NY Yankees 7, Detroit 0
When: 1:08 PM ET, Sunday, April 7, 2013
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
53°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian O'Nora, 1B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Jerry Layne
Attendance:
39829
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Yankees 7, Tigers 0: CC Sabathia outdueled Justin Verlander and Jayson Nix homered as visiting New York blanked Detroit to avoid a three-game sweep.
Francisco Cervelli and Kevin Youkilis each added two RBIs for the Yankees, who had to win the series finale in each of their first two series to avoid a sweep.
Verlander (1-1) ran into trouble only once in a three-run second inning and scattered seven hits over 7 1/3 innings while walking a pair and striking out four for the Tigers. Fellow former Cy Young winner Sabathia (1-1) was better, allowing four hits while walking three and striking out four in seven frames.
Cervelli sent an RBI double into the gap in left-center to get New York on the board in the second. Nix followed and got a 2-1 changeup from Verlander that he turned around on a line over the bullpen in left-center to make it a 3-0 lead.
The Yankees got to left-hander Phil Coke for two more runs in the eighth and tacked on two more in the ninth to put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tigers 1B Prince Fielder had seven RBIs in the first two games of the series but went 1-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts on Sunday. … Youkilis doubled in the first and has hit safely in each of the first six games. He has an extra-base hit in five contests. … Detroit will get Monday off before hosting Toronto for a three-game set on Tuesday. The Yankees will open a series at Cleveland on Monday.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
13 |
1 |
19 |
.342 |
19 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
8 |
0 |
8 |
.229 |
20 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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