YANKEES Damon LF Cabrera CF Abreu DH Jeter SS Giambi 1B Duncan RF Cano 2B Molina C Gonzalez 3B Pettitte LHP Andy Pettitte against the Detroit hiitters. Nate Robertson against the New York hitters. Notes: Even for Joe Girardi,...

I’m pretty sure that Joe Girardi is now messing with us. On a day when it’s supposed to rain for all eternity in Detroit, the Yankees’ manager has installed Derek Jeter in the cleanup spot for the second time in his career. The...

Andy Pettitte (3-3, 3.77) vs. Nate Robertson (1-4, 6.64) What are the chances we get this one in today, people?  It's raining now, and looks to be raining through most of the game.  Even TBS is playing The Weather Man before their...

The Yanks snapped their winless streak against Detroit yesterday. Darrell Rasner was competent, reminding the Captain of Jon Leiber. Speaking of Derek Jeter, he finally hit a homer, and has been rewarded today with the clean-up spot in the line-up....

NEW YORK YANKEES Johnny Damon,  LF Melky Cabrera,  CF Bobby Abreu,  DH Derek Jeter,  SS Jason Giambi,  1B Shelley Duncan,  RF Robinson Cano,  2B Jose Molina,  C Alberto Gonzalez,  3B ...

PREGAME: The Tigers will try and close out the season series against the Yankees with a win. It will be two left handers on the mound today which should favor Detroit. The Tigers offense is built to beat up lefties, and they took care of Andy...

New York Yankees (19-19) Detroit Tigers (16-22) Johnny Damon LF Ivan Rodriguez C Melky Cabrera CF Placido Polanco 2B Bobby Abreu DH Carlos Guillen 3B Derek Jeter SS Magglio Ordonez RF Jason Giambi 1B Miguel Cabrera 1B Shelley...

Andy Pettitte and Nate Robertson are due to square off in today's rubber game of the Yankees-Tigers series, but the Mother's Day matinee matinee may be a wash. Heavy rains are called for in the motor city today. If there's no game today, the Yankees...

The forecast for Detroit does not look good today. After 5:00 p.m., the weather does not get any better. In fact, it gets worse around 7 p.m. This is the last game of the series and it's the Yankees' only trip to this wonderful city of the season,...

Detroit Tigers (16-22) vs. New York Yankees (19-19) Nate Robertson (1-4, 6.64) vs. Andy Pettitte (3-3, 3.77) May. 11, 2008 @ 1:05 p.m. @ STADIUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E Detroit  ...

Yankees-Tigers: 1:05 p.m. Flight from Detroit from Tampa: 9:24 p.m. Game called: 1:17 p.m. Stories finished: 2 p.m. Time to kill: 7:24. Ah, the exciting world of sportswriting. As I write this, I’m sitting on the floor at the gate,...

This afternoon’s “Sunday MLB on TBS” was postponed due to rain. During the delay, Chip Caray and Ron Darling discussed some developing storylines in MLB. *****   *****   *****   *****   ***** ...

While the Yankees have plans to tear down Yankee Stadium soon after their new ballpark opens next year, Detroit is still trying to figure out what to do with Tiger Stadium . The historic stadium has sat unused since Comerica Park opened in 1999, and...

Rain made it a no go in Mo Town for the Yanks and Tigers Sunday. No makeup date was announced and the Yankees aren't scheduled to hit the Motor City again, but there are two options to make up the game.  The Bombers could play in Detroit on July...

The Tigers game was one of three in the midwest (as well as several minor league games) to get rained out today.  No replacement date has been set.  Too bad the Yankees didn’t have the day off tomorrow like the Tigers or they could have made it...

The Yankees beat Detroit 5-2 yesterday thanks to a second strong start by Darrell Rasner.  Rasner is likely pitching over his head right now, but we can use his projections coming into 2008 and his 2008 actual performance to date to see what we...

I was up and out of bed Saturday morning at 4:45, eager with anticipation about the day that lay ahead. My friend Dan and I had tickets to yesterday's Tigers/Yankees game. It would be my first live game of the season. A game I had been waiting for...

YANKEES Damon LF Jeter SS Abreu RF Matsui DH Giambi 1B Cabrera CF Cano 2B Betemit 3B Moeller C Rasner RHP Darrell Rasner against the Detroit hitters. Jeremy Bonderman vs. the New York hitters. Notes: Brooks Betemit, back at third....

Kei Igawa made his first start of the season last night. Perhaps it should be his last as he was pounded by the Tigers. A-Rod will have an important test on Monday. This notebook also has news on another injury, a reduced suspension and a manager...

