Hiroki Kuroda (9-8, 3.94 ERA) faces Kyle Lobstein (0-0, 4.76 ERA) in the final game in Detroit. Joe Girardi called Kuroda’s last outing “gutsy.” He threw six ” innings against the White Sox allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six in the win. “He’s a guy that we’ve tried to make sure he gets the extra days when we can,” Joe Girardi said. “We gave him two the last time, and one extra one this time, and he’ll go normal rest, but we need him down the stretch. He’s got the most experience out there and he’s been pitching well.”
This will be Lobstein’s first Major League start but second Major League appearances. He gave up three runs over 5 2/3 innings of long relief work against the Twins. “I just tried to go as deep as I could,” Lobstein said. “I felt fresh.” The Tigers hope he can be a fifth starter as Anibal Sanchez is out.
Jacoby Ellsbury is 5-8 so far in this series. He homered twice off Rick Porcello on Tuesday, then started and ended the nine hit third inning on Wednesday. Girardi was asked if he considers Ellsbury an impact player in the playoff hunt. “Oh, I think so,” Girardi said. “I think he has been. I think sometimes people talk about impact players, and usually when they talk about impact players, they’re talking about 30 homers and 110, 120 RBIs. But this is a guy that gets on base, steals bases, sets up RBIs for other guys. That’s his impact, and he plays an unbelievable center field.”
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Notes on the game
Price was the first pitcher to allow nine straight hits in a game since Houston’s Bob Forsch allowed nine straight hits to Cincinnati in 1989.
The Yankees nine hits in an inning fell just one shy of the AL record, set by Detroit in 1983.
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