With the win, New York remained in a first place tie in the AL East with Tampa Bay. Detroit dropped to 2-5 against the Yankees this season.
New York used a pair of home runs to open the scoring in the bottom of the first inning. With a runner on first and one out, Teixeira homered over the left field wall, his 27th of the season. He entered the at-bat a career 1-for-15 against Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman.
Robinson Cano, who was only batting .200 (5-25) in his career against Bonderman, followed Teixeira with a solo home run. It ...
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