Scorecard: May 2, 2011 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers - Game 1 of 4

From Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Yankees at Tigers - Game 1

First pitch: 7:05 PM EST

Starting pitchers:

New York - Bartolo Colon
Detroit - Justin Verlander

New York is embarking on a seven game road trip after beating the Toronto Blue Jays 2 games out of 3 over the weekend. The Yanks play 4 here in Detroit and then 3 in Texas before returning to Yankee Stadium on May 10th.

The Tiger's are coming off two sweeps; a 3 gamer vs Seattle at home followed by 3 loses in a row in Cleveland. Is something going to turn around for these Tigers tonight against these surging Yankees - or we are about to witness one of the longest streaks of suckiness in recent memory?

They head out on the road again after this series to play the sputtering Blue Jays for 4 and then 2 in Minnesota who, at this writing, are 9-18 and have just lost 6 in a row themselves. The Tigers return home for a game against the streaky Kansas City Royals - on Friday the 13th! Yikes!! KC ironically, have been consistently winning series until they were swept twice by Texas and Cleveland last week before sweeping Minnesota this weekend. Weird week. I guess all this means the Yankees are due to be swept by someone - maybe these Tigers?

This home stand doesn't really count as one for Detroit, you unpack, do your laundry and then it's back on the road again. In this early schedule Detroit's lot really sucks does it not?



Line-ups and some pitching stats via ESPN Pitch by Pitch and Play by Play (box score).

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference or Fielder's Choice Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Yankees	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	0	12
Detroit Tigers	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0	5

New York Yankees	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  D Jeter SS	CS 2-6 IFBH6	BH8 short		WP #8 2,3 SB #9 1,2 Ks		CBBC S Ks /		1-3 /
2.  C Granderson CF	RS #1 CS 2-6 BB	Ks		1-3 /			Thomas + pop FO6		CFFF BFFB FBFB Valverde + CS 2-6 (Yankees slowing down the game.) BB
3.  M Teixeira 1B	RS BH9 #2 1,3	4-3 /			4-3		Perry + BB		BB*B B RS *#2 CS BB
4.  A Rodriguez 3B	FO7		K		FO9		pop3 FO4		FFFX RS GB5 6np (E5?) IFBH #3 1,2
5.  N Swisher RF	BB #3 1,2		FO7		Ks /		2BH7 #3 1,3		FBBS X RBI BH8 8-2 #3 2,H #4 1,2 2,3 on thr (high throw by 8 misses the cut-off)
6.  J Posada DH	FB8(7) GR 2BH8 #2 3,H #3 2,H #5 1.3 2RBI		6-3 /			BBX GB 2nd BH8	K /		Ks
7.  R Martin C	Ks /			BH7		CBBF S Ks		Alburquer- que + BB	PB Avila looking to throw to 2nd before he catches the pitch - was that a double steal with a delayed steal of home? PB #4 3,H #5 1,2 FO8 /
8.  B Gardner LF		RS BH9		BB #7 1,2		BBFS BFB BB #6 1,2		SAC sac bunt 2(3) 2-4 #7 1,2	Basically the Yankees slowed the game down and then Detroit stressed out and beat them- selves. I count 2 runs on 1 hit, 2 errors (E5, E8th) a wild pitch and a pass ball. No post game snacks for you!!!
9.  E Nunez 2B		2BH7 #8 1,H RBI		FC 5 5UA		CBCC pitch #122 K		WP 2-5-6 #7 2,3 6-3
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	2 3 0 2	1 3 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	0 1 0 2	0 0 0 1	2 2 0 1	5 11 0 12

Yankees Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Bartolo Colon	7.0	7	3	3	0	7	2	97/67	3.00
Joba Chamberlain	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14/10	3.86
Mariano Rivera	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9/7	1.84

Detroit Tigers	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  A Jackson CF	FCC K		Ks		CBFC K		5-3 /
2.  R Santiago 2B	BCFB BX #3FC BH9		2BH8(9) RS		CX BH7			Chamberl- ain + 6-3
3.  M Ordonez DH	CBCF X FC 4-6 #2 out		pop FO3f		BFBth1 th1BF X 4-3 /			FB short 7(8) FO7 !!
4.  M Cabrera 1B	SX GB2nd BH8 #3 1,2		RBI BH9 9-2 #2 2,H			5-3		GB1 BH8
5.  B Boesch RF	BFX 4-3 /		GB 4-3 /			4-3		Ks /
6.  R Raburn LF		K		pop FO3f		K /			Rivera + 4-3
7.  J Peralta SS		FO8		FO7			5-3		5-3
8.  A Avila C	RS RBI	HR7		3UA /			HR7(8)		Ks /
9.  B Inge 3B		Ks /			FBX 5-3		K
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 2 0 2	1 1 0 0	1 2 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 1 0 0	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	3 8 0 5

Tigers Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Justin Verlander	6.0	8	3	3	4	8	0	127/74	3.75
Brad Thomas	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2/2	10.38
Ryan Perry	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	17/9	5.68
Al Alburquerque	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14/7	1.93
Jose Valverde	1.0	2	2	1	2	1	0	35/19	1.54