Tigers Vs. Yankees: Back-To-Back Homers In 8th Propel New York To Win

A 3-2 lead quickly evaporated for the Detroit Tigers in the eighth inning when Joaquin Benoit gave up back-to-back solo home runs to Mark Teixeira and Eric Chavez. The New York Yankees held on to the 4-3 lead for the win.

Benoit's struggles ruined what had been a good day for Doug Fister. The Tigers' starter gave up two runs on eight hits before being removed with one out in the seventh inning.

The Tigers scored all three of their runs in the fifth inning when Alex Avila hit a two-run home run and Andy Dirks hit an RBI double.

The ninth inning almost included a Detroit comeback, as the Tigers had runners on first and third with no one out, but Rafael Soriano retired the next three batters in order to notch the save.

Detroit now heads to Texas for a three-game series with the Rangers.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Doug Fister Looks To Continue Resurgence In Series Finale

Doug Fister will try to continue his roll -- and the Detroit Tigers will try to start a new roll -- in Thursday afternoon's series finale with the New York Yankees.

The Tigers won the first two games of the four-game series before falling Wednesday, 12-8. That snapped a six-game winning streak and left the Tigers 0.5 games back of the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox.

But Fister is as good a bet as anyone this side of Justin Verlander to get the Tigers back on track.

Fister, 6-7 with a 3.52 ERA, is 5-1 over his last six starts and has been lights-out of late. In his last five outings, Fister has pitched 39.0 innings with 37 strikeouts and just seven runs allowed. He pitched a complete-game, one-run, six-K gem his last time out.

Fister won't need to be nearly that good if the Tigers continue to hit like they have been lately. Detroit has scored at least six runs in each of its seven games this month, including 21 through three games in New York.

First pitch Thursday is scheduled for 1:05 Eastern.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees Final Score: Detroit Falls, Winning Streak Stops At 6

The Detroit Tigers' six-game winning streak is over, as they lost to the New York Yankees 12-8 on Wednesday. Detroit rallied back from a 7-0 deficit, but it was not enough.

New York scored two runs in the first off of RBI-singles from Eric Chavez and Curtis Granderson. Granderson extended the lead to 5-0 with a three-run home run in the third. A Nick Swisher single and a Mark Teixeira sac fly made it 7-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth.

Brennan Boesch singled in a run in the fourth and a single from Jeff Baker scored two in the sixth to make it 7-3.

In the seventh, Ichiro Suzuki's RBI-single gave the Yankees a five-run lead. That lead was cut to just one after a huge bottom of the inning for Detroit.

Austin Jackson scored on a Prince Fielder groundout, then Miguel Cabrera scored on an Andy Dirks single. Brennan Boesch's infield single scored Delmon Young, then Alex Avila's single drove in Dirks. This made it 8-7.

New York extended their lead to 10-7 in the top of the eighth, first with an RBI-single from Teixeira and then with Robinson Cano scoring on a Chavez groundout.

Omar Infante's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth made it 10-8. Jayson Nix scored on a Brayan Villarreal balk and Cano drove in Jeter with a single to make it 12-8 in the ninth and that's how it would stay.

Anibal Sanchez got the loss for Detroit. He pitched three innings, gave up seven hits and seven earned runs and struck out two.

C.C. Sabathia pitched six and two-thirds innings, gave up eight hits, five runs (three earned) and struck out seven for the win.

The fourth and final game of the series will be played on Thursday, first pitch at 1:05 p.m. ET at Comerica Park.

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Score Update: Tigers Down Big To Yankees, Streak In Jeopardy

The Detroit Tigers are looking to get their seventh win in a row on Wednesday night against the New York Yankees, but so far it isn't looking good. Heading into the fifth inning, they are down 7-1.

The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the first inning off of RBI-singles from Eric Chavez and Curtis Granderson.

Granderson extended that lead to 5-0 in the third inning with a home run that scored Chavez and Robinson Cano.

The Yankees made it 7-0 in the fourth with an RBI-single by Nick Swisher followed by a Mark Teixeira sac fly.

Both benches were warned, as three batters have already been hit -- Teixeira and Prince Fielder in the first, then Robinson Cano in the third.

Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez was pulled for Duane Below after Swisher's RBI-single. He gave up seven hits and seven earned runs and struck out two in three innings.

Brennan Boesch cut the lead to 7-1 in the bottom of the fourth.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Projected Starting Lineups For Wednesday Night

On Wednesday night, the Detroit Tigers will look to wrap up a series win tonight when they play the third game of a four-game set against the New York Yankees.

