Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter hit two-run homers in a five-run eighth inning and Jack Flaherty pitched five sharp innings as the Detroit Tigers pulled away for an 11-1 victory over the host New York Yankees on Wednesday night.

Detroit (84-62) beat the Yankees for the fourth time in five meetings this season and earned its third win in the teams' past 14 meetings at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers opened the three-game set with a 12-2 win on Tuesday.

Gleyber Torres drove in three runs against his former team, including a two-run single that gave the Tigers the lead in the fifth against Carlos Rodon (16-8). He added a run-scoring groundout in the seventh before Detroit scored eight runs in the eighth and ninth.

Greene hit his 33rd homer when he followed a single by Spencer Torkelson by conn

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