![]() ![]() Orel Hershiser did it for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988, blanking the New York Mets in Game 7 of the NL championship series and the Oakland Athletics in Game 2 of the World Series.Ĭabrera has a 16-game hitting streak in LCS play, breaking a tie for that record with Manny Ramirez and Pete Rose, according to STATS.Ĭabrera hit into a double play with the bases loaded in the sixth, preventing the Tigers from adding more runs. Verlander, the reigning AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner, nearly became the first pitcher in 24 years to throw consecutive shutouts in the postseason, according to STATS LLC. The three-time AL MVP was not available to reporters before or after the game. The numbers are especially ugly against right-handers: 0 for 18 with 12 strikeouts. ![]() A-Rod is 3 for 23 (.130) without an RBI or extra-base hit this postseason, his latest October flop. Rodriguez also was benched for Game 5 against Baltimore after he was pulled for pinch-hitters in the previous two games. Girardi said he let Ibanez bat because he has been coming through with big hits and he figured the Tigers could replace Coke with right-hander Joaquin Benoit if a pinch-hitter came up. ![]() The game ended with Nick Swisher on deck to pinch-hit, not Rodriguez. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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