It’s easy to forget that Bartolo Colon pitched for the Yankees, but here is fanning seven without a walk over seven innings. He allowed three runs, two coming on solo homers from Alex Avila. On the other side, Justin Verlander allowed three runs over six innings, needing 127 pitches to strike out eight.
It was tied entering the top of the ninth when Curtis Granderson worked a twelve-pitch walk from Jose Valverde. He was caught stealing when he overslid the bag, but Mark Teixeira worked a walk, A-Rod an infield single, and Nick Swisher the go-ahead single. A two-out passed ball allowed a second run to come up, and Mariano Rivera needed just nine pitches to retired the Tigers in order.
Every Yankee reached base, but the Tigers got 0-4s out of their 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 slots and 0-3 from #9. Ramon Santiago was 3-4 in #2, Cabrera 3-4 in #4, and Avila 2-4 in #8 with those two longballs.
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