Porcello tosses seven shutout innings
DETROIT (AP) -- Rick Porcello pitched seven sharp innings and Magglio Ordonez drove in one of two runs in the sixth, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 2-0 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Yankees lost their season-high third in a row.
Porcello (3-3) had his best start of the season, giving up four hits. He allowed 22 runs his previous four outings.
Ryan Perry pitched a perfect eighth and Jose Valverde closed the game for his 10th save.
Javier Vazquez (1-4) allowed only an infield hit through five innings. Johnny Damon got a hit as Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the sixth. Vazquez struck out a season-high seven.
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