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Yankees 6, Tigers 2

NEW YORK (WWJ/AP) - The N.Y. Yankees take the weekend series - beating the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on Sunday.

As heard on 97.1 The Ticket - the Yankees win two of three games from the Tigers during the series and win the final game despite leaving 14 men on base in the first six innings.

Prince Fielder hit a solo home run in the fourth inning making it 2-1 to get the Tigers within striking distance, but the Yankees kept pounding away at starting pitcher Max Scherzer.

Scherzer pitched 4 2/3 thirds inning - throwing 119 pitches, allowing seven hits, four runs and seven walks before being taken off the mound.

CC Sabathia steadied New York's rocky rotation with eight sharp innings, Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays for eighth on the career RBIs list.

A-Rod drove in two runs for 1,904 RBIs without hitting the ball out of the infield. He singled on a dribbler down the third base line with the bases loaded in the second, the Yankees' only hit in six plate appearances with three men on.

Chris Stewart slid under catcher Gerald Laird's tag on Rodriguez's grounder to short in the seventh.

Tune in to 97.1 The Ticket as the Detroit Tigers begin their series with the Kansas City Royals on Monday - first pitch 7:05 p.m.

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