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The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 7-4 on Wednesday roughing up Yankees ace CC Sabathia in the process.  Sabathia didn’t make it out of the 2nd inning – giving up 5 runs on 6 hits.  Gary Sheffield hit a 2-run home run off of Sabathia in the Tigers 5-run 2nd inning.  Sheffield hit 2 home runs against his former team in the game.

As for Yankees’ bats, Mark Teixeira had an RBI-single in the 1st inning of Tigers starter Justin Verlander.  The Yankees coaxed Verlander into 3 consecutive walks in the 2nd inning which enabled the Yankees to score on a Posada walk, a Kevin Cash single and a Nick Swisher sacrifice fly.

The Yankees are now 5-7-1 this spring, while the Tigers are 4-8.

LaDainian Tomlinson and San Diego finished up and restructured the final three years of his contract. The team did this to give the team a cap break in 2009 and Tomlinson will not take any kind of pay cut. There is also a unspecified amount of money guaranteed in 2010 and this gives him some Job security for the 2010 season.  ” I love San Diego and being a part of this team with my teammates. My No. 1 priority was to stay here in San Diego.” Tomlinson said. Tomlinson who had 2 injuries this season and his postseason was cut short due to a injury.