The Tigers have managed to score at least six runs in each game thus far in the set. Here is the team's projected starting lineup for Wednesday night:

Tigers

1. Austin Jackson, Center Field
2. Omar Infante, Second Base
3. Miguel Cabrera, Third Base
4. Prince Fielder, First Base
5. Delmon Young, Designated Hitter
6. Jeff Baker, Left Field
7. Brennan Boesch, Right Field
8. Gerald Laird, Catcher
9. Ramon Santiago, Short Stop

Starting Pitcher: Anibal Sanchez

Yankees

1. Derek Jeter, Short Stop
2. Nick Swisher, Right Field
3. Robinson Cano, Second Base
4. Mark Teixeira, First Base
5. Eric Chavez, Designated Hitter
6. Curtis Granderson, Center Field
7. Russell Martin, Catcher
8. Ichiro Suzuki, Right Field
9. Casey McGehee, Third Base

Starting Pitcher: C.C. Sabathia

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Red-Hot Detroit Team Aiming For 7th Consecutive Victory

With his team peaking at the ideal time, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland will send right-hander Anibal Sanchez to the mound to face off with the Yankees on Wednesday in game three of the series.

Sanchez has put together a respectable 1-1 record with a 4.50 ERA in two starts with the Tigers since coming over from Miami, and will be facing a New York team that he has pitched against only one other time in his career. Sanchez tossed 5.2 shutout innings against the Yankees as a rookie in 2006, but has yet to face the Bronx Bombers since due to being in the National League.

Opposing Sanchez on Wednesday from Comerica Park will be New York's burly ace, CC Sabathia, who is in search of his 12th win of the season. The 6-foot-7, 290-pounder is 2-0 against Detroit this year with 13 strikeouts in 15 innings, and looks poised for a strong finish to the season after tossing a complete game three-hitter against Seattle last week.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Cabrera, Tigers Remain Hot In 6-5 Win Over Yankees

The Detroit Tigers remained undefeated in August by beating the New York Yankees 6-5 to win their sixth consecutive game and keep pace with the Chicago White Sox in the American League Central race.

Third baseman Miguel Cabrera helped the Tigers rally from an early 2-0 deficit with a home run in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the fifth inning to increase his Major League-leading RBI total to 95 for the season. Right-fielder Adam Dirks also added a pair of run-scoring singles.

Starter Rick Porcello (9-6) earned his second win in a row after giving up three runs and eight hits in six and two thirds innings. Eric Chavez tagged Porcello with a two-run homer in the fourth inning and then Ichiro Suzuki ended Porcello's night with a run-scoring double in the seventh inning.

Closer Jose Valverde made things interesting in the ninth inning, giving up a pair of two-out runs before getting Curtis Granderson to pop out and end the game for Valverde's 22nd save of the season.

New York starter Phil Hughes (11-9) took the loss after giving up four runs and eight hits in four and a third innings.

The two teams continue their four-game series on Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. ET.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Starting Lineups For Tuesday's Game

The Detroit Tigers used a masterful pitching performance from ace Justin Verlander to cruise to a 7-2 victory on Monday, and will be hoping for similar results from right-hander Rick Porcello on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.

In search of their sixth straight victory, the Tigers have averaged eight runs per game over their current stretch, and are just one win shy from moving exactly 10 games above .500 for the season. In the No. 2 hole as expected for Tuesday's showdown will be second baseman Omar Infante, who continues his rather unusual back-and-forth flip-flop between the top and bottom of the order based on the starting pitcher.

Looking more and more like the ideal type of player the Tigers needed to add to bolster their middle infield positions, Infante owns a .293 average in 12 games with Detroit thus far. The 30-year-old veteran is now hitting .467 in the month of August with seven hits in 15 at-bats to go with seven runs batted in.

Here are the lineups for game two:

Tigers
1. Austin Jackson - CF
2. Omar Infante - 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera - 3B
4. Prince Fielder - 1B
5. Brennan Boesch - RF
6. Delmon Young - DH
7. Jhonny Peralta - SS
8. Alex Avila - C
9. Andy Dirks - LF
Rick Porcello - SP

Yankees
1. Curtis Granderson - CF
2. Derek Jeter - SS
3. Robinson Cano - 2B
4. Mark Teixeira - 1B
5. Eric Chavez - 3B
6. Nick Swisher - RF
7. Raul Ibanez - DH
8. Ichiro Suzuki - LF
9. Russell Martin - C
Phil Hughes - SP

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Detroit Goes For Sixth-Straight Win

The Detroit Tigers have won five straight, but that hasn't bought them any breathing room in the AL Central.

The Tigers, who play the New York Yankees tonight in Game 2 of a four-game series, are still 1.5 games back of the Chicago White Sox. The Sox are on a nice little streak of their own -- they've won seven of 10 and four of their last five. They also get the lowly Kansas City Royals, owners of the worst record in the American League, in five of the next 12 games, so their upcoming schedule is conducive to more Ws.

