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The Yankees pounded out 12 hits and Devon Donis and Ryan Dixon combined for a three-hitter in a 9-3 triumph over the Tigers Wednesday at Fleet Park.
Dixon also starred at the plate, leading the Bombers' attack with three sharp hits and scoring three runs.
The victors wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning. Jack Broach raked a full-count double before Dixon singled to plate him. Devon Donis ripped a hit to score Dixon.
After Danny DeSmit and Charlie Doyle made outs, Matthew Baswell walked. Joe Morrison bounced a single up the middle to score Donis.
Donis surrendered a home run to John Rogan in the bottom of the first to tie the score at three, but he came back strong to record a strikeout and an easy grounder to first base. From there, it was clear sailing for the Yankees' pitchers. Donis struck out seven while Dixon, the closer, notched two strikeouts.
The tie didn't last long. The Yankees came back to score three times with two outs in the second inning. Broach drilled a triple then scored on Dixon's single. Donis singled again and, when the ball got past the left fielder, he and Dixon scored, putting the visitors on top 6-3.
In the fourth inning, the Yankees added three insurance runs. Again, Broach and Dixon were the catalysts with two outs. Broach walked before Dixon drilled another single. Donis reached on an error. Then DeSmit slashed a gapper that eluded the outfield to score the runners. He was out at home after running through a stop sign at third base.
Donis walked just two and was relieved by Dixon with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Dixon struck out a batter, then closed the game in the sixth, shutting down the top of the Tigers' order with a ground ball to shortstop, a strikeout, and a fly ball corralled by Antonio Howard in center field.
