Parker Meadows hit a tying two-run homer in the fifth inning and a tiebreaking RBI single to spark a nine-run seventh inning for the Detroit Tigers, who beat the host New York Yankees 12-2 on Tuesday night.

Detroit (83-62) remained eight games ahead of the second-place Cleveland Guardians (74-70) in the American League Central.

Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz entered to start the seventh inning, and he immediately allowed a double to Riley Greene and issued two walks to load the bases. Meadows snapped a 2-2 tie by lining a single to right field.

Dillon Dingler drew a bases-loaded walk before Mark Leiter Jr. replaced Cruz.

Trey Sweeney made it 5-2 with a single to shallow center field when New York shortstop Anthony Volpe could not complete an over-the-shoulder catch. Leiter followed by

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