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May 24, 2012 -- 2:24PM, luvdayanks wrote:

May 24, 2012 -- 2:22PM, JonahFalcon wrote:

... I have to wonder if the Yanks might have gotten past the Tigers.

Maybe, but I think what hurt them no matter who pitched was the dreaded RISP.

But run support is a totally different aspect of the game than run prevention to which we are talking about Pitching and Andy Pettitte.

In the 5 games series the scores were:

If Yankee pitching (or Andy Pettitte) could've held the Tigers to just one more game scoring 2 runs or less, then the Yankees would've taken the series....despite RISP problems.