March 31, 2011
The Detroit Tigers opened the 2011 season on the road in NY. Justin Verlander got the start for Detroit and C. C. Sabathia started for the Yankees. NY got out to an early lead in the game on two 2-run homers. One by Mark Texiera in the 1st and one from Robinson Cano in the 4th. The Tigers battled back though, scoring 2 runs in the 7th and 1 in the 8th before losing the contest 4-3.
Detroit out-hit NY 8-4 and Verlander went the distance, but 2 of those hits were the Tiger's undoing.
BOXSCORE: 2011 Detroit Tigers At 2011 New York (AL) Yankees 3/31/2011
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
A.Jackson CF 5 0 2 0 .400 B.Gardner LF 3 0 0 0 .000
W.Rhymes 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Jeter SS 4 1 0 0 .000
M.Ordonez RF 5 1 1 0 .200 M.Teixeira 1B 3 1 1 2 .333
M.Cabrera 1B 2 1 1 0 .500 A.Rodriguez 3B 3 1 2 0 .667
V.Martinez DH 4 0 1 0 .250 R.Cano 2B 3 1 1 2 .333
R.Raburn LF 2 1 0 0 .000 N.Swisher RF 2 0 0 0 .000
C-D.Kelly PH,LF 1 0 1 01.000 J.Posada DH 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Peralta SS 2 0 0 0 .000 C.Granderson CF 3 0 0 0 .000
B.Inge 3B 2 0 1 0 .500 R.Martin C 3 0 0 0 .000
A-B.Boesch PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Santiago 3B 1 0 0 0 .000
A.Avila C 3 0 0 1 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 8 1 Totals 27 4 4 4
A-Pinch Hit For Inge In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Boesch In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Raburn In 8th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 8 1
Yankees......... 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 1
Tigers (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Verlander LOSS(0-1) 8 4 4 3 2 8 2 117 3.38
Totals 8 4 4 3 2 8 2
Yankees (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Sabathia WIN(1-0) 6 1/3 4 2 2 4 7 0 88 2.84
D.Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 ----
R.Soriano HOLD(1st) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 21 9.00
M.Rivera SAVE(1st) 1 2/3 3 0 0 1 1 0 27 0.00
Totals 9 8 3 3 7 9 0
ATTENDANCE- 46,847 DATE- Thursday, March 31st 2011 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Jerry Meals, C.B. Bucknor, Dan Iassogna
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9 Yankees: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Yankees: 3
ERRORS- R.Raburn, A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- A.Rodriguez(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(1st), R.Cano(1st)
RBIs- A.Avila(1st), M.Teixeira-2(2nd), R.Cano-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Jackson(1st)
WALKS- W.Rhymes, M.Cabrera-2, R.Raburn, J.Peralta-2, A.Avila, B.Gardner,
N.Swisher
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson-2, V.Martinez, J.Peralta-2, B.Boesch, A.Avila-3,
B.Gardner-2, D.Jeter-2, R.Cano, N.Swisher, C.Granderson, R.Martin
GIDP- M.Ordonez, V.Martinez, J.Posada
WILD PITCHES- R.Soriano
2-out RBI- A.Avila
RLISP 2-out- A.Jackson-2, R.Santiago-2, M.Ordonez
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 6 Yankees: 2 for 2
The New York (AL) Yankees and the Detroit Tigers locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Yankee Stadium. The final score was the New York (AL)
Yankees 4, the Detroit Tigers 3.
New York (AL) drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first
inning when they tallied 2 runs on 2 hits. The key at-bat was by Mark
Teixeira who made the crowd come alive when he cracked a two-run shot.
Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed
runs across.
The win was credited to C C Sabathia(1-0) who went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing
2 runs. Mariano Rivera earned the save, his 1st. Justin Verlander(0-1) took
the loss. He pitched 8 innings and surrendered just 4 hits and 2 walks.
Jim Leyland was clearly disappointed after the game. 'It was a manager's
nightmare out there', he said, 'We should have had this one.'
