"With the announcement that Freddy Garcia will be the Yankees' Game 3 starter, A.J. Burnett was used out of the bullpen Wednesday night, where he'll work in the AL division series against the Detroit Tigers.

Burnett started the seventh inning for the Yankees, retiring Sean Rodriguez before turning the ball over to Andrew Brackman.

"He's going to be in our bullpen," Girardi said. "We just wanted him to get used to it as much as he could.""