By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com DETROIT -- CC Sabathia was pounded for six runs in six innings and the Yankees went down quietly and quickly in a 6-0 loss to the Tigers on Thursday at Comerica Park. On a gloomy afternoon that had the Yankees poring over radar reports, their hitters were never able to get much of a read on right-hander Justin Verlander, who limited New York to four hits over 6 2/3 innings. Sabathia, the other half of the day's ace-caliber matchup, allowed a quick run in the second inning, as Brennan Boesch doubled and scored on Gerald Laird's two-out single. Miguel Cabrera and Boesch hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fourth off Sabathia, with both blasts clearing the right-field wall and putting the Tigers up, 3-0. Detroit broke it open in the sixth, when Cabrera belted a long two-run double to deep center. Laird added a run-scoring double off Sabathia later in that inning, as the Yankees' ace finished allowing nine hits, no walks and four strikeouts in a 79-pitch effort. Derek Jeter endured a scare when he was hit on the left pinky in the fifth with a Verlander fastball, shaking his left hand but remaining in the game. The shortstop is day-to-day. The Yankees lost three out of four in the Detroit series and finished their seven-game road trip 3-4.
