Jhonny Peralta, was unable to put weight on his left leg and had to be helped off the field by manager Joe Girardi and trainer Steve Donahue.
"They talked about a three-month recovery period," Girardi said. "Won't jeopardize his career, but he will not be playing any more for us this year."
Jeter, who will not need surgery, recorded his 200th career postseason hit Saturday and is tied with Suzuki for the team lead with nine hits in the playoffs. Girardi said that Eduardo Nunez, who was left off the ALCS roster, will be added to replace Jeter.
The manager compared losing Jeter to how the Yankees lost iconic closer Mariano Rivera to a torn ACL in May.
"We have to find a way to try to get it done," Girardi said. "I think some people left us for dead when Mo went down and here we are in the ALCS."
This unprecedented stretch of five playoff home games in as many days concludes Sunday after New York won in 12 innings Wednesday and lost in 13 on Thursday in a division series against Baltimore.
These teams needed aces Justin Verlander of Detroit and CC Sabathia of New York to capture decisive Game 5s, leaving those pitchers unavailable this weekend. Verlander will start Game 3 on Tuesday in Detroit and Sabathia Game 4 the next day.
It means that a loss by Kuroda (0-0, 2.16 ERA) would leave the Yankees down 2-0 ahead of facing the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and MVP in Verlander in the third game on the road.
Kuroda has never pitched on short rest. Girardi had few Game 2 options with the ALCS starting one day after the Yankees took Game 5 over the Orioles.
"I am not crazy about it, but there is not really a lot I can do about it, so we have to live with it," Girardi said. "The extra wild card was added, and this is a function of that because the TV schedule was set."
Girardi re-installed Alex Rodriguez in the lineup Saturday in the No. 6 slot after benching the three-time AL MVP on Friday. Rodriguez went 0 for 3 to drop to 2 for 19 with 10 strikeouts in the playoffs, failing with the bases loaded in the first inning in the ALCS opener before he was replaced by a pinch-hitter for the third straight start.
Detroit, meanwhile, was victorious but has questions to ask about Valverde. The closer blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning with a chance to eliminate Oakland in a 4-3 road loss Wednesday, and his career postseason ERA has ballooned to 8.79.
"We really want to put our heads together and discuss it first, to be honest with you, and get together as a coaching staff and talk about it," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Delmon Young bailed out the beleaguered closer by doubling in the go-ahead run in the 12th. Young, who homered three times in last year's division series against the Yankees, also went deep in Game 1 as part of a three-hit night.
The Tigers will get their third look this year at Kuroda, who had a 3.38 ERA and no decisions in two regular-season outings.
Kuroda is unsure of what to expect Sunday after yielding two runs over 8 1-3 innings Wednesday in a 3-2, 12-inning win over the Orioles.
"This is probably the shortest rest that I have ever had in my baseball career, but at this point of the season, you know, we can't really be talking about anything but to win," Kuroda said through an interpreter. "So I'm just going to prepare myself to win this game, like I always have been, throughout the season."
Kuroda's lone career LCS start was a disaster in 2009 with the Dodgers. He lasted 1 1-3 innings and was charged with six runs in an 11-0 defeat at Philadelphia in Game 3.
The right-hander is 11-6 with a 2.69 ERA in 20 home starts this year including Wednesday's outing, and is 5-2 with a 1.99 ERA in eight overall day outings.
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is 4 for 9 with two homers lifetime against Kuroda.
Anibal Sanchez (0-1, 2.84) will start for the Tigers. Sanchez has never pitched at the current Yankee Stadium, but has fond memories of the Bronx since he won his big-league debut in the old one with Florida in 2006.
"I think about it, you know, that's my first time in the new stadium, the Yankee Stadium," Sanchez said. "I got my debut in the old stadium, and this was the first time my mom come to U.S."
The right-hander's only other career start against New York came Aug. 8 when he was tagged for seven runs over seven-plus innings in a 12-8 defeat.
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