Comerica Park in Detroit , Michigan Detroit finished off New York behind another dominating pitching performance , this time by Jeremy Bonderman in an 8 – 3 clinching win . In the second inning , Magglio Ordóñez hit a leadoff home run and after Iván Rodríguez walked with one out , Craig Monroe homered off Jaret Wright to give the Tigers a 3 – 0 lead . Next inning , Ordonez reached on an error , moved to third on a single and scored on Rodrigeuz 's single . Wright was replaced by Cory Lidle , who ended the inning without further damage and pitched a perfect fourth , but in the fifth , allowed three consecutive leadoff singles , the last of which to Ordonez scoring a run . After allowing an RBI double to Carlos Guillen , Lidle was relieved by Brian Bruney , who allowed a sacrifice fly to Rodriguez . Next inning , Scott Proctor allowed a two-out single to Plácido Polanco , who scored on Sean Casey 's double to make it 8 − 0 Tigers . Bonderman , meanwhile , pitched a no-hitter through five innings . Robinson Canó singled in the sixth for the Yankees ' first hit , but Bonderman prevented any further damage . The Yankee hitters ended their twenty-inning scoreless streak in the seventh when Derek Jeter hit a leadoff single , moved to third on Bobby Abreu 's single and scored on Hideki Matsui 's groundout . Bonderman left the game in the ninth inning with one on and one out . Jamie Walker gave up a two-out , two-run homer to Jorge Posada in the ninth before getting Robinson Canó to ground out to end the game and send the Tigers to the 2006 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics . The game is notable as Cory Lidle 's final appearance before dying in an airplane crash four days later , and was the final ALDS game televised by FOX due to the new TV contracts as of 2011
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2006 New York City plane crash
2006 American League Division Series