By The Associated Press HOWIE RUMBERG (AP Sports Writer)
Quick Read Valverde stops Yankees' furious rally in 9th, helps Tigers even series with 5-3 win
Photo credit: AP | New York Yankees ' Derek Jeter , right greets Robinson Cano at home plate after Cano hit a grand slam home run off Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Al Alburquerque in the sixth inning during the continuation of Game 1 of baseball's American League division series on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
(AP) -- Detroit closer Jose Valverde held off a furious New York ninth-inning rally and the Tigers avoided a major slip-up, beating the Yankees 5-3 on a rainy Sunday and evening their best-of-five AL playoff series at one game apiece.
Down 5-1, the Yankees scored twice in the ninth. Helped when Detroit catcher Alex Avila lost his footing on the slick on-deck circle while chasing a foul pop...
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