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Detroit | 5 | |
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Game 3: Thursday, August 28 | ||
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7:08 PM ET, August 26, 2014
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
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DETROIT -- Rick Porcello was sharp, Joe Nathan was composed -- and the Detroit Tigers gave their home fans reason to cheer again.
What they didn't do was gain ground in the AL Central race.
"All we can do is continue to go out, try and win whenever we can, play consistent," Nathan said. "Don't focus on the results, but concentrate on each at-bat and each pitch and have fun competing."
Porcello pitched eight impressive innings to set a career high for victories, and the Tigers snapped New York's five-game winning streak Tuesday night, beating the Yankees 5-2. But division-leading Kansas City rallied past Minnesota with a ninth-inning homer, leaving Detroit still 1 1/2 games behind.
"They're playing really, really good baseball," Nathan said.
The Tigers haven't played all that well in August, but they've now won three in a row, and the vibe at Comerica Park on Tuesday was a positive one. Nathan has struggled all season, and he's had a strained relationship with Detroit fans of late, but the home crowd was chanting "Let's go, Joe!" in the ninth as the right-hander worked through his first perfect inning since Aug. 5.
"It was nice," manager Brad Ausmus said. "Really, it would be a great side story if Joe could run the gamut here the last 30 or so games and endear himself to Tiger fans again."
Porcello (15-8) joined teammate Max Scherzer as the American League's only 15-game winners, allowing two runs and nine hits. The 25-year-old right-hander threw a shutout in his previous start against Tampa Bay, and he blanked the Yankees until Jacoby Ellsbury's homer in the fifth.
Ellsbury added another solo shot in the eighth.
Brandon McCarthy (5-3) dealt with some uncharacteristic control problems in the second, and he ended up allowing five runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings.
"I never felt sharp, and I never felt comfortable mechanically," McCarthy said. "This happens to everyone -- you just have a game where the ball won't go where you want it, and you have to find a way to battle through it."
Nathan earned his 28th save in 34 chances. First baseman Miguel Cabrera made two nice plays to close out the win.
McCarthy entered the game with only seven walks in 52 innings since the Yankees acquired him from Arizona in early July, but after J.D. Martinez singled to start the Detroit second, the New York right-hander walked Nick Castellanos and hit Eugenio Suarez one out later. A walk to Rajai Davis forced in the game's first run.
Martinez's RBI single in the third made it 2-0, although Ellsbury cut the lead in half with his first home run of the night.
The Tigers added two runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Castellanos and a double-play grounder by Alex Avila. Torii Hunter's RBI single in the seventh made it 5-1 and chased McCarthy.
Ellsbury hit his 13th homer of the year in the eighth.
The game started after a rain delay of 1 hour, 8 minutes. New York's first eight outs against Porcello all came on groundballs.
BACK IN A GROOVE: Martinez raised his average to .312 with a three-hit night, and with Cabrera somewhat hobbled, the Tigers will take extra offense from anyone.
Martinez struggled immediately after the All-Star break, but he's hitting .338 since Aug. 8.
WARM WELCOME: Derek Jeter received a standing ovation when he came to the plate for the first time Tuesday. Barring a postseason meeting, this series will be the retiring star's last in the state where he went to high school. Jeter had two hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: OF Brett Gardner sat out a third straight game with a right ankle injury, but 1B Mark Teixeira was back in the lineup after sitting out Monday to rest a sore left hamstring. Teixeira went 0 for 4.
Tigers: Cabrera returned after missing Sunday's game with a right ankle issue. He doubled in the third. In the eighth, he went to his knees to field Brian McCann's grounder and start a double play.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Shane Greene (3-1) takes the mound against the Tigers on Wednesday night. New York has won each of Greene's last four starts.
Tigers: LHP David Price (12-9) starts against Greene. Price struck out 10 against the Yankees earlier this month in a game the Tigers won 4-3 in 12 innings.
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Regular Season Series
New York leads 3-2 (as of Tue 8/26) | ||
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Mon 8/4 | @NYY 2, DET 1 | Recap |
Tue 8/5 | DET 4, @NYY 3 | Recap |
Wed 8/6 | @NYY 5, DET 1 | Recap |
Thu 8/7 | @NYY 1, DET 0 | Recap |
» Tue 8/26 | @DET 5, NYY 2 | Box Score |
Aug 27, 2014 | NYY (Greene) @ DET (Price) | 7:00 PM ET |
Aug 28, 2014 | NYY (Kuroda) @ DET | 1:08 PM ET |
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Scoring Summary
NYY | DET | |||
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2nd | R Davis walked, J Martinez scored, N Castellanos to third, E Suarez to second. | 0 | 1 | |
3rd | J Martinez singled to center, M Cabrera scored. | 0 | 2 | |
5th | J Ellsbury homered to right (397 feet). | 1 | 2 | |
6th | N Castellanos singled to right center, V Martinez scored, J Martinez to third. | 1 | 3 | |
6th | A Avila grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Martinez scored, N Castellanos out at second. | 1 | 4 | |
7th | T Hunter singled to left, R Davis scored. | 1 | 5 | |
8th | J Ellsbury homered to right (359 feet). | 2 | 5 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
Attendance | 40,488 (98.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:30 |
Weather | 73 degrees, partly cloudy |
Wind | 17 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Bob Davidson, Second Base - John Tumpane, Third Base - Bill Welke |
Research Notes
Brandon McCarthy has thrown the highest percentage of sinkers among qualifiers this season (58.6 percent). Despite chasing an MLB-high 37.9 percent of sinkers out of the zone, Detroit Tigers batters have hit .342 in at-bats ending in the pitch. |
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