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Game 16 - Tigers Tie Game in 9th, Win in 12th

Posted on April 26, 2015 at 09:01 AM.

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The Tigers avoided the sweep against the Yankees largely because of the bat of J.D. Martinez. He homered twice in the game, including a game-tying blast in the bottom of the 9th to send the game to extra innings.

The Yankees had their chances. In what can be described as a managing blunder, the Yankees could very well have scored n the top of the 12th, and at the very least kept the game going.

Didi Gregorius led off the inning with a single. With weak hitting Stephen Drew up (.194), the manager elected to let Drew hit, instead of trying to sacrifice the runner over to second. It cost the Yankees dearly. After Drew struck out, Jacoby Ellsbury lined to right for a single. The single would have likely scored Gregorius had he been on second, but even if he had only reached third, he would have scored on a deep fly out to the left field corner by Brett Gardner. The manager was quoted as saying, "Lesson learned" in the post-game press conference.

In the bottom of the inning, Ian Kinsler doubled to left to lead off the inning. After a ground out to second advanced Kinsler to third, Collins executed a perfect squeeze bunt that scored Kinsler to end the game.

With the loss, the Yankees drop to 11-5, but still lead the AL East by 2 games over the Red Sox. The Tigers improve their record to 8-8

Yankees at Tigers \|
Apr 23, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
New York (11-5)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0 0	2	9	2
Detroit (8-8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0 0 1	3	6	0
W: Alex Wilson (1-0) L: Adam Warren (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYY	DET
NYY	3	Gardner hit an inside the park home run to right. Gregorius scores.	2	0
DET	7	Martinez homered to right.	2	1
DET	9	Martinez homered to left.	2	2
DET	12	Collins sacrificed to first. (3U SH - Squeeze). Kinsler scores.	2	3

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.309
Brett Gardner, LF	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	.255
Mark Teixeira, DH	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	.300
Chase Headley, 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.310
Chris Young, RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Austin Romine, C	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.314
Garrett Jones, 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.289
Didi Gregorius, SS	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.340
Stephen Drew, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.194
TEAM TOTALS	44	2	9	2	4	9	1
BATTING: 2B: M. Teixeira (5), Gregorius (4) HR: B. Gardner (1) RBI: B. Gardner 2 (5) GIDP: G. Jones
BASERUNNING: SB: B. Gardner (3)
FIELDING: E: B. Gardner (1), C. Headley (2)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Gose, CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.242
Iglesias, SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.214
Cabrera, 1B	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	.300
V. Martinez, DH	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273
J. Martinez, RF	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	.275
Kinsler, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	.306
Avila, C	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.067
Collins, LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.176
Romine, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
Castellanos, PH-3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
TEAM TOTALS	38	3	6	3	3	9	2
BATTING: 2B: I. Kinsler (3), T. Collins (1) HR: J. Martinez 2 (4) RBI: J. Martinez 2 (6), T. Collins (2) HBP: J. Martinez, A. Romine SAC: T. Collins GIDP: J. Iglesias
BASERUNNING: CS: A. Romine (1)

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Masahiro Tanaka	8.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	2.39
Andrew Miller (BS, 1)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	6.23
Dellin Betances	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.90
Adam Warren (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.29
Jared Burton	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06
TEAM TOTALS	11.2	6	3	3	3	9	2
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Tanaka 98-61, Miller 9-6, Betances 24-15, Warren 16-11, Burton 7-5

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
D. Price	5.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	1.93
T. Gorzelanny	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.97
J. Soria	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04
A. Wilson (W, 1-0)	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0.93
TEAM TOTALS	12.0	9	2	2	4	9	1
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Price 89-58, Gorzelanny 33-23, Soria 22-14, Wilson 25-17