Jose Valverde Won't Close For Tigers On Sunday
NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Valverde won't close for the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the AL championship series but manager Jim Leyland says the reliever is keeping his role for now.
Leyland said Sunday that the Tigers wanted to work with Valverde on his mechanics. Velarde allowed a tying, two-run double to Oakland's Seth Smith on Wednesday in Game 4 of the AL division series as Detroit lost 4-3, then gave up two-run homers in the ninth inning to the Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez in Saturday's ALCS opener. Detroit rebounded to win 6-4 in 12 innings.
