New York Yankees
vs.
Detroit Tigers
American League Championship Series
Game 4
Comerica Park, Detroit
4:00 p.m. EST
It's win or go home for the New York Yankees.
After the first attempt at playing Game 4 between the Tigers and Yankees at Comerica Park got rained out, CC Sabathia will now pitch with one more day of rest to try to keep New York's season alive.
Detroit will counter with right-handed Max Scherzer, who (luckily for him depending on how you look at it) will face a Yankees lineup that won't include Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson. In their places, Scherzer will contend with Eric Chavez and Brett Gardner toward the bottom of the lineup.
Is Yankees skipper Joe Girardi making the right move by sitting -- or platooning -- these slumping stars. A-Rod weighed in on Wednesday.
"I was ready to hit, and I was just waiting for my number to be called," A-Rod said on Wednesday via the Associated Press. "Any time I'm in any lineup, I think that lineup is better and has a better chance to win."
With A-Rod out of the lineup again, will the Tigers be able to punch their tickets to the World Series? Or will the struggling Yankees live to play another day?
To bring a bit of local flavor to this live blog, HuffPost Sports has invited Ashley Woods of HuffPost Detroit to chime in on behalf of the Tigers fans and HuffPost Director of Trends and Social Media Dean Praetorius, a lifelong Yankees fans, to represent those fans hoping CC can prolong the ALCS.