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| Tigers hold off Yankees, advance to ALCS |
Cool, calm, and collected, the Detroit Tigers are advancing to the American League Championship Series.
The New York Yankees are heading into an offseason filled with questions.
Joaquin Benoit escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning with minimal damage and then came within a few feet of giving up a Derek Jeter go-ahead homer in the eighth, but the Tigers held on for a 3-2 win over the Yankees in the decisive fifth game of their American League Division Series.
Don Kelly and Delmon Young homered on consecutive pitches off Ivan Nova in the first inning and Victor Martinez singled in the eventual game-winner off CC Sabathia in the fifth.
Jose Valverde retired the side in order in the ninth for his second save of the series, ending it by fanning Alex Rodriguez.
The Tigers will face Texas Saturday night in the opener of the ALCS in Arlington.
The New York Yankees are heading into an offseason filled with questions.
Joaquin Benoit escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning with minimal damage and then came within a few feet of giving up a Derek Jeter go-ahead homer in the eighth, but the Tigers held on for a 3-2 win over the Yankees in the decisive fifth game of their American League Division Series.
Don Kelly and Delmon Young homered on consecutive pitches off Ivan Nova in the first inning and Victor Martinez singled in the eventual game-winner off CC Sabathia in the fifth.
Jose Valverde retired the side in order in the ninth for his second save of the series, ending it by fanning Alex Rodriguez.
The Tigers will face Texas Saturday night in the opener of the ALCS in Arlington.