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1:05 pm EDT Thu May 13, 2010

One day after the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees were each shut out during a doubleheader, there’s good reason to believe both may struggle to score again. Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia square off in a matchup of elite aces as the Yankees try to salvage a split of a four-game series at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon. Detroit became the first team to blank the Yankees in a 2-0 win Wednesday afternoon, but New York returned the favor and snapped its first three-game losing streak with an 8-0 victory in the nightcap. Neither team’s lineup will have an enviable task Thursday, with two pitchers on the mound who finished among the top four in AL Cy Young Award voting in 2009. Sabathia has gotten off to the better start. Only a rain delay kept him from his fifth victory Saturday at Boston, as he was forced from the game after play was stopped with two outs in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 14-3 win. It wasn’t the best outing for the left-hander, who gave up a season-high two home runs.

Sabathia is 14-10 with a 4.50 ERA against Detroit - tied for his most losses versus any opponent. He has already faced Verlander twice since joining the Yankees last year. Verlander pitched seven shutout innings in a 4-2 home win April 27, 2009, then Sabathia went seven scoreless in a 2-1 victory in New York on July 18. Verlander appears primed to engage in another duel as he recovers from a rocky April. The right-hander went 1-2 with a 5.53 ERA in the season’s first month but is 2-0 with a 2.51 ERA in May. He walked four but struck out nine and held Cleveland to three runs in six innings of a 6-4 win Saturday. The Tigers hope Verlander can bring them another home win after they had a six-game run at Comerica Park snapped Wednesday night. New York is trying to avoid its second series loss of the season. The Yankees dropped two of three in Anaheim from April 23-25.