Final
Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 4/29)
| Game 1: Tuesday, April 29 | ||
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| Detroit | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, April 30 | ||
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| Detroit | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, May 1 | ||
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| Detroit | 8 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 4 | |
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7:05 PM ET, April 29, 2008
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Granderson CF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .348 | ||
| P Polanco 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 | ||
| G Sheffield DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .164 | ||
| M Ordonez RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | ||
| M Cabrera 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 | ||
| C Guillen 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .321 | ||
| E Renteria SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .311 | ||
| I Rodriguez C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | ||
| J Jones LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .185 | ||
| R Raburn LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| BATTING 2B: P Polanco (3, P Hughes); C Granderson (2, P Hughes); I Rodriguez (8, E Ramirez) HR: C Granderson (3, 3rd inning off P Hughes 0 on, 0 Out); G Sheffield (2, 3rd inning off P Hughes 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Ordonez 2 (19), C Granderson (5), G Sheffield 2 (5), P Polanco (7) 2-out RBI: P Polanco GIDP: M Cabrera, M Ordonez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Granderson 1, M Ordonez 1, J Jones 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: I Rodriguez (3, 2nd base off P Hughes/C Stewart) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Jones (1, bobble) | ||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| K Rogers (W, 2-3) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 101-60 | 6.75 | |
| B Seay | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-11 | 3.00 | |
| D Bautista | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25-9 | 2.25 | |
| C Rapada (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0.00 | |
| T Jones (S, 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-9 | 2.45 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 156-91 | ||
| PITCHING WP: T Jones HBP: D Jeter (By D Bautista) Batters faced: K Rogers 28; B Seay 4; D Bautista 6; C Rapada 1; T Jones 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Rogers 8-6; B Seay 1-1; D Bautista 0-1; C Rapada 1-0; T Jones 2-0 Game Scores: K Rogers 52 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon CF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .274 | ||
| D Jeter SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 | ||
| B Abreu RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .276 | ||
| J Molina C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| H Matsui LF-RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .326 | ||
| J Giambi DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .171 | ||
| S Duncan 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .154 | ||
| M Ensberg 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .233 | ||
| R Cano 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .155 | ||
| C Stewart C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-M Cabrera PH-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||
| a-walked for C Stewart in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Duncan (1, K Rogers) HR: R Cano (2, 2nd inning off K Rogers 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Cano 2 (7), D Jeter (14), J Giambi (12) 2-out RBI: D Jeter Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Abreu 2, M Ensberg 1, J Giambi 2, R Cano 3 Team LOB: 13 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (D Jeter-S Duncan, M Ensberg-R Cano-S Duncan). | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| P Hughes (L, 0-4) | 3.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 82-50 | 9.00 | |
| R Ohlendorf | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 46-32 | 5.40 | |
| E Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-10 | 0.00 | |
| L Hawkins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 7.98 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 151-98 | ||
| PITCHING WP: P Hughes 2 Batters faced: P Hughes 21; R Ohlendorf 12; E Ramirez 4; L Hawkins 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Hughes 6-3; R Ohlendorf 3-2; E Ramirez 0-2; L Hawkins 2-1 Game Scores: P Hughes 20 | ||||||||||
| DET | NYY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Ordonez singled to center, C Granderson and P Polanco scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 2nd | R Cano homered to right, S Duncan scored. | 2 | 2 | |
| 3rd | C Granderson homered to center. | 3 | 2 | |
| 3rd | G Sheffield homered to left, P Polanco scored. | 5 | 2 | |
| 4th | P Polanco singled to left, C Granderson scored. | 6 | 2 | |
| 8th | D Jeter hit by pitch, S Duncan scored, M Cabrera to third, J Damon to second. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9th | J Giambi singled to right, H Matsui scored. | 6 | 4 | |
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| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY |
| Attendance | 49,194 (97.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:26 |
| Weather | 58 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 18 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Rick Reed, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg |
