DETROIT -- The Yankees have been talking about working better quality at-bats throughout their batting order, one through nine, over their last winning week. In one memorable inning Wednesday night at Comerica Park, every single hitter in the lineup delivered on that promise.Beginning with leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury, nine straight batters collected hits as the Yankees took a swing at the record books. The resulting eight-run inning sent David Price to the showers early as New York defeated the Tigers, 8-4, to move to within 2 1/2 games of Seattle for the second American League Wild Card spot. 
The Yanks are quite familiar with Price from his previous service in the AL East, but they have never seen him like this. After being forced to throw 43 pitches in the first two innings, Price didn't record an out in the third as eight earned runs came around, matching his career high.Derek Jeter had two RBIs in the frame, starting the damage with a run-scoring double to right field off the left-hander. The Yankees stayed on Price's pitches throughout the inning, as Mark Teixeira, Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann followed by stringing three consecutive RBI hits together.Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli also collected run-scoring singles before Tigers manager Brad Ausmus finally claimed the ball from Price, who recorded no swings and misses in the inning. Blaine Hardy recorded the first out on an Ellsbury sacrifice fly, and Jeter lifted a sac fly to push home the eighth run.The nine straight hits off Price -- who hadn't allowed nine hits in any of his last 10 starts -- were three shy of a Major League record set by the 1920 Cardinals and equaled by the 1930 Brooklyn Robins. Price permitted 12 hits overall, working two-plus innings.The Yankees are the first AL team since the 1996 Tigers to have nine consecutive hits in an inning.Shane Greene gladly accepted the run support in his back pocket, defeating the Tigers for the second time in the last three weeks. Greene didn't have to sweat as much this time, having defeated Detroit in a 1-0 decision on Aug. 7 in New York.The rookie right-hander limited the Tigers to two runs and five hits over seven innings, striking out eight. Torii Hunter opened the fourth inning with a single for the Tigers' first hit and then scored on a Miguel Cabrera double. Victor Martinez launched a solo home run off Greene in the sixth, Martinez's career-high 26th of the season.New York's victory came after the Tigers honored Jeter in a pregame ceremony that included nods to the retiring Yankees captain's childhood upbringing in Kalamazoo, Mich., as well as a $5,000 donation to Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
The Yanks are quite familiar with Price from his previous service in the AL East, but they have never seen him like this. After being forced to throw 43 pitches in the first two innings, Price didn't record an out in the third as eight earned runs came around, matching his career high.Derek Jeter had two RBIs in the frame, starting the damage with a run-scoring double to right field off the left-hander. The Yankees stayed on Price's pitches throughout the inning, as Mark Teixeira, Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann followed by stringing three consecutive RBI hits together.Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli also collected run-scoring singles before Tigers manager Brad Ausmus finally claimed the ball from Price, who recorded no swings and misses in the inning. Blaine Hardy recorded the first out on an Ellsbury sacrifice fly, and Jeter lifted a sac fly to push home the eighth run.The nine straight hits off Price -- who hadn't allowed nine hits in any of his last 10 starts -- were three shy of a Major League record set by the 1920 Cardinals and equaled by the 1930 Brooklyn Robins. Price permitted 12 hits overall, working two-plus innings.The Yankees are the first AL team since the 1996 Tigers to have nine consecutive hits in an inning.Shane Greene gladly accepted the run support in his back pocket, defeating the Tigers for the second time in the last three weeks. Greene didn't have to sweat as much this time, having defeated Detroit in a 1-0 decision on Aug. 7 in New York.The rookie right-hander limited the Tigers to two runs and five hits over seven innings, striking out eight. Torii Hunter opened the fourth inning with a single for the Tigers' first hit and then scored on a Miguel Cabrera double. Victor Martinez launched a solo home run off Greene in the sixth, Martinez's career-high 26th of the season.New York's victory came after the Tigers honored Jeter in a pregame ceremony that included nods to the retiring Yankees captain's childhood upbringing in Kalamazoo, Mich., as well as a $5,000 donation to Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
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