Starter Rick Porcello, 8-6 with a 4.65 ERA, will try to keep the Tigers going Tuesday. He's gotten knocked around in his last two starts -- nine runs in 11.2 innings -- but did pitch six innings with one earned run against the Yankees in June.

First pitch Tuesday is scheduled for 7:05 Eastern.

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Justin Verlander Was "Angry" Before His 14-Strikeout Career Night

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander was "angry" before he went and struck out a career-high-tying 14 New York Yankees at Comerica Park on Monday night.

Going into the game, he'd lost his last two starts. Against the Cleveland Indians, he gave up six hits and four runs in the seventh inning. Against the Boston Red Sox, he gave up four runs in the fourth inning. Verlander knew he had to be better against New York, via David Mayo of mlive.com:

"Two in a row with big innings, teams stringing together hits, that's not like me," Verlander said. "So I knew that there needed to be something changed."

He went to pitching coach Jeff Jones and asked for help.

"I feel like after one, sometimes, it's OK, just kind of throw it aside, didn't pitch well," Verlander said. "I feel like if two happens, it's starting to begin a pattern, maybe something's not right. That's the way I felt.

"So after this last loss, I went to Jeff and said, 'Hey, we need to figure out what's a little off here and fix it.' So we did a little look-back and compared to some old video and found a couple things that we thought were off and fixed them."

Verlander's amazing night vaulted him past George Mullin for sixth-most career strikeouts in Tigers history, at 1381.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees Final Score: Justin Verlander Strikes Out 14 As Detroit Beats New York

Justin Verlander (12-7) was dominant as the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 7-2 on Monday night. It was the fifth win in a row for Detroit.

Verlander pitched eight innings, gave up eight hits and struck out 14. That ties his career high in strikeouts. He now has 1381 strikeouts in his career, passing George Mullin for sixth in Tigers history, via Brian Britten, Detroit's Director of Media Relations.

Detroit took a 2-0 lead early on the strength of solo home runs from Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera, but New York tied it up in the top of the fifth on RBI-singles from Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano.

RBI-singles from Omar Infante and Alex Avila plus a sac fly from Andy Dirks made it 5-2 at the end of the fifth.

Avila and Jhonny Peralta both had RBI-singles in the sixth to make it 7-2 and that's how it would stay.

Yankees starter Ivan Nova (10-6) gave up 11 hits, seven runs and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings.

Detroit sold out the game with 41,381 fans coming to Comerica Park. The series will continue Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. ET.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees Score Update: Detroit Up 3 After 5

The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees began a three-game series on Monday at Comerica Park and the Tigers are looking for their third win in a row. Heading into the sixth inning, the Tigers lead 5-2.

Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the second inning thanks to a solo home run by Prince Fielder. Miguel Cabrera added a solo shot of his own in the fourth to make it 2-0. Cabrera's went 454 feet.

In the fifth, the Yankees made their move, with RBI-singles from Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano tying the game up. But Detroit would answer in the bottom of the inning -- an Omar Infante single scored Alex Avila, an Austin Jackson single scored Jhonny Peralta and an Andy Dirks sac fly scored Infante to make it 5-2.

Justin Verlander has given up six hits and two runs and has struck out eight. New York starter Ivan Nova has given up eight hits and five runs and struck out five.

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Tigers Vs. Yankees: Projected Starting Lineups For Monday Night

On Monday night, the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees will kick-off a four-game set at Comerica Park.

The Tigers enter the series on the back of a four-game winning streak that has seen the team score a combined 33 runs over that span.

Here is the projected lineup that the team hopes can continue the high offensive output:

Tigers

1. Austin Jackson, Center Field

2. Andy Dirks, Left Field

3. Miguel Cabrera, Third Base

4. Prince Fielder, First Base

5. Brennan Boesch, Right Field

6. Delmon Young, Designated Hitter

7. Alex Avila, Catcher

8. Jhonny Peralta, Short Stop

9. Omar Infante, Second Base

Starting Pitcher: Justin Verlander

Yankees

1. Curtis Granderson, Center Field

2. Derek Jeter, Short Stop

3. Robinson Cano, Second Base

4. Mark Teixeira, First Base

5. Raul Ibanez, Left Field

6. Nick Swisher, Right Field

7. Eric Chavez, Third Base

8. Ichiro Suzuki, Designated Hitter

9. Russell Martin, Catcher

Starting Pitcher: Ivan Nova

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Tigers Vs. Yankees Preview: Justin Verlander Looking To Shake Off So-So Outing

The Detroit Tigers are winners in four-straight games and have a four-game set against the New York Yankees to try and make it eight. Monday will see Justin Verlander take on Ivan Nova.