Regular Season Game 38 Yankees (18-19) @ Tigers (16-21) Comerica Park - Detroit, MI Game Time: 3:40 p.m. TV: FOX - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880 - XM Radio Here are the lineups: YANKEES Johnny Damon LF Derek Jeter SS Bobby Abreu RF Hideki Matsui DH...

The Yankees and Tigers hook up in the 2nd game of their 3 game series today in a nationally televised game on the Weasel (Fox) Network. Darrell Rasner gets his 2nd start of the season for the Bombers , while Jeremy Bonderman goes for the Tigers ....

Darrell Rasner (1-0, 3.00) vs. Jeremy Bonderman (2-3, 4.17) After essentially punting last night's game by starting Kei Igawa , the Yankees send another recently called-up minor leaguer to the pitching mound against the Tigers this afternoon...

This was a good win for a lot of reasons, but I have to point out that Todd Jones is clearly trying to kill us all. I know that’s what he does, I KNOW, but HOLY FREAKING CATS, that inning! I cannot believe that inning turned out the way it did....

The Yankees have scored three times in the ninth to close the score to 6-5 Tigers. With Abreu at second and Matsui at the plate, Leyland puts the go-ahead run on base by walking Matsui. He'd rather face the low...

It's been an incredibly low scoring night. The Tigers have scored six runs against the Yankees, but no other team scored more than three so far. Of the early games, two are 1-0 and one in 0-0. We'll see how...

YANKEES 5 TIGERS 6 Friday night in Detroit, the Yankees fell short at a comeback attempt, and lost to the Tigers, 6-5. Kei Igawa only lasted 3 innings, as he attempted to take Ian Kennedy’s spot in the rotation, but did not pitch any...

And you thought Ian Kennedy was bad. Kei Igawa was lit up in his first start of the year, as the Tigers hammered him for six runs over three-plus brutal innings Friday night, taking a 6-5 win over the Yankees in the series opener at Comerica Park. ...

DETROIT—After missing most of Spring Training due to injury, Sean Henn has found a new opportunity in San Diego. The left-hander was claimed off waivers by the Padres from the Yankees on Friday. Henn, 27, was 1-0 with a 0.84 ERA in eight relief...

Bryan Hoch/MLB.Com: Kei Igawa was hit hard and often in his first start of the season, making an early exit as the Yankees dropped a 6-5 decision to the Tigers at Comerica Park on Friday in the opener of a seven-game road trip for New York. ...

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Darrell Rasner coming through again. 6 solid innings with 2 runs given up. Can you ask for more than that? Well, then you're just being greedy. The Yankees got on the board first with a solo shot from Derek Jeter (his first of the year as MLB....

NEW YORK YANKEES Johnny Damon,  LF Derek Jeter,  SS Bobby Abreu,  RF Hideki Matsui,  DH Jason Giambi,  1B Melky Cabrera,  CF Robinson Cano,  2B Wilson Betemit,  3B Chad Moeller,  C ...

“I said this last week: I can’t wait till Sunday, till they’re gone. They’re going to unload on somebody, and I just hope it’s not us.” - Jim Leyland Gosh I hope the "unloading" part is legit, but I don't know if I'm as confident as Leyla

Yankees (18-19) vs. Tigers (16-21) Darrell Rasner (1-0, 3.00) vs. Jeremy Bonderman (2-3, 4.17) May 10, 2008 @ 3:40 p.m. @ Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Yankees     ...

New York Yankees (18-19) Detroit Tigers (16-21) Johnny Damon LF Curtis Granderson CF Derek Jeter SS Matthew Joyce LF Bobby Abreu RF Carlos Guillen 3B Hideki Matsui DH Magglio Ordonez RF Jason Giambi 1B Miguel Cabrera 1B Melky...

PREGAME: Hey, it’s Fox Saturday Baseball again, and it’s the main game with Ken Rosenthal in town and everything. (I saw Rosenthal at the game last night and that is a tiny dude. So small it seemed like John Keating could dribble him). ...

YANKEES Cabrera CF Jeter SS Abreu RF Matsui LF Duncan 1B Giambi DH Betemit 3B Cano 2B Moeller C Igawa LHP Kenny Rogers vs. the New York hitters. Kei Igawa will be facing the Tigers for the first time. Notes: No word yet on who is...

Modest is a far more appropriate word, but it don't rhyme . Arguably the most valuable offensive player for the Bombers this year, the humble hitter pictured above leads the league in batting average and has been up to something for 17 games now....

NEW YORK YANKEES Melky Cabrera,  CF Derek Jeter,  SS Bobby Abreu,  RF Hideki Matsui,  LF Shelley Duncan,  1B Jason Giambi,  DH Wilson Betemit,  3B Robinson Cano,  2B Chad Moeller,  C ...

When the Tigers completed their sweep of the Yankees in the Bronx last week, it completed a 12-5 stretch that made Detroit's 2-10 start seem like nothing but an injury-plagued fluke. Since then, the Tigers have gone 1-6 against the Twins and Red Sox,...

