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LAKELAND, Florida (Ticker) -- Rookie
Bubba Crosby
hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the fourth inning to power the
New York Yankees
to a 13-3 romp over the
Detroit Tigers
in a Grapefruit League game.
With center fielder
Andres Torres
shaded toward left field, Crosby lined a pitch into right-center and scored easily to give the Yankees a 5-0 lead.
Former Tiger
Ruben Sierra
hit a solo homer off starter
Jeremy Bonderman
in the second inning to open the scoring.
Hideki Matsui
and
Tony Clark
added two-run homers in the seventh off
Matt Anderson
, who is trying to bounce back from arm troubles.
Considered Detroit's closer of the future when he had 22 saves in 2001, Anderson has pitched just 34 1/3 innings over the last two seasons.
Javier Vazquez
allowed two hits with one walk and five strikeouts in five scoreless innings for the win.
Bonderman was reached for four runs and three hits with four walks and a pair of strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
The crowd of 8,674 was a record at Joker Marchant Stadium, which was remodeled in 2003.
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