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Greene (3-1) allowed five singles and three walks while
striking out five to pick up his first Yankee Stadium win, and
David Robertson stranded the potential tying run at third base
in the ninth for his 31st save. Stephen Drew's RBI double in the
fourth accounted for the offense for the Yankees, who have won
five of six to remain five games back of first-place Baltimore
in the American League East and a percentage point behind Kansas
City for the second wild-card spot.
Rick Porcello (13-6) suffered the hard-luck loss after giving up
a run and nine hits with five strikeouts over seven frames.
Detroit, which gave superstar slugger Miguel Cabrera the day off
until he pinch-hit in the ninth and grounded into a double play,
leads the AL Central by 2 1/2 games over Kansas City.
Carlos Beltran singled with one out in the bottom of the fourth
and moved to second on Chase Headley's base hit. Drew followed
with a bloop down the left-field line that bounced fair and into
the stands for a ground-rule double, scoring Beltran with the
game's only run.
The Tigers had runners at the corners with one out in the sixth,
but Greene got Victor Martinez to hit into an inning-ending
double play. The rookie right-hander surrendered a single on his
first pitch of the ninth and yielded to Robertson, who walked
Martinez before Cabrera - hitting for J.D. Martinez - tapped a
weak grounder to second to start a double play and Don Kelly
popped to short.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Yankees SS Derek Jeter had the day off and
remains one hit shy of tying Hall of Famer Honus Wagner (3,430)
for sixth on baseball's all-time list. ... The Tigers have lost
six of their last seven road games. ... Detroit stays on the
road to open a three-game series at Toronto on Friday while New
York remains home to host Cleveland.
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