Division series
American League
Thursday’s result
Detroit 4, New York 3
series tied 1-1
Today’s games
“Minnesota (Radke 12-9) at Oakland (Haren 14-13), 1:09 p.m. TV: ESPN
“New York (Johnson 17-11) at Detroit (Rogers 17-8), 5:09 p.m. TV: ESPN
National League
Thursday’s results
St. Louis 2, San Diego 0
St. Louis leads series 2-0
New York 4, Los Angeles 1
New York leads series 2-0
No games today; both series resume Saturday.
Tigers 4, Yankees 3
| Detroit | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Granderson cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .444 |
| Polanco 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Casey 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| MOrdonez rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| CGuillen ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| IRodriguez c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Monroe lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Thames dh | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Inge 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| New York | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Damon cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Jeter ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| BAbreu rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Sheffield 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Giambi dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| ARodriguez 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 |
| Matsui lf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| 1-MeCabrera pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Posada c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Cano 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Detroit | 010 | 011 | 100—4 | 8 | 0 |
| New York | 000 | 300 | 000—3 | 8 | 1 |
1-ran for Matsui in the 9th. E—Jeter (1). LOB—Detroit 6, New York 7. 2B—CGuillen (2), Monroe (1), Thames (2), Jeter (3). 3B—Granderson (1). HR—CGuillen (1), off Mussina; Damon (1), off Verlander. RBIs—Granderson 2 (3), CGuillen (1), Thames (1), Damon 3 (3). S—Inge. SF—Granderson. GIDP—Sheffield, Cano. RLISP—Detroit 2 (Casey, Monroe); New York 4 (Jeter, BAbreu, ARodriguez 2). RMU—IRodriguez. DP—Detroit 2 (Polanco and Casey), (CGuillen, Polanco and Casey).
| Detroit | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Verlander | 5 1/3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 105 | 5.06 |
| JWalker W,1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.00 |
| Zumaya H,1 | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0.00 |
| TJones S,1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0.00 |
| New York | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Mussina L,0-1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 5.14 |
| Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.00 |
IR-S—JWalker 1-0. WP—Mussina. PB—Posada. T—3:15. A—56,252 (56,937).
Cardinals 2, Padres 0
| St. Louis | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Eckstein ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| PrWilson lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Pujols 1b | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .625 |
| Rolen 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| JEncarnacion rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Edmonds cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Belliard 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| YMolina c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| JfWeaver p | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Flores p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Kinney p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| d-Rodriguez ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TJohnson p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Wainwright p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| San Diego | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| DRoberts lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| BGiles rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| TWalker 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Barfield ph-2b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| AGonzalez 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Bard c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Cameron cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Branyan 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Blum ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| DWells p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Klesko ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Meredith p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| c-Piazza ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hensley p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Linebrink p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| St. Louis | 000 | 200 | 000—2 | 10 | 0 |
| San Diego | 000 | 000 | 000—0 | 4 | 0 |
a-singled for Wells in the 5th. b-struck out for Walker in the 6th. c-lined out for Meredith in the 7th. d-flied out for Kinney in the 8th. LOB—St. Louis 5, San Diego 7. 2B—PrWilson (1), Pujols (1), Barfield (1). RBIs—Pujols (3), Edmonds (2). CS—YMolina (1). GIDP—Eckstein, Pujols, Rolen, Blum. RLISP—St. Louis 2 (Belliard 2); San Diego 3 (DRoberts, AGonzalez, Bard). RMU—JEncarnacion, Edmonds. DP—St. Louis 1 (Belliard, Eckstein and Pujols); San Diego 3 (Branyan, TWalker and AGonzalez), (TWalker, Blum and AGonzalez), (Branyan, TWalker and AGonzalez).
| St. Louis | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| JfWeaver W,1-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 0.00 |
| Flores H,1 | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.00 |
| Kinney H,1 | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.00 |
| TJohnson H,2 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Wainwright S,1 | 1 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0.00 |
| San Diego | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| DWells L,0-1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 3.60 |
| Meredith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.00 |
| Hensley | 1 2/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0.00 |
| Linebrink | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
IR-S—Kinney 1-0, Linebrink 3-0. HBP—by DWells (Eckstein). T—2:54. A—43,463 (42,445).
Mets 4, Dodgers 1
| Los Angeles | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Furcal ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Lofton cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Garciaparra 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Betemit 3b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| JKent 2b-1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| JDrew rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Saito p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Martin c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| MarAnderson lf-rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| JLugo 3b-2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Kuo p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Tomko p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Hendrickson p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| b-RMartinez ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Billingsley p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Ethier lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| New York | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| JBReyes ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Lo Duca c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Beltran cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| CDelgado 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .556 |
| Wright 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| CFloyd lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Valentin 2b | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Chavez rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| TGlavine p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-JuFranco ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Feliciano p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Heilman p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| BWagner p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Los Angeles | 000 | 000 | 010—1 | 5 | 1 |
| New York | 001 | 012 | 00x—4 | 7 | 0 |
a-grounded into fielder’s choice for Glavine in the 6th. b-struck out for Hendrickson in the 7th. E—Tomko (1). LOB—Los Angeles 7, New York 7. 2B—JLugo (1), Lo Duca (1). HR—Betemit (1), off Heilman. RBIs—Betemit (1), JBReyes 2 (2), Lo Duca (1), JuFranco (1). S—Valentin, TGlavine. SF—Lo Duca. RLISP—Los Angeles 2 (Lofton, Martin); New York 4 (Lo Duca, Beltran, CDelgado 2). RMU—Kuo, JBReyes, TGlavine.
| Los Angeles | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Kuo L,0-1 | 4 1/3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 4.15 |
| Tomko | 2/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0.00 |
| Hendrickson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Billingsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.00 |
| Saito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.00 |
| New York | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| TGlavine W,1-0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 94 | 0.00 |
| Feliciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.00 |
| Heilman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4.50 |
| BWagner S,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.50 |
Tomko pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. IR-S—Tomko 3-1, Hendrickson 3-2. IBB—off Kuo (JBReyes) 1. WP—Kuo. T—2:57. A—57,029 (57,333).