Jhonny Peralta rounds the bases as CC Sabathia is left wondering what went wrong as the big Yankees ace is beaten in Game 4 of the ALCS, which eliminates the Bombers from the playoffs.  TIGERS 8, YANKEES 1 DETROIT — When it was all over, when the final out was recorded, another historic Yankee October was complete. But, unlike 27 victorious postseasons before this one, this playoff run didn’t end with a World Series title, a champagne celebration and a parade up the Canyon of Heroes. BE THE GM! PLAY YANKEES KEEP 'EM OR DUMP 'EM NOW! No, when this historic Yankee postseason came to a close with an 8-1 loss and a four-game sweep in the ALCS at the hands of the Detroit Tigers, it was accompanied by these mind-numbing “highlights”: a .188 team batting average, the worst in postseason history; a lineup that managed only six runs in four games; and two of the Yanks’ biggest stars - Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano - going a combined 6-for-65. It was a complete embarrassment in every sense of the word. PHOTOS: YANKEES SWEPT OUT OF PLAYOFFS BY TIGERS “They just kicked our butts, plain and simple,” Mark Teixeira said. “We didn’t get the job done and they played really, really well.” Joe Girardi, who juggled his lineup all series with no results at all, got emotional afterward, the death of his father nearly two weeks ago still on his mind. “You work a long time to get to this point every year,” Girardi said. “To have it end abruptly — and it’s going end abruptly for all but one team — it’s really, really difficult.”  CC Sabathia was torched for six runs in 3.2 innings, recording the same number of outs - 11 — as hits allowed. His counterpart, Max Scherzer, no-hit the Yanks through five, then handed it off to Detroit’s bullpen with two out in the sixth as the Tigers won their 11th AL pennant. The Yankees completed one of the most anemic postseasons in history, scoring only one run to give them a grand total of six in the series. By comparison, ALCS MVP Delmon Young drove in six runs by himself in the sweep. “We didn’t do our jobs,” Robinson Cano said. “You have to give credit to the Tigers. That’s all you can do.” It was an ignominious ending to what had been a gritty season for the Yanks, who never surrendered first place in the AL East despite watching their 10-game lead in mid-July disappear by Labor Day. After finally getting rid of the Orioles for good with their five-game victory in the AL division series, the Yankees were ready to start with a clean slate against the Tigers, the team that ended their season in the first round last year. The Bombers, who scored 804 runs during the regular season — second only to Texas’ 808 among all 30 big-league teams — struggled to do anything against the Tigers.  The Bombers finished the series hitting .157, a franchise record for futility that had stood since 1963, when the Bombers hit .171 in their World Series loss to the Dodgers. The Yankees hit .188 for the entire postseason, wasting a bevy of solid pitching performances. “We didn’t swing the bats,” Girardi said. “It wasn’t one guy, it wasn’t two guys; it was a bunch of guys. And it’s hard to win when you don’t score runs.” The Yankees never held a lead during the four-game sweep as they scored in only three of the series’ 39 innings, one of which was the four-run ninth in Game 1 against struggling closer Jose Valverde. “It’s something about Detroit,” Alex Rodriguez said. “It seems that they’ve had their way with us. We’ve had some not so good feelings in this clubhouse. I’m not sure whether it’s matchups or what; they just outplayed us.”  Cano, who ended the season as the hottest hitter in the majors, went 3-for-40 (.075) during the playoffs. Curtis Granderson went 3-for-30 (.100) with 16 strikeouts, while Nick Swisher was 5-for-30 (.167) in what will likely be his final games in pinstripes. Then there was A-Rod, who started Game 4 on the bench before being sent out to pinch-hit in the sixth with the Yanks trailing by five runs. He went 0-for-2 off the bench, finishing his postseason 3-for-25 (.120). “This was a terrible way for the season to end,” Rodriguez said. “Obviously we’re all very disappointed. You’re crushed; you work eight months to get to this point. I know there are a lot of teams that would love to get in this position in the ALCS with an opportunity to go to the World Series, but we just came up short.” Sabathia, who extended the Yanks’ season last week with his brilliant Game 5 start against the O’s, didn’t have his best stuff on Thursday. The Tigers scored a run in the first on Young’s RBI single to right, then added another in the third on Avisail Garcia’s bases-loaded infield hit. In the fourth, Miguel Cabrera belted a two-run homer to left - his first blast of the postseason - to make it 4-0, then Jhonny Peralta followed with another two-run shot to left. Sabathia gave up a double to center by Andy Dirks, the Tigers’ 11th hit of the game, bringing Girardi out of the dugout to end Sabathia’s misery. “I was terrible today,” Sabathia said. “It’s embarrassing to me to be able to come out and not give our team a chance to win.” The Yank hitters didn’t help, either. Scherzer took his no-hitter into the sixth, striking out nine of the 17 batters he faced through the first five frames. Eduardo Nunez broke up the no-no with a leadoff triple to left in the sixth, scoring on Swisher’s double to right to put the Yankees on the board. Scherzer went on to issue a two-out walk to Mark Teixeira, ending his day after 98 pitches. Jim Leyland brought in lefty Drew Smyly, one of the few pitchers the Yankees felt A-Rod could handle, so Girardi sent him to the plate to pinch-hit for Raul Ibanez. A-Rod couldn’t get the Yanks any closer, hitting a weak fly to center to end the inning. The Yankees never threatened again, their entire season going up in smoke. “There’s only one happy team at the end of the season,” Swisher said. “It’s just not us this year.”
Different October, same result. The Yankees were ousted from the postseason by the Tigers for the second straight fall and the third time since 2006, falling 8-1 in Game 4 Thursday to complete an embarrassing four-game American League Championship Series sweep.