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Chris Stewart started behind the plate yesterday for the second straight game because Yankees catcher Russell Martin's stiff neck hadn't improved from Saturday.

Another Quad A player breaks through, two young southpaws do nothing but win and the NL's most valuable backup catcher are covered this week's edition of the space we like to call "Who's He"? Standing 6-foot-6 and tipping the scales at 255 pounds, Eldred looks like a prototypical power hitter who, in the tradition of Frank Thomas, Frank Howard and ... (more)

The Red Sox won six straight last week, powered by David Ortiz's hot bat. Big Papi is batting .395 with four homers and 18 RBI.

Yankees 6, Tigers 2: CC Sabathia steadied New York's rocky rotation with eight sharp innings, Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays for eighth on the career RBIs list and the Yankees beat visiting Detroit despite leaving 14 men on base in the first six innings.

Scherzer walked a career-high seven while CC Sabathia pitched neatly for eight innings, and the New York Yankees beat Detroit 6-2 on Sunday, the Tigers' eighth loss in 10 games.