By AP
NEW YORK – Max Scherzer pitched two-hit ball for six shutout innings and shaky closer Jose Valverde got Derek Jeter to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded Monday night, giving the Detroit Tigers a 3-1 win over the New York
Yankees.
The Tigers took a 3-0 lead into the ninth, putting the Yankees close to being shut out in consecutive games for the first time since 1999.
Valverde, who escaped an eighth-inning jam, quickly saw the Yankees load the bases with one out on two walks and a single. A walk to Brett Gardner forced home a run and brought up Jeter.
Jeter hit a bouncer to shortstop and the speedy Gardner barreled into second baseman Carlos Guillen, trying to break up the relay.
Guillen's throw barely nipped Jeter, and Valverde held on for his 23rd save in a row.