Darin Downs and Joaquin Benoit combined to pitch three scoreless innings to finish up for the Tigers.

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Oddly, at the presser, Girardi said he decided against the move because Detroit manager Jim Leyland would have switched to righty Joaquin Benoit.

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New York chased Scherzer and had some success against Al Alburquerque before Darin Downs and Joaquin Benoit combined to pitch three scoreless innings to finish up for Detroit.

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