The win evened the four - game series , and gave the yankees a three - game edge on the tigers in the wild - card race 这场胜利暂时在四连战中将战绩追平，并让洋基队再美联外卡排行榜上领先老虎队三场胜差。
They ' ll also travel to okinawa , where they will meet with executives of the hanshin tigers , lefty kei igawa ' s former team 他们将会去冲绳旅游，他们也将会访问阪神老虎队，这是左投手井川庆的前东家。
Mussina knows that in october , the only thing that counts is what is right in front of him , which , in this case , is the tigers 穆帅知道,十月时,唯一要放在心上的,放在他眼前的,就是,以目前的状况来看,老虎队。
He will make the tigers earn any runs they score , as evidenced by the fact that he ' s walked only two of the last 73 batters he ' s faced 老克让老虎队得分的状况，依过去经验显示他在面对73个打者中只会出现2个保送。
The yankees ' postseason was cut short by the tigers in october , as detroit eliminated new york in the american league division series 洋基队的季后赛在10月被老虎队提前结束，底特律淘汰了纽约洋基晋级美联冠军赛。
A victory for the yankees would be business as usual . a victory for the tigers would be a breakthrough on the competitive - balance front 胜利对于洋基队来说是很稀松平常的。但是胜利对于老虎队来说必须要突破激烈的竞争。
Though clemens completed a sharp six - inning effort against the toledo mud hens , a detroit tigers affiliate , the fatigued groin nagged all week 他对上隶属于老虎队的托利多水鸟队，从那时就被鼠蹊部伤势困扰了一整个星期。
Despite giving up 10 hits , clemens pitched effectively against the tigers on saturday at yankee stadium , allowing two earned runs 屏除老克上个星期六对上老虎队被击出10支安打不说，老克有效的克制老虎队打线只让他们得2分。
" we ' ve got a tough four games in detroit , " jorge posada said . " hopefully we can just carry it over . now we ' re going to their building . 我们再老虎队将有四场硬仗要打- -小波说。但愿我们可以保持下去。现在我们要去别人的主场。
" once we get to new york , we ' ll be ready to go , " tigers first baseman sean casey said . " it ' s a new season come tuesday night . 我们再一次造访纽约，我们将会准备妥当。老虎队一垒手seancasey说：一个新的球季将在星期二晚上开始。
