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It was dramatic, too. The Tiger’s got one run at the top of the second (Craig Monroe), which was nice and pretty until the bottom of the fourth when Johnny Damon hit a homer that drove in for three. But it could have easily been like Monday night, because the Yanks had two on first and third twice before this… Verlander was a little shaky (he walked four) but he always managed to come through in the clinch. In the end, his numbers were level with Musini’s, but then Musini wasn’t pitching against Jeter.
In the fifth, sixth, and seventh the Tigers rallied to bring the score to 4-3, and Thames was responsible for two of those. Meanwhile, the Yanks only got TWO hits in the last five innings. Joel Zumaya and Todd Jones were just as tight as Verlander. Things got a little queasy at the end when Damon returned to bat with a runner on base: a repeat of the fourth inning would have won the whole thing. But Jones struck him out too.
So yes… three point five hours later and I’ve gnawed my nails to nubs.
The next week is going to kill me.
Anyway, on Saturday, the Tigers will play the Yankees at Comerica.
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