Thursday night, Alex Rodriguez capped off a tough series with a strikeout that ended the Yankees' season. Baseball fans across the country have responded with an outpouring of understanding and support.
Doug Fister and three relievers held the Yankees to only two runs, as the Tigers beat the Yankees 3-2 and advanced to the American League Championship Series.
Thursday night, Doug Fister and the Detroit Tigers face Ivan Nova and the New York Yankees, and they'll fight for all the marbles. Here are things each team doesn't need to do in order to win and advance.
The Yankees and Tigers will play a winner-take-all game Thursday night in New York. How do home teams in the postseason do with their backs to the wall?
It's Doug Fister and Ivan Nova going head-to-head to see who advances in the playoffs, just like you would have imagined last year at this time.
Tuesday night, the Yankees beat the Tigers by nine. But the entire game might've turned on Curtis Granderson's leaping catch in the bottom of the first.
Curtis Granderson made an important catch. Austin Jackson couldn't. This game is as surprising as it is unfair.
A.J. Burnett was the last pitcher Yankees fans wanted to see in this series. Curtis Granderson saved the day for Burnett and New York.
This season, 42 American Leaguers pitched enough innings (162) to qualify for the ERA title. It's interesting: While the generally accepted standard for being a good pitcher is striking out twice...
By winning Monday, the Tigers took a commanding 2-1 lead in their best-of-five series with the Yankees, putting them in position to potentially clinch the ALDS Tuesday in their home park. Unfortunately for the Yankees, their last line of defense with their season on the brink is A.J. Burnett, easily the worst starter in New York's rotation.
Justin Verlander wasn't the best he's ever been, but still he worked eight strong innings, and he got just enough support for the Tigers to pull ahead of the Yankees 2-1 in their playoff best-of-five.
Following the nervous conclusion to Game 2, Jose Valverde remarked that the Tigers/Yankees ALDS would end in Detroit, with the Tigers advancing. This has no effect on anybody.
Max Scherzer threw six scoreless innings, Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs, and the Tigers have tied the Yankees at one game apiece.
The Tigers try to even the series against the Yankees Sunday afternoon, throwing Max Scherzer to match up against Freddy Garcia.
Cano launched a grand slam and drove in six runs, and Nova was strong in relief of CC Sabathia as the Yankees took a 1-0 series lead over the Tigers.
The Yankees and Tigers aren't the only ones whose plans were changed by Friday night's rain.
A preview of the ALDS match-up between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees.
