Yankees have to beat teams not from Seattle

The New York Yankees took two of three games from the Seattle Mariners in the Bronx over the weekend; and now are just three games deep into a 20-game stretch as they are now in Detroit to face the Tigers for a four game set.

New York Yankees (Photo credit: Keith Allison)

The Yankees head into Comerica Park maintaining a 6.5-game lead in the AL East but like the great Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over until it’s over.”

Now this year in Detroit it has been a different story.

Coming into 2012 as the heavy division favorites, the Tigers stumbled through the first-half of the season. But thanks to improved play, and a weak AL Central they now trail the Chicago White Sox by just a 1.5-games.

The Tigers are coming in hot as they are on a four-game win streak; and are fresh off a walk-off win yesterday, courtesy of a Miguel Cabrera homer in the 10^th inning. Oh and the Tigers haven’t lost in Comerica in their last eight games either so home field lends some comfort.

Here are the pitching match-ups for the four-game set:

Game #	Date	Vs.	Time	Probable Pitchers (NYY vs. DET)
108	Monday, Aug 6	@DET	7:05 PM	Nova vs. Veralnder
109	Tuesday, Aug 7	@DET	7:05 PM	Hughes vs. Porcello
110	Wednesday, Aug 8	@DET	7:05 PM	Sabathia vs. Sanchez
111	Thursday, Aug 9	@DET	1:05 PM	Kuroda vs. Fister

NYY vs. DET

Call me cynical but I think a better word is concerned as the Yankees are coming into this series stumbling a bit as they haven’t been at their sharpest over the last two weeks.(…)
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