Saturday night the Tigers resembled the teams from the AL Central the Yankees had gotten used to pummeling in the Division Series.
Sunday came a reminder these aren't the Twins.
Getting a surprisingly dominant six-plus innings from Max Scherzer and a not-at-all surprising standout performance from Miguel Cabrera, the Tigers held off the Yankees in a 5-3 victory in Game 2 of the ALDS in front of 50,596 at the Stadium.
Jose Valerde allowed two runs in the ninth but got Robinson Cano, with runners on first and second and two outs, to ground out to second to end it.
The series, tied at one game apiece, heads to Detroit where Game 3 is Monday night followed by Game 4, in which A.J. Burnett starts with possibly the season on the line, Tuesday night.
Cabrera, the lesser-discussed of the Tigers' AL MVP candidates behind Justin Verlander, who starts Monday, blasted a two-run homer in the first inning off Freddy Garcia and added a run-scoring single in the two-run sixth. (continue)
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