Game 2 of the Tigers-Yankees series has been postponed Wednesday night due to rain. The action will pick up again tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon at 1pm ET.
Justin Verlander (0-0) will take the hill for the visiting Tigers while Mike Mussiana (0-0) looks to give the Yankees a 2-0 series lead before the series shifts to Detroit on Friday night.
Yankees lead series 1-0.
This was a huge win for New York on so many levels. Of course starting off a five game series with a win is always big, but especially since the Mets have so many pitching issues right now. Pedro Martinez and El Duque Hernandez will probably miss the entire postseason due to injury, so that forced the Mets to start John Maine, who made his postseason debut. The 25-year-old Maine wasn’t overly impressive by any means, but he held the Dodgers to only one run on six hits in 4.1 innings of work.
Maine got a huge lift in the second inning after a rare play at home netted a double play. Maine surrendered an opposite field hit to Russell Martin with Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew already on base. Kent got a late jump and Drew practically was in his hip pocket running behind him. The ball careened off the bottom of the wall in right field where Shawn Green was able to field it cleanly and throw a strike to relay man Jose Valentin at second base. Valentin spun around and threw a one-hopper to catcher Paul Lo Duca at home plate. Lo Duca had plenty of time to tag Kent for an out, but then turned around to show the home plate umpire that he still had the ball. Almost a second later, Lo Duca noticed that Drew was still running and spun back around in time to nail him for the double play. Maine eventually gave up a run that inning before getting out of the jam, but the damage could have been much worse.
Carlos Delgado waited almost an eternity (14 seasons to be exact) to make his postseason debut and he didn’t disappoint. Delgado homered to center in the forth inning to tie the score at 1-1 and then singled in a go-ahead run in the seventh to give New York a 5-4 lead. Delgado finished 4 for 5 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored.
LA put together 11 hits, but they were scattered and that left the Dodgers to play catch up for virtually the entire game after netting an early 1-0 lead. Despite being tagged for three runs in two innings, Guillermo Mota (1-0) got the win while Brad Penny (0-1) took the loss for LA.
Game two is Thursday night and will feature Hong Chih Kuo (0-0) vs. Tom Glavine (0-0).
In honor of the 2006 College Football Season, Bullz-Eye.com will preview an up-and-coming game of the week, each week, for the entire length of the NCAA season.
Each week a game will be highlighted and broken down by each teams strengths and weaknesses vs. its opponent. Plus, no preview would be complete without a forecasted score – you’ll find a prediction on the game at Bullz-Eye.com as well.
There are three games on this weekend in college football that have two ranked teams battling head to head. No offense to the other two games, but LSU heading to Gainesville to take on the Gators is the by far the best contest of the weekend.
On tap this week: (#9) LSU at (#4) Florida.
There are two solid picks for NFL Game of the Week honors for Week 4, but only one game holds the best storyline.
While Baltimore and Denver are Game of the Week worthy – nothing says welcome home like T.O. heading back to Philadelphia.
One contest will be plucked off the schedule every week and broken down by each teams strengths and weaknesses vs. its opponent. Plus, no preview would be complete without a forecasted score – you’ll find a prediction on the game at Bullz-Eye.com as well.
On tap for Week 4: Cowboys (2-1) at Eagles (3-1).
Who doesn’t love power rankings – especially when they involve the NFL?
The NFL First Quarter Power Rankings are up on Bullz-Eye.com, so check out where your favorite team ranks and how they stack up against the rest of the NFL. Passionately disagree with the rankings? Make sure you post your thoughts right here at the Scores Report.
Here’s a sneak peak at the top five:
1. Chicago Bears (4-0)
At this point in the season, I’d have to say that the Bears have the most complete team in football. They’ve had their struggles running the ball, but Rex Grossman is running a vertical passing game the likes of which the city of Chicago hasn’t seen in a very long time. The defense can do it all and Devin Hester is explosive on special teams – if he hangs on to the ball, that is.
2. Indianapolis Colts (4-0)
The Colts won’t survive if they can’t run the ball, but maybe last weekend’s win over the Jets (160 rushing yards) was the beginning of something good for the ground game. It hasn’t hurt much yet because Peyton Manning is putting so many points on the scoreboard that he alone is masking some glaring weaknesses on both sides of the ball.
3. Baltimore Ravens (4-0)
I still think San Diego is the better team, but when Marty Schottenheimer is the coach of said team, they’ll lose tight games against a defense like Baltimore every time. Steve McNair has looked terrible in the past two games…up until the Ravens need a win, of course. Then the defense throws a stranglehold on the opposing offense and McNair turns into Tom Brady and sneaks out a win.
4. Cincinnati Bengals (3-1)
I know the Bengals just got shellacked by the Patriots, but so did 500 other teams in the wake of a New England loss the past couple of years. This is a good team, but at the moment, Cincy is not healthy on defense and off the field issues are clouding Carson Palmer’s remarkable comeback.
5. Atlanta Falcons (3-1)
This team should scare opponents as much as they should scare themselves. The Falcons house the best running game in football, but have shown that if teams can force Michael Vick to pass the entire game (ala New Orleans on MNF), Atlanta is in trouble. However, nobody is talking about how well this defense is playing – only the Bears and Falcons have given up just one touchdown this season. And this is all without arguably their best player in DE John Abraham (out the past three weeks with a groin injury).
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