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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 5, NY Yankees 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, May 10, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 34365
Brennan Boesch drove in three runs and Johnny Damon homered against his former team, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night.

Boesch had a two-run single in the first and an RBI triple in the seventh. Damon, playing his first game against the Yankees after spending four years in New York, hit a solo homer in the fifth.

Mark Teixeria, who hit three home runs Saturday, hit a two-run homer in the third off emergency starter Brad Thomas - the first of six Detroit pitchers.

Eddie Bonine, Joel Zumaya, Phil Coke, Ryan Perry and Jose Valverde were used after Thomas lasted just three innings. Bonine (3-0) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings while Valverde struck out the side in the ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances

Thomas was forced into action because scheduled starter Dontrelle Willis came down with flu-like symptoms.

New York scored twice in the eighth to get within a run on RBIs by Marcus Thames and Brett Gardner, but the inning ended when right fielder Magglio Ordonez made a sliding catch of a line drive by Derek Jeter.

Sergio Mitre (0-1) started in place of Andy Pettitte, who has been pushed back to Saturday because of a sore shoulder. Mitre allowed four runs on 4 1/3 innings.

Austin Jackson had an RBI groundout in the second for the Tigers’ 3-0 advantage.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Detroit
Sergio Mitre Player Brad Thomas
Loss W/L No Decision
4.1 IP 3.0
4 Strikeouts 0
5 Hits 3
6.23 ERA 6.00
Hitting
NY Yankees   Detroit
Alex Rodriguez Player Brennan Boesch
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 8 1 11 .242 23 5 4 7 0 1
Detroit 8 1 14 .267 9 9 5 5 1 0