PREGAME : The last time the Tigers saw the Yankees they were one game under .500. Since then the Tigers have won one game. They have 10 extra base hits in their last 241 at-bats. They’ve struck out 43 times. They haven’t hit a home run...

Yankees - Tigers @ Comerica Park (3 games) The Yankees look for some revenge this weekend when they visit Detroit to take on the Tigers who swept the Yankees at Yankee Stadium for the first time since 1966. Although that revenge won't be...

This looked like an inevitability all morning with the weather forecast and the amount of rain that had already fallen, but this afternoon's Yankees-Tigers game was called off ( shortly after the scheduled start time) due to rain.  No...

NYY: A. Pettitte (3-3, 3.77 ERA) Det: N. Robertson (1-4, 6.64 ERA) Lineups: New York Yankees J. Damon, LF M. Cabrera, CF B. Abreu, DH D. Jeter, SS J. Giambi, 1B S. Duncan, RF R. Cano, 2B J. Molina, C A. Gonzalez, 3B ...

The final game of the three-game series between the Yankees and Tigers has been rained out. No makeup date has been scheduled. The Yankees finish the week with a record of 19-19. Enjoy your Mother's Day, everybody. If you're in the mood for some...

Kei Igawa is just getting pounded by the Tigers. He's putting pitches over the middle of the plate belt high, and the Tigers are connecting. He's lucky to have given up just one run due to Polano lining a hard...

The Yankees did not have outrageous expectations for Kei Igawa in his first major-league start of the season. General manager Brian Cashman said: “I hope he pitches into the seventh inning and gives us a chance to win a ballgame.” Manager Joe...

The bar was set low for Kei Igawa Friday night and the lefty pitcher meet those expectations. Kei Igawa was smacked around repeatedly, Wilson Betemit had a horrible night and a ninth inning rally fell short as the Tigers edged the Yankees 6-5 in Mo...

NYY: K. Igawa (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Det: K. Rogers (2-3, 6.27 ERA) New York Yankees M. Cabrera, CF (.272/.336/.465) D. Jeter, SS (.298/.328/.371) B. Abreu, RF (.299/.365/.440) H. Matsui, LF (.345/.426/.496) S. Duncan, 1B (.192/.323/.269) J....

Kei Igawa (0-0, -.--) vs. Kenny Rogers (2-3, 6.27) Well, this doesn't quite have that same "Clash of American League Titans" feel to it that we may have imagined when the 2008 schedule was released, does it?  And would you have ever...

New York Yankees (18-18) vs. Detroit Tigers (15-21) Kei Igawa (3-3, 3.86(AAA)) vs. Kenny Rogers (2-3, 6.27) May 9, 2008@ 7:05 p.m. @ Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York    

Regular Season Game 39 Yankees (19-19) @ Tigers (17-21) Comerica Park - Detroit, MI Game Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: YES - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880 - XM Radio Here are the lineups: YANKEES Johnny Damon LF Melky Cabrera CF Bobby Abreu DH Derek Jeter SS...

Brings no Game :(

We hope not too many mothers were headed out to the game today, because the rain-out means they'll go home disappointed. Today's Tigers-Yanks game has been postponed. Good day of rest for the Yankee bullpen, though...not to mention Igawa probably...

With Marcus Thames shown to be a useful if less than spectacular part-time, designated hitter, one wonders how long before Tigers manager Jim Leyland's next shakeup coughs up perennial Triple A farmhand Mike Hessman to take over the bulk of the...

Uhh...Not from that Gypsona-flaking full body cast he seems to be running in...Hghly unlikely! So what does Tigers manager Jim Leyland think about Cabrera these days? “I think he’s going to relax here shortly and go on a tear is what I think,”...

Though it’s not really a surprise, when Dontrelle Willis comes back he’ll be taking Armando Galarraga’s spot in the rotation. Or perhaps Galarraga will be returning Willis’s spot. You could see this was the plan when Willis...

He threw a successful bullpen session today and is now set to resume his rehab assignment for the Mud Hens with a start Tuesday at Columbus. He'll then rejoin the Tigers in Kansas City to work with pitching coach Chuck Hernandez before starting again...

Game 37: May 8, 2008 Red Sox 5 W: Josh Beckett (4-2) 23-14, 1 game winning streak Tigers 1 L: Justin Verlander (1-6) 15-21, 1 game losing streak Highlights: A pair of young aces faced off and Beckett emerged...

Okay, so this would have been a four-game sweep were it not for Lugo's Glove of Futility (trademark pending) on Wednesday, but three out of four ain't bad.  In fact, five out of seven overall this season against Detroit is pretty darn good.  I know...