Tigers Stun Yankees, Set Up Battle of the Bats with Rangers
Jose Valverde crouched down, pumped his fist, and exploded up.
The Detroit Tigers poured out of the dugout, and in the blink of an eye, crowded Valverde.
They had reason. The Tigers just took down the New York Yankees.
After A.J. Burnett's stellar Game 4 performance, with the series coming back to Yankee Stadium, no one saw the Tigers completing the upset. But Doug Fister was great, and the Tigers did it.
Don Kelly and Delmon Young hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Victor Martinez hit an RBI single and Valverde converted his 51st save this year.
Alex Rodriguez, who had struck out with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh, had the same fate in the 9th, as a Valverde slider got him swinging to end the series.
After a long, hard-fought series where Delmon Young hit three important jacks and Miguel Cabrera packed some power into, it's the Tigers moving on to Arlington, where they take on C.J. Wilson and the Rangers.
Justin Verlander, who was supposed to start in Game 1, and did (but it got suspended), will take the ball for the Tigers.
This entire series featured close Tiger wins and blowout Yankee wins. Detroit spit, scratched and clawed for every run they could accumulate in all three wins, notably Game 3, where Young's opposite-field jack won the game for the Tigers.
Now, with the top-seeded team out of the way, no old-school team is going to the World Series. New York and Boston are both done.
Detroit isn't, though.
Fister, the Tigers mid-season acquisition who has shined during his whole Tiger tenure, worked his plan of hitting the corners and fooling the Yanks to perfection. In Game 1, Fister struggled deeply, and with the Mariners, Fister gave up 3 runs in 7 innings.
Now, Verlander is ready to go for Game 1 and the Tigers are looking good, even against the Rangers bats.
If you meet the Tigers, watch out for the claw to strike.
On the mound and at the plate.
The Detroit Tigers poured out of the dugout, and in the blink of an eye, crowded Valverde.
They had reason. The Tigers just took down the New York Yankees.
After A.J. Burnett's stellar Game 4 performance, with the series coming back to Yankee Stadium, no one saw the Tigers completing the upset. But Doug Fister was great, and the Tigers did it.
Don Kelly and Delmon Young hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Victor Martinez hit an RBI single and Valverde converted his 51st save this year.
Alex Rodriguez, who had struck out with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh, had the same fate in the 9th, as a Valverde slider got him swinging to end the series.
After a long, hard-fought series where Delmon Young hit three important jacks and Miguel Cabrera packed some power into, it's the Tigers moving on to Arlington, where they take on C.J. Wilson and the Rangers.
Justin Verlander, who was supposed to start in Game 1, and did (but it got suspended), will take the ball for the Tigers.
This entire series featured close Tiger wins and blowout Yankee wins. Detroit spit, scratched and clawed for every run they could accumulate in all three wins, notably Game 3, where Young's opposite-field jack won the game for the Tigers.
Now, with the top-seeded team out of the way, no old-school team is going to the World Series. New York and Boston are both done.
Detroit isn't, though.
Fister, the Tigers mid-season acquisition who has shined during his whole Tiger tenure, worked his plan of hitting the corners and fooling the Yanks to perfection. In Game 1, Fister struggled deeply, and with the Mariners, Fister gave up 3 runs in 7 innings.
Now, Verlander is ready to go for Game 1 and the Tigers are looking good, even against the Rangers bats.
If you meet the Tigers, watch out for the claw to strike.
On the mound and at the plate.
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