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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 better. The Yankees trailed 6-2 in the 9th inning, and made a comeback which fell just short.

Kei Igawa, who made his first start of the season for the Yankees, got hit hard. Igawa only lasted 3 innings, giving up 11 hits, and 6 earned runs. An even scarier stat, is that he recorded just two swinging strikes among the 64 pitches he threw. Kei Igawa was horrible in his outings last season, and looked horrible in this outing… which shows that it is time to give up on the Igawa experiment.

Offensively, Jason Giambi connected on a homerun in the 2nd inning to give the Yankees their first run. The Yankees trailed 6-2 in the 9th inning, and put a rally together of fof Tigers closer, Todd Jones.
With the lead cut to 6-5, the Yankees had runners on 1st and 2nd, and shelley Duncan lined out to left center field to end the game. Robinson Cano also had a strong night, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored.

Saturday afternoon, the Yankees and Tigers will play game 2 of the set, when the Yankees send Darryl Rasner to the mound to face Bonderman.

GAME NOTES:
IGAWA: 3IP, 11H, 6ER
CANO: 2-4, RBI
GIAMBI: 2-4. HR, RBI

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