2011 AL Game: Det. @ NY
April 2, 2011
The Detroit Tigers got their first win of the season by defeating the New York Yankees 12-11 today. Detroit got off to a very commanding start in the game and led 9-2 after 2 innings. But the Yankees battled back and by the 9th inning Detroit's lead had been whittled down to 1.
Brett Gardner had walked leading off the bottom of the 9th before Jose Valverde was brought in to try to close out the game. Gardner stole 2nd and 3rd, so NY had the tying run on 3rd. But Valverde was able to get the last out, preserving the Tigers first win this season.
BOXSCORE: 2011 Detroit Tigers At 2011 New York (AL) Yankees 4/2/2011 Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG A.Jackson CF 2 2 0 0 .286 B.Gardner LF 5 2 3 1 .375 W.Rhymes 2B 2 2 1 0 .333 D.Jeter SS 5 2 3 1 .333 M.Ordonez RF 3 1 1 3 .250 C-E.Chavez PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Cabrera 1B 5 2 3 4 .571 M.Teixeira 1B 5 2 4 3 .625 V.Martinez DH 5 1 3 3 .444 A.Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 3 .500 B.Boesch LF 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Cano 2B 4 0 0 0 .143 A-D.Kelly LF 0 0 0 01.000 N.Swisher RF 5 1 0 0 .000 J.Peralta SS 5 1 1 1 .143 J.Posada DH 5 2 2 2 .250 B-R.Santiago SS 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Granderson CF 4 1 1 0 .143 A.Avila C 5 1 2 0 .250 R.Martin C 5 0 0 1 .000 B.Inge 3B 3 2 0 0 .200 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 12 11 11 Totals 42 11 14 11 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Boesch In 9th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Peralta In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Jeter In 9th Inning Tigers.......... 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 12 11 1 Yankees......... 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 - 11 14 1 Tigers (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Penny WIN(1-0) 5 8 7 6 2 1 3 91 10.80 R.Perry 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 J.Benoit HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 37 0.00 P.Coke 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 14 ---- B.Villarreal HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 13.50 D.Schlereth HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 J.Valverde SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 14 11 10 5 3 4 Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Burnett LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 5 7 7 3 1 2 44 47.25 L.Ayala 2 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 37 7.71 D.Robertson 2 2/3 0 1 1 3 3 0 43 3.38 B.Logan 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 22 18.00 J.Chamberlai 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00 R.Soriano 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.40 Totals 9 11 12 12 8 6 3 ATTENDANCE- 49,406 DATE- Saturday, April 2nd 2011 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Bruce Dreckman, Paul Emmel, Rob Drake, Gary Darling T- 4:08 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6 Yankees: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Yankees: 1 ERRORS- B.Inge, R.Martin DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(1st), V.Martinez(1st), M.Teixeira-2(2nd), J.Posada(1st) HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera(1st), V.Martinez(1st), J.Peralta(1st), B.Gardner(1st), M.Teixeira(2nd), A.Rodriguez(1st), J.Posada(1st) RBIs- M.Ordonez-3(3rd), M.Cabrera-4(4th), V.Martinez-3(3rd), J.Peralta(1st), B.Gardner(1st), D.Jeter(1st), M.Teixeira-3(5th), A.Rodriguez-3(3rd), J.Posada-2(2nd), R.Martin(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Boesch(1st), B.Gardner-2(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- W.Rhymes-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Ordonez WALKS- A.Jackson-3, W.Rhymes, M.Ordonez, B.Boesch, B.Inge-2, B.Gardner, A.Rodriguez-2, R.Cano, C.Granderson STRIKE OUTS- V.Martinez-2, B.Boesch-2, A.Avila, B.Inge, M.Teixeira, J.Posada, R.Martin GIDP- B.Inge WILD PITCHES- J.Benoit, A.Burnett 2-out RBI- M.Cabrera-2 RLISP 2-out- B.Boesch-2, A.Rodriguez-2, R.Cano, M.Cabrera, R.Martin, E.Chavez TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 7 Yankees: 5 for 13 WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Brandon Inge robbed Russell Martin of a base hit. Miguel Cabrera lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 4 RBI as the Detroit Tigers defeated the New York (AL) Yankees by the score of 12 to 11 at Yankee Stadium. Cabrera had a good day at the plate. He lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 1st inning, doubled bringing in two baserunners in the 2nd inning and laced a one-base hit in the 4th inning. New York (AL) tried unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th. Brad Penny(1-0) was the winner allowing 7 runs in 5 innings. Jose Valverde gained credit for his 1st save. A.J. Burnett(0-1) was the loser.
