Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 5,
NY Yankees 3
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 2, 2011
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Ted Barrett, LF - Bill Welke, RF - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 50596
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Ted Barrett, LF - Bill Welke, RF - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 50596
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Don Kelly | PR-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Ramon Santiago | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Cabrera (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Magglio Ordonez 3, Don Kelly, Miguel Cabrera 6, Victor Martinez, Brandon Inge | |||||||||
| RBI - Don Kelly (1), Miguel Cabrera 3 (3), Victor Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Don Kelly (1), Miguel Cabrera 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Don Kelly (1), Jhonny Peralta 3 (3) | |||||||||
| S - Ramon Santiago 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Miguel Cabrera (1, 2nd off Wade/Martin) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joaquin Benoit (H 1) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Jose Valverde | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 |
| HBP - Russell Martin (by Scherzer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 104-61, Joaquin Benoit 23-16, Jose Valverde 34-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 4-5, Joaquin Benoit 0-1, Jose Valverde 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 25, Joaquin Benoit 7, Jose Valverde 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joaquin Benoit 2-0 | ||||||||
NY Yankees
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Derek Jeter | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Robinson Cano | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .444 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 |
| Nick Swisher | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Jorge Posada | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Russell Martin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| Brett Gardner | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| Eric Chavez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Andruw Jones | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Jorge Posada (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Curtis Granderson (1), Nick Swisher (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Curtis Granderson 4, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher 4, Jorge Posada 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Curtis Granderson (1), Nick Swisher (1), Andruw Jones (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Derek Jeter 2 (2), Robinson Cano (1), Mark Teixeira (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Andruw Jones (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Derek Jeter (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Freddy Garcia (L 0-1) | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.06 |
| Boone Logan | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cory Wade | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Luis Ayala | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| HBP - Brandon Inge (by Ayala) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Freddy Garcia 77-52, Boone Logan 8-7, Cory Wade 37-23, Luis Ayala 19-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Freddy Garcia 9-2, Boone Logan 0-0, Cory Wade 2-0, Luis Ayala 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Freddy Garcia 23, Boone Logan 2, Cory Wade 9, Luis Ayala 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Boone Logan 2-0 | ||||||||