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NY Yankees vs Detroit Tigers - MLB ALCS Game 4

Wednesday, October 17, 2012    8:07 p.m. est.

New York Yankees (3-5) at Detroit Tigers (6-2)
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

The New York Yankees turn to their ace CC Sabathia as they attempt to stay alive in the American League Championship Series when they take on the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 tonight at Comerica Park.

Pitchers:
Yankees LH CC Sabathia (2-0, 1.53 ERA)
Tigers RH Max Scherzer (0-0, 0.00)

Yankees' CC Sabathia is 3-2 with a 5.20 ERA in six career ALCS starts, went 3-0 with a 3.32 ERA against the Tigers this season and 2-0 at Comerica Park.

Tigers' Max Scherzer struggled against the Yankees in his lone start against them this season, but since that outing compiled a 15-4 record with a 3.04 ERA.

Home Record:   Detroit 50-31; New York 51-30
Away Record:    Detroit 38-43; New York 44-37

Team records:
New York: 95-67 SU
Detroit: 88-74 SU

Trends:
New York is 130-58 in their last 188 Wed. games.
New York is 8-2 in Sabathias last 10 Wed. starts.
New York is 2-5 SU in their last 7 versus Detroit
Detroit is 40-14 in their last 54 home games.

The Yankees camatose bats have hurt them during the playoffs. Look for the Tigers to complete a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees and grab their first World Series berth since 2006.

Oddsmakers currently has New York at-115  with the total at 7

Prediction: Detroit Tigers +105