Detroit Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch will have surgery on his injured right thumb and is expected to miss the rest of the season, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday. Boesch told the Free Press that a date for the surgery has not been scheduled yet, but he hopes to have the...

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Brennan Boesch and the Detroit Tigers are on another streak, and this one is a lot more pleasant. Boesch homered and drove in three runs, and the Tigers took advantage of some sloppy fielding to beat the New York Yankees for the third straight time, 6-3 on Thursday. Detroit had lost seven straight before taking the final three games of a four-game series.

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In a long-ball derby, Tigers manager Jim Leyland preferred Brennan Boesch's simple sacrifice fly as the hit of the game. Boesch's run-scoring flyball was just one of four RBIs for the designated hitter on a four-hit day, and Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs as Detroit outslugged the New York Yankees 10-7 Sunday for its first win of the season.

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