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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 8, Detroit 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 51°
Umpires: Home - Brian Runge, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 28514

Phil Hughes pitched seven shutout innings in leading the New York Yankees to an 8-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader.

Mark Teixeira had a pair of hits and drove in three runs and Alex Rodriguez had two RBIs for the Yankees, who suffered a 2-0 defeat in the day game.

Hughes (5-0) held the Tigers to five hits, struck out eight and walked one to remain unblemished on the season.

The Yankees scored six runs in the ninth to blow it wide open. Francisco Cervelli and Brett Gardner had RBI singles before Teixeira's two-run single. Rodriguez followed with an RBI double.

Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman (1-2) gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings.

Rodriguez singled in a run in the first and Teixeira drove in his first run with a third-inning single for the 2-0 lead.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Detroit
Phil Hughes Player Jeremy Bonderman
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 7.0
8 Strikeouts 7
5 Hits 5
0.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
NY Yankees   Detroit
Brett Gardner Player Brennan Boesch
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 10 0 12 .263 16 9 7 4 2 0
Detroit 6 0 7 .188 15 10 0 1 0 1