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 The ruling on Teixeira's slide was overturned by replay review,
helping the Yankees end a streak of 16 straight games decided by two
runs or fewer but getting injured in the process. New York went on
to take a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night at
Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees scratched out two runs against Justin Verlander (10-10)
on solo home runs by switch-hitting third baseman Chase Headley and
catcher Brian McCann in the fifth and seventh innings, respectively,
before adding three in the eighth.
The final run was an instinctive hustle play from Teixeira, who hit
an RBI single in the inning. He scored from second behind center
fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on a force play at second. After Tigers
shortstop Andrew Romine made a wild throw, Teixeira broke from home
and got his left hand just under the tag of catcher Bryan Holaday.
However, after Teixeira gave the safe sign, he was called out by
plate umpire Tom Woodring, then was attended to by trainer Steve
Donohue.
"There was only a little bit of plate available," Teixeira said. "I
thought we had rules about that, but that's a different story. So I
slid. I just got my hand in there, and his foot was right on top of
the plate, and I slid into his foot instead of his cleat, so my hand
got into his cleat.
"That's the way I always slide. When you're in that position, you
slide feet-first, you're going to have more problems. You try to get
your hand in there and get it out real quick. Unfortunately at the
end, I got the cleat."
The ruling was overturned following a two-minute, 42-second replay
review, but Teixeira headed for a X-rays, which were negative.
Teixeira said he saw some bone, and he received three stitches on
his finger, meaning that he will miss his 30th game of the season
Thursday.
"It's unfortunate," New York manager Joe Girardi said. "It's a great
hustle play on his part, and he's going to be probably be out
tomorrow, and I'm not so sure how long. We'll see. My real concern
was he dislocated it when I first saw it because of the way he was
holding his hand."
McCann added, "He's a big part of our lineup. He gets on base, hits
home runs and drives in big runs. So hopefully it won't be too long.
We need him."
Teixeira's latest injury marred a night when the Yankees played
their first game decided by more than two runs since July 18 and a
night when they completed a stretch of opposing three consecutive
former Cy Young Award winners by taking two of three.
After beating Max Scherzer on Monday and losing Tuesday in 12
innings in David Price's Tigers debut, the first 11 Yankees were
retired by Verlander, who allowed two runs and five hits in seven
innings. The Yankees tied it on Headley's second home run with the
team and then went ahead on McCann's 13th, a drive into the Yankees
bullpen beyond the right-center-field wall.
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"I felt I threw the ball very well," Verlander said. "These guys have
picked me up a lot in the past, especially this year. They weren't able
to do that tonight, but that's the game of baseball. I've talked about
it many times. You've got to stay positive, and tonight there were a lot
of positives to build off for me going forward: changeup, curveball,
fastball location. There were a lot of things that were much better than
they have been."
Left-hander Chris Capuano turned in his best start as a Yankee, allowing
an unearned run five hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out eight, walked
one and recorded most of his outs on changeups before exiting to
standing ovation with two on in the seventh.
Adam Warren (2-5) ended the seventh inning by retiring left fielder
Rajai Davis, but he nearly faltered in the eighth.
After a one-out walk by first baseman Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez
reached on a double error by second baseman Stephen Drew on a defensive
shift. However, Warren escaped the jam, and David Huff pitched a
scoreless ninth to seal the win.
Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Davis reached on an
error by shortstop Derek Jeter, advanced on a wild pitch and groundout,
and scored on Cabrera's long sacrifice fly near the warning track in
right field.
NOTES: New York RHP Michael Pineda, who threw a pregame bullpen session,
is not a candidate to start Friday against Cleveland. Instead, Pineda
(shoulder strain) will make another rehab start for Triple-A
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with his pitch count increased from 75 to 80. ...
The Yankees held their team picture day. Injured RHPs David Phelps and
Masahiro Tanaka interacted with fans at the ticket booth, and RHPs Shawn
Kelley, Adam Warren and Chase Whitley mingled with fans in the team
store. ... Detroit CF Torii Hunter was held out of the lineup due to a
bruised left hand. He remains day-to-day. ... Newly signed RHP Jim
Johnson threw in front of Detroit pitching coach Jeff Jones. ... The
Tigers announced that they will honor retiring Yankees SS Derek Jeter
with a ceremony before the Aug. 27 game.
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