Elation to agony: Yankees rally, then lose game, Jeter

• The Tigers win Game 1 of ALCS 6-4 in the 12 innings
• Raul Ibanez's two-run home run in the ninth tied the game 4-4
• Derek Jeter exited the game in the 12th inning with a fractured ankle

NEW YORK -- Detroit got off the deck to win Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night but that won't be the lasting memory from the Tigers' 6-4 victory in 12 innings over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

What will be etched in the minds of those who watched this game will be Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter crumpled on the ground in pain during the Tigers' two-run rally in the 12th and being helped off the field by manager Joe Girardi and head athletic trainer Steve Donohue.

Jeter suffered a fractured left ankle that will keep him out of the rest of the postseason. Though Jeter is expected to be headed by the time spring training begins in February, his injury cast a pall.

"When you think of the postseason, you think of Derek Jeter," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "I'm sorry about what happened, really sorry."

Jeter went down in a heap while he ranged to his left to field a ground ball hit by Jhonny Peralta with one out in the 12th. Jeter did not get up as Peralta beat out the play for an infield single.

The Tigers had just taken a 5-4 lead on Delmon Young's one-out double, his third RBI of the game, and Andy Dirks singled in another run later in the 12th for insurance. Young and Peralta both had three hits.

The Tigers bounced back after suffering a body blow in the ninth inning when Raul Ibanez hit yet another big home run in this postseason, connecting for a two-run shot to cap a four-run rally against closer Jose Valverde that enabled the Yankees to tie the game at 4-4 and force extra innings.

Valverde had 35 saves in the regular season but has blown two of his three opportunities in the postseason. Leyland said he and his staff will decide if Valverde will remain in the closer's role before Game 2, which will be played at 4:07 p.m. Sunday with Anibal Sanchez scheduled for pitch for Detroit against Hiroki Kuroda.

"We talked about this from spring training that we were going to take punches all year," Leyland said. "We took a big punch. We took a right cross in the ninth inning but we survived it."

Added Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister: "Everybody's here playing from the first out to the last out, no matters what happens, especially here in the Championship Series. Guys aren't going to turn over. As long as we have one out remaining, we're going to give whatever we have to pull out a win and that's what we did here."

Ibanez hit his third pivotal home run of the postseason. The 40-year-old designated hitter had a tying homer in the ninth inning and a game-winning shot in the 12th as the Yankees rallied to beat the Orioles 3-2 in Game 3 of the ALDS.

Ibanez became the just the third player to hit two game-tying home runs in the ninth inning or later in a postseason game, joining teammate Alex Rodriguez and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench.

Rookie left-hander Drew Smyly pitched two scoreless innings for the win. David Phelps, also a rookie, took the loss as he gave up both 12th-inning runs.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is set for 4:07 p.m. ET on Sunday with Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit against Hiroki Kuroda.

The Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth behind Fister's 6 1/3 scoreless innings.

Then the Yankees struck in the ninth as Ichiro Suzuki also hit a two-run home run, the first postseason homer of his career. Suzuki had four hits.

The beleaguered Rodriguez, baseball's highest-paid player with a $29-million salary this season, returned to the lineup and went 0-for-3 after being benched for the Yankees' victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 5 of the ALDS on Friday night.

For the third time in the last four games, Rodriguez was pinch-hit for in the later innings. Eric Chavez batted for him in the eighth and flied out to deep center field.

Rodriguez is 2-for-20 with 10 strikeouts in the postseason.

Suzuki, on the other hand, had four hits Saturday night.

Fister was far from dominant, giving up six hits and four walks, and the Yankees loaded the bases against him in the first, second and sixth innings. However, he struck out five and held New York to one hit in six at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Rodriguez hit into a fielder's choice to end the first inning and Cano grounded to shortstop on a close play for the final out of the second. In the sixth, Fister struck out Curtis Granderson and Martin consecutively.

Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte turned in a solid start but took the loss, giving up two runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings while walking three and striking out six.

Both runs off Pettitte came in the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie.

Austin Jackson led off with a triple down the right-field line that caromed off the bucket in which the ballboy sits and scored on Prince Fielder's single after Girardi decided to intentionally walk AL Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. Young followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.

Young hit a solo home run off Derek Lowe in the eighth and Avisail Garcia singled in a run later in the inning to give the Tigers a four-run cushion but that proved to not be enough to withstand Valverde's meltdown.

It was Young's sixth career postseason home run, setting a Tigers' record.

"I have no clue," Young said when asked for the secret to his postseason success said. "I'm just trying to have good at-bats and trying out with victories like we did tonight."