The rain started pouring down in the top of the second in New York. Delmon Young hit a solo home run for Detroit off of CC Sabathia. Justin Verlander struck out Derek Jeter on the bottom half but he reached on a wild pitch as Alex Avila couldn't corral the curveball in time. That hurt, as he came home to score on Alex Rodriguez's groundout to third.
The game was 1-1 heading to the bottom of the second when play was halted. The rain's coming down hard with a larger band of heavier rain expected to arrive around midnight or so. It's questionable whether this game will resume. Obviously it hurts both teams but it hurts Detroit worse. Verlander threw 25 pitches. I doubt he comes back tomorrow obviously. Maybe Game 3 in Detroit but then he's out for game 5 if needed. Blah, possibly a terrible turn of events for Detroit. Even if this game resumes I doubt Verlander comes back out after a couple hour delay. Neither does Sabathia. Not good for either team but again maybe worse for Detroit. Fister may end up being the Game 5 starter, which isn't the worst thing, if the decision is made to get another guaranteed start for Verlander in the series.
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