GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (71-56) at DETROIT (68-59)

AL: NY YANKEES (71-56) at DETROIT (68-59)

<h3>Yankees, Tigers face off in crucial series</h3>

<div class="pre">NY Yankees (71-56) at Detroit (68-59) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

DETROIT (Ticker) -- Two teams fighting for playoff spots willface off on Friday when the New York Yankees and the DetroitTigers open a four-game series.


The Tigers have slipped to 2 1/2 games behind Cleveland (70-56)in the American League Central after dropping two of athree-game set against the Indians this week, including a 3-1loss in 10 innings on Thursday.


The Yankees are coming off a rough series of their own, losingtwo of three at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as they remainfive games behind the Boston Red Sox (76-51) in the AL East.

New York is also two games behind the Seattle Mariners (72-53)in the AL wild card race, and has a three-game advantage overthe third place Detroit.


Roger Clemens (5-5, 3.92 ERA) will look for his second win in aweek against the Tigers when he takes the mound for the Yankees.Clemens bent, but did not break on Saturday, allowing 10 hitsbut only two runs over six innings in a 5-2 victory. The45-year-old struck out eight without yielding a walk.

The Tigers will look for revenge after losing three games to theYankees in a four-game series a week ago.


After going on the disabled list with a sore hamstring after hisstart on August 3, Andrew Miller (5-4, 4.42) will make hisfirst career start against the Yankees on Friday.


The rookie lefthander surrendered six runs and seven hitsagainst the Chicago White Sox before hurting his left hamstringwarming up for the fifth inning.

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES AT DETROIT -- LINEUPS

NY YANKEES DETROIT
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Johnny Damon DH .263 7 45 Curtis Granderson CF .285 16 56
Melky Cabrera CF .295 8 54 Placido Polanco 2B .340 7 52
Derek Jeter SS .325 8 58 Marcus Thames 1B .251 14 40
Alex Rodriguez 3B .307 42 121 Magglio Ordonez DH .353 24 113
Jorge Posada C .336 16 75 Carlos Guillen SS .305 17 82
Hideki Matsui LF .304 23 87 Ivan Rodriguez C .278 10 51
Robinson Cano 2B .306 13 71 Ryan Raburn RF .341 3 15
Andy Phillips 1B .291 2 24 Brandon Inge 3B .238 12 56
Shelley Duncan RF .295 6 13 Cameron Maybin LF .267 1 1

Roger Clemens RHP (5-5, 3.92) Andrew Miller LHP (5-4, 4.42)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
NOTE: THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
WARMUPS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS (5-5, 3.92)
DET - ANDREW MILLER (5-4, 4.42)

UMPIRES: HP - BOB DAVIDSON
1B - HUNTER WENDELSTEDT
2B - SAM HOLBROOK
3B - RICK REED

WEATHER: 73 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 6 mph, in from right</div>

 

Re: AL: NY YANKEES (71-56) at DETROIT (68-59)

It's game time SportsTicker woo woo woo!

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
NOTE: THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 4 HOUR AND 1 MINUTE
DELAY.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
STARTING BATS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS AND JORGE POSADA
DET - ANDREW MILLER AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.263, 7 HR, 45 RBI)
M CABRERA (.295, 8 HR, 54 RBI)
D JETER (.325, 8 HR, 58 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0
DETROIT 0 0 1 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GRANDERSON (.285, 16 HR, 56 RBI)
P POLANCO (.340, 7 HR, 52 RBI)
M THAMES (.251, 14 HR, 40 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (0) VS DETROIT (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
M Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
D Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .324
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .306
J Posada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336
H Matsui lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
A Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
S Duncan rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 3

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.


BASERUNNING: CS - M Cabrera (4, 3rd base by A Miller/I Rodriguez).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285
P Polanco 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340
M Thames 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
M Ordonez dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353
C Guillen ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
I Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
R Raburn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
C Maybin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - P Polanco (1, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 0 -- 0
DETROIT - -- 0
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.92

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
A Miller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.35

Pitches-strikes: A Miller 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: A Miller 2-0.
Batters faced: A Miller 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Rick
Reed.

