New York Yankees get thumped by the Detroit Tigers

New York Yankees get thumped by the Detroit Tigers


The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 9-3 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and didn’t pitch that well. Preston Claiborne didn’t pitch that well out of the bullpen. Lyle Overbay led the offense with a couple of hits and three RBI.

Hughes pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with no walks and six strikeouts. Hughes lost his 11th game of the season. Claiborne pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Joba Chamberlain pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Adam Warren pitched two innings giving up three hits and no runs.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Robinson Cano had a hit. Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez had a hit and Overbay had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk. Nunez hit a double and Overbay hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Suzuki had a stolen base.

Anibel Sanchez won his 10th game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up four hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out eight, Drew Smyly pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Jeremy Bonderman pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.

Austin Jackson had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Torii Hunter had three hits and four RBI and Miguel Cabrera had three hits and an RBI. Prince Fielder had two hits, Victor Martinez had a hit and an RBI and Don Kelly had three hits and two RBI. Alex Avila had a hit, Jose Iglesias had two hits and Martinez and Kelly each hit a double. Jackson hit a triple and Cabrera, Jackson and Hunter each hit a homerun. The Tigers were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

In the first Hunter hit a sacrifice fly giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Cabrera hit a solo homerun in the third to extend the lead to 2-0. In the fifth Jackson hit a solo homerun, Martinez hit an RBI double and Kelly hit a two run single to make it a 6-0 lead for the Tigers. Overbay hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the fifth to get the Yankees on the board and make it 6-2. In the sixth Hunter hit a three run homerun to make it a 9-2 game. The Yankees would score a run, the last of the game in the ninth. Overbay hit an RBI single to make it 9-3 which would be the final score.

The Yankees record fell to 58-57 and the Tigers record improved to 69-46. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon. It will be the rubber match as the Yankees won on Friday night and the Tigers this game. The Yankees will be looking for their first series win in a while.

The New York Yankees offense continues to be anemic as they fall 3-0 to the Tigers

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 3-0 on Sunday evening. The game took place at Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched great. He was pitching on three days rest for the first time in his major league career. The bullpen wasn’t great but there was also a blown call that cost the Yankees. The offense was terrible. Anibel Sanchez started for the Tigers and pitched very well and so did their bullpen. The Tigers offense was led by Miguel Cabrera. 
Kuroda pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with no walks and 11 strikeouts. Kuroda lost the game, Boone Logan didn’t record an out and gave up a hit, Joba Chamberlain gave up a hit without recording an out and Clay Rapada walked the only batter that he faced. Cody Eppley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and struck out two. Sanchez won a game pitching seven innings giving up three hits and no runs with three walks and seven strikeouts. Phil Coke saved a game pitching two innings giving up a hit and struck out three.

Mark Teixeira had a hit, Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew two walks and Alex Rodriguez had a hit. Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Nick Swisher had a hit and Teixeira hit a double. The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Granderson had a stolen base and Ibanez was caught stealing.

Austin Jackson had a hit, Quintin Berry had a hit and Avisail Garcia had a hit and an RBI. Cabrera had two hits and an RBI, Prince Fielder drew a walk and Delmon Young had a hit and Jhonny Peralta had two hits. Omar Infante had a hit, Berry hit a double and the Tigers were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Sanchez committed an error.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the seventh inning and then a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning. Young hit into a force out scoring a run and Garcia and Cabrera hit RBI singles. The final score was 3-0 as the Yankees couldn’t get anything going all game once again.

The Tigers hold a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. The teams will have a travel day on Monday and then play game three on Tuesday night in Detroit. The next three games if necessary will be played there. The Yankees will try to get a win in game three against Justin Verlander with Phil Hughes on the mound. If the Yankees don’t get a win they will be facing a 3-0 deficit and need to win four straight to keep their season going.