Detroit Tigers' Prince Fielder, left, and Miguel Cabrera celebrate after Game 3 of the American League championship series against the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Detroit. The Tigers won 2-1. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Tigers close in on pennant with 2-1 win over Yanks
Detroit Tigers' Prince Fielder, left, and Miguel Cabrera celebrate after Game 3 of the American League championship series against the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Detroit. The Tigers won 2-1. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer /
October 17, 2012
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The three-time AL MVP was not available to reporters before or after the game.
Hughes matched Verlander in a scoreless duel until Young led off the Detroit fourth with a line drive over the wall in left field. It was his seventh homer in the last two postseasons — he’s already the Tigers’ career leader in that department.
Andy Dirks followed with a walk, and Hughes was pulled with an 0-2 count on Jhonny Peralta. David Phelps came on and got out of the inning, but the Yankees now have a pitching injury to go along with all their hitting problems.
The Yankees kept it close, dodging several Detroit rallies. The Tigers added an unearned run in the fifth when Eric Chavez — Rodriguez’s replacement at third — misplayed a grounder for an error. Cabrera, the AL Triple Crown winner, followed with an RBI double.
Cabrera has a 16-game hitting streak in LCS play, breaking a tie for that record with Manny Ramirez and Pete Rose, according to STATS.
NOTES: Cabrera moved from his usual third base spot to where the shortstop would normally play as part of a defensive shift against Teixeira in the fourth — then had to run all the way back to catch a popup in foul ground. ... Nunez’s homer snapped a streak of 37 innings by Detroit starters without allowing an earned run, the longest in a single postseason in the live-ball era. The starters for the 1905 New York Giants threw 44 straight innings without allowing an earned run for the postseason record, according to STATS.
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