PostGame, Yankees 4 Tigers 5

NYY: 21-10
DET: 18-14

WP: Eddie Bonine(3-0)
LP: Sergio Mitre(0-1)
S: Jose Valverde(9)

Starters:

NYY-- Sergio Mitre
4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 Earned Runs, 2 Walks, 4 K, 1 HR Allowed

DET-- Brad Thomas
3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 Earned Runs, 3 Walks, 1 HR Allowed

Pitching:

Dave Robertson
1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 K
Boone Logan
1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 Run, 2 BB
Joba Chamberlain
1.0 IP, 3 K

Offense:

The Yankees bats stroked 8 hits, tonight but only were able to produce 4 runs. The Yankees first two runs came off the bat of suddenly hot Mark Teixeira, as he his a 2 run homerun which was his sixth of the season. Their third run came on an infield RBI single off the bat of Marcus Thames. The final run came on a force play off the bat of Brett Gardner to score Robinson Cano.

Offensive Box Score:

1. SS Derek Jeter, 0-5, 1 K
2. RF Nick Swisher, 1-3, 1 RUN, 2 Walks, 2 K
3. 1B Mark Teixeira, 1-5, 1 RUN, 1 K, 2 RBI(22), 1 HOME RUN(6)
4. 3B Alex Rodriguez, 2-4, 1 RUN, 1 K, 1 Walk
5. 2B Robinson Cano, 1-3, 1 RUN, 1 Walk
6. C Jorge Posada, 1-2, 2 Walks
7. DH Marcus Thames, 1-4, 1 RBI(5)
8. CF Brett Gardner, 0-3, 1 Walk, 1 RBI(10)
9. LF Randy Winn, 1-4

Game Picture:

The Game Picture tonight goes to the former Yankee Johnny Damon who bit his former club, by smashing his 2nd home run of the season off Sergio Mitre in the 5th inning in a big situation.

The Yankees will try to rebound from their loss tonight, as tomorrow night at 7:05 PM at Comerica Park in Detroit it will be Javier Vazquez for the Yankees and Rick Porcello for the Tigers.