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DETROIT - Justin Verlander struck out 11 in eight gritty
innings and Jose Valverde stopped a Yankees rally for the second
straight night, whiffing Derek Jeter with two on to close out the
Detroit Tigers' 5-4 victory over New York on Monday.
Delmon Young hit a tiebreaking homer in seventh off Rafael
Soriano and the Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five American
League playoff, pushing the Yankees to the brink of elimination.
Verlander and Yankees ace CC Sabathia were back on the mound
after their Game 1 matchup was halted early by bad weather Friday
night.
While Sabathia didn't make it through the sixth Monday,
Verlander was still hitting 100 mph on the stadium radar gun in the
eighth.
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