Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 6, LA Dodgers 4
When: 1:00 PM ET, Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - John Tumpane, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 40604

Yankees 6, Dodgers 4: Ichiro Suzuki homered and drove in three runs in support of Hiroki Kuroda as New York took the opener of a day-night doubleheader from visiting Los Angeles.

Lyle Overbay added two RBIs as the Yankees won their fourth straight home game. Former Dodger Kuroda (7-5) allowed two runs on eight hits in 6 2/3 innings and three relievers bridged the gap to Mariano Rivera, who worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 25th save.

Hanley Ramirez went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer in the eighth for the Dodgers. A.J. Ellis and Jerry Hairston Jr. each added an RBI but Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3) surrendered three runs in six innings to suffer his first loss since May 5.

The Yankees broke through against Ryu in the second when Thomas Neal beat out a single after Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig tried to throw him out from short right field. Suzuki followed with a single and the runners moved up on a bunt before Overbay sent a double over Andre Ethier’s head in center field to plate a pair.

Suzuki made it 3-0 with a solo home run in the sixth before Los Angeles got on the board and knocked out Kuroda with two runs in the seventh. New York put two on with one out in the bottom of the seventh and Dodgers right-hander Ronald Belisario made a pair of errors on the same play - failing to field a pop up and then throwing it into center field - that allowed the Yankees to open a three-run lead.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Dodgers were visiting the Bronx for the first time since winning Game 6 of the 1981 World Series at the old Yankee Stadium. … Los Angeles is expected to activate LH Chris Capuano