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YANKEES 4
TIGERS 8

Thursday night at the Stadium, the Yankees were swept in the 3 game series by the Detroit Tigers, losing the final game, 8-4. Ian Kennedy gave up 4 runs, but after the Yankees tied the game at 4-4, Detroit regained the lead in the sixth against Albaladejo.

Ian Kennedy retired seven of the first Tigers he faced, but was touched for four runs and four hits in the third inning. In only 4 2/3 innings work, Kennedy finished at 96 pitches (57 for strikes), allowing five hits while walking three and throwing a wild pitch. Kennedy was lifted for Albaladejo with two outs in the fifth inning, the fourth time in six starts this season that Kennedy has not been able to go at least five innings.
Albaladejo got roughed up as well, giving up 6 hits and 4 earned runs, while getting the loss.

Offensively, it was like a repeat of the previous game. The Yankees attacked early on in the first inning, and then went quiet. The Yanks put up 3 runs in the first inning, in which the first four Yankees reached base against left-hander Nate Robertson, including a line drive three-run homer to right by Bobby Abreu. Shelley Duncan’s single in the 5th, tied the game at 4-4, but thats all the Yankees would score.

The Yankees being swept at home was not a pretty site, and neither was watching Ian Kennedy not be able to go 5 innings again. Chien-Ming Wang will take the mound to start the series on Friday against the Seattle Mariners. Wang will be going for a 6-0 start, and has become the most consistant starter on the Yankee staff.

GAME NOTES:
KENNEDY: 4.2IP, 4H, 4ER
ABREU: 2-4, HR, 3RBI
JETER: 2-4
DUNCAN: 1-4, RBI

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