Hughes, Tex Rally Yankees to Win
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |  | R | H | E | |
| Detroit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| NY Yankees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 13 | 1 |
WP - Hughes (4-2) SV - Rivera (24) LP - Zumaya (3-3)
The comeback kids did it again last night. Trailing the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in the 7th inning, the Yankees rallied against hard throwing reliever Joel Zumaya for a 5-3 win, their 12th after trailing entering the 7th inning. Derek Jeter started the rally when he fought off an upper 90’s fastball and lined it to right field for a single. Johnny Damon followed with a double off the glove of a leaping Clete Thomas in right-center to put the tying and go ahead runs in scoring position. With rain falling steadily, Mark Teixeira turned on a Zumaya fastball and hit a moonshot that landed in the 2nd deck for what proved to be the game winning 3-run home run.
With Jeter batting in the 8th, the game was halted nearly an hour due to the heavy rain that fell during a thunderstorm. When the ball game resumed after 11 PM on the East coast, the Yankees sealed the victory with Mariano Rivera notching his 24th save of the season. Phil Hughes picked up the win in relief of A.J. Burnett with a 6 strikeout, 2 scoreless inning performance.
Read the rest of my recap at Baseball Digest Online.
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