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Polanco Homers Twice, Tigers Top Yanks 6-2

Posted Apr 30, 08 11:07 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – The Detroit Tigers are well on their way to putting their terrible start behind them. Placido Polanco homered twice and Marcus Thames also went deep to help Detroit beat New York 6-2 Wednesday night in the Yankees' first game with Alex Rodriguez on the disabled list.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched into the eighth inning after getting off to a rough start and Gary Sheffield had two hits for Detroit (13-15), which has won seven of nine.  The $139 million Tigers opened the season with seven straight losses. With Rodriguez sidelined by a strained right quadriceps, slumping New York managed just two hits after the first inning. The Yankees have scored just 15 runs in their last five games.

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Detroit Tigers third base coach Gene Lamont, left, slaps hands with Placido Polanco after Polanco hit an eighth-inning solo home run off New York Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Detroit Tigers players celebrate after their 6-2 victory over the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Detroit Tigers Jeremy Bonderman delivers a first-inning pitch against the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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