- This is now officially a beating rather than a ball game.
- You don't see Miguel Cabrera pull too many fastballs into the left field seats, but he really did a tremendous job of turning around a cutter by Yankees' starter C.C. Sabathia. It was a majestic home run that was remindful in terms of its distance, location and trajectory of Magglio Ordonez's pennant-deciding homer in the 2006 ALCS off Oakland's Huston Street. Any chance of a Yankees' comeback ended with that shot, and it was fitting who clubbed it.
- Jhonny Peralta has likely earned himself a contract with the Tigers because of this postseason performance. His defense hasn't only been stellar, but he is the ball well, too.