October 9th, 2009 - ALDS Series 1, Game 2

New York started AJ Burnett wipewashed the Detroit Tigers, allowing only two hits and two walks while fanning 10. Although Tigers started Justin Verlander fanned 10 as well, home runs by Nick Swisher and yet another by Mark Texiera put the game out of reach for Detroit. The Tigers will need to sweep at home and hope to get the Series back to the Bronx.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Detroit Tigers At 2009 New York (AL) Yankees         10/9/2009
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Granderson CF     4  0  1  0 .143     D.Jeter SS          4  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Polanco 2B        4  0  0  0 .125     J.Damon LF          4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Ordonez RF        4  0  0  0 .000     M.Teixeira 1B       4  1  1  1 .625  
  M.Cabrera DH        2  0  0  0 .000     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  1  2  0 .286  
  A.Huff 1B           2  0  0  0 .000     H.Matsui DH         4  1  1  0 .625  
  R.Raburn LF         3  0  0  0 .000     J.Posada C          3  0  1  0 .200  
  B.Inge 3B           3  0  1  0 .500     R.Cano 2B           3  0  0  0 .143  
  G.Laird C           2  0  0  0 .000     N.Swisher RF        2  1  1  3 .167  
  R.Santiago SS       3  0  0  0 .000     M.Cabrera CF        3  0  1  0 .143  
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         Totals      27  0  2  0                 Totals      31  4  7  4
 
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 1    -  4  7  0
 
Tigers (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Verlander LOSS(0-1)     8       7   4   4   1   9   2 103   4.50  A1
Totals                    8       7   4   4   1   9   2
 
Yankees (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Burnett WIN(1-0)        9       2   0   0   2  10   0 114   0.00  A1
Totals                    9       2   0   0   2  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,862 DATE- Friday, October 9th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Meals, Adrian Johnson, Mike Dimuro, Dale Scott
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 3  Yankees: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(3rd), N.Swisher(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Laird
WALKS- M.Cabrera, A.Huff, N.Swisher
STRIKE OUTS- C.Granderson, P.Polanco-2, M.Ordonez, M.Cabrera, A.Huff-2,
             R.Raburn-2, B.Inge, D.Jeter, M.Teixeira-3, A.Rodriguez, H.Matsui,
             J.Posada, N.Swisher, M.Cabrera
GIDP- P.Polanco
WILD PITCHES- J.Verlander
 
A.J. Burnett was on top of his game, blanking Detroit on just 2 hits as the
New York (AL) Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 4 to 0 at
Yankee Stadium.
 
Burnett(1-0) was on top of his game.  He was stingy on the mound, allowing
just 2 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Burnett whiffed an impressive total of
10 Detroit batters.  New York (AL) rapped out 7 hits for the afternoon.
 
Justin Verlander(0-1) suffered the loss.  When asked about his strikeout total
for the game, Burnett offered, 'The fan's really got into it.  It is fun to
see them tally up the strikeout totals up there in the stands.  Fortunately,
I kept them busy this afternoon - of course, it would be all for naught
without the 'W'.'

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