Freddy Garcia faces 12 batters in 1 2/3 innings, gives up two walk and five hits, including a home run and a double as the Tigers jump out to a 6-1 lead. The Yankee Stadium crowd turned on Freddy, as he hand nothing in the game, booing him savagely. By the time this inning ends, Garcia’s ERA will be well over ten. Garcia did get three of his five outs on Ks, but most of his pitches were flat and in the wheelhouse.
Valverde made it interesting in the ninth, but congrats to Drew Smyly on his first major league win. In only his second year of professional baseball.
The first inning for Garcia was an odd Three True Outcomes inning. Six batters, 2 BB, 3 K, and 1 HR. The second inning the Tigers just got hit after hit (no true outcomes at all).