Tigers knock off Yankees, advance to ALCS
Posted: Oct 7, 2011 10:44 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 12:20 PM EDT
NEW YORK CITY -- It was a win-or-go-home situation for the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees.
Game five of the American League Division Series was a tense one in the Bronx.Tigers jumped on the board with back-to-back homers in the first. They would add another run, in the fifth.Yankees would creep up with 2 runs, but the Tigers Bullpen shut them down. Tigers won 3 to 2.
They advance to play the Texas Rangers in the American League Championship Series starting Saturday.