(Plus rain delay totaling 241 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 73 degrees,
cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT
CONFIRMED STARTERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (25) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF ROGER CLEMENS SCORED CURTIS GRANDERSON.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, DETROIT 2

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GUILLEN (.305, 17 HR, 82 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0
DETROIT 2 2 2 1 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.336, 16 HR, 75 RBI)
H MATSUI (.304, 23 HR, 87 RBI)
R CANO (.306, 13 HR, 71 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (0) VS DETROIT (2) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
M Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
D Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .324
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .306
J Posada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336
H Matsui lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
A Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
S Duncan rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 3

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 1.


BASERUNNING: CS - M Cabrera (4, 3rd base by A Miller/I Rodriguez).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339
M Thames 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .355
C Guillen ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
I Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
R Raburn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
C Maybin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 5 2 2 2 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - C Granderson (32, R Clemens). HR - M Ordonez (25, 1st inning off
R Clemens 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Ordonez 2 (115). 2-out RBI - M Ordonez 2. Team
LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - P Polanco (1, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 0 -- 0
DETROIT - 2 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.10

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
A Miller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.35

Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 17-9; A Miller 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: R
Clemens 2-1; A Miller 2-0. Batters faced: R Clemens 5; A Miller 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Rick
Reed.

(Plus rain delay totaling 241 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 73 degrees,
cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ANDY PHILLIPS SCORED HIDEKI MATSUI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PHILLIPS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
DETROIT 2 TOP, 2ND

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: S DUNCAN (.295, 6 HR, 13 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 1 1 2 0
DETROIT 2 2 2 1 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: I RODRIGUEZ (.278, 10 HR, 51 RBI)
R RABURN (.341, 3 HR, 15 RBI)
B INGE (.238, 12 HR, 56 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (1) VS DETROIT (2) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
M Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
D Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .324
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
H Matsui lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .304
R Cano 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
A Phillips 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
S Duncan rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289

Totals 8 1 2 1 1 0 4

BATTING: RBI - A Phillips (25). 2-out RBI - A Phillips. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Cabrera (4, 3rd base by A Miller/I Rodriguez).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339
M Thames 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .355
C Guillen ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
I Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
R Raburn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341
B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
C Maybin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 5 2 2 2 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - C Granderson (32, R Clemens). HR - M Ordonez (25, 1st inning off
R Clemens 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Ordonez 2 (115). 2-out RBI - M Ordonez 2. Team
LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - P Polanco (1, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 01 -- 1
DETROIT - 2 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.10

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
A Miller 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.43

Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 17-9; A Miller 35-22. Ground balls-fly balls: R
Clemens 2-1; A Miller 5-0. Batters faced: R Clemens 5; A Miller 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Rick
Reed.

(Plus rain delay totaling 241 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 73 degrees,
cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 1 1 2 0
DETROIT 2 0 2 2 1 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.264, 1-FOR-1)
M CABRERA (.294, 0-FOR-1)
D JETER (.324, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (1) VS DETROIT (2) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
M Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
D Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .324
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
H Matsui lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .304
R Cano 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
A Phillips 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
S Duncan rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289

Totals 8 1 2 1 1 0 4

BATTING: RBI - A Phillips (25). 2-out RBI - A Phillips. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Cabrera (4, 3rd base by A Miller/I Rodriguez).


DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286
P Polanco 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339
M Thames 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
M Ordonez dh 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .355
C Guillen ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
I Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .278
R Raburn rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337
B Inge 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
C Maybin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 8 2 2 2 0 2 2

BATTING: 2B - C Granderson (32, R Clemens). HR - M Ordonez (25, 1st inning off
R Clemens 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Ordonez 2 (115). 2-out RBI - M Ordonez 2. Team
LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - P Polanco (1, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 01 -- 1
DETROIT - 20 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 4.05

DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
A Miller 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.43

Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 31-19; A Miller 35-22. Ground balls-fly balls: R
Clemens 2-2; A Miller 5-0. Batters faced: R Clemens 8; A Miller 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Rick
Reed.

(Plus rain delay totaling 241 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 71 degrees,
cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ (43) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF ANDREW MILLER SCORED DEREK JETER.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3, DETROIT 2

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.335, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at DETROIT

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 1 2 3 4 0
DETROIT 2 0 2 2 1 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS
DET - ANDREW MILLER

DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C MAYBIN (.267, 1 HR, 1 RBI)
C GRANDERSON (.286, 1-FOR-1)
P POLANCO (.339, 0-FOR-1)</div>