Detroit 6, NY Yankees 0
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 13, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
50°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Estabrook, 1B -
Mike Winters, 2B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
31130
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Justin Verlander pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs in leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.
Verlander (4-2) held the Yankees to four hits, walked four and struck out four. The right-hander has won his last three starts.
Joel Zumaya and Eddie Bonine preserved the shutout by not allowing a hit the rest of the way as the Tigers took three of four in the series.
New York starter CC Sabathia (4-2) allowed six runs and nine hits in six innings in his worst performance of the season.
Cabrera and rookie Brennan Boesch hit back-to-back homers in the fourth. Cabrera's two-run double highlighted a three-run sixth inning.
Cabrera, Boesch, Johnny Damon, Magglio Ordonez and Gerald Laird had two hits apiece. Laird drove in two runs with a single in the second and a double in the sixth.
Jorge Posada had two hits and Derek Jeter managed an infield hit in four at-bats in going 1-for-17 in the series.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.125 |
18 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
11 |
2 |
20 |
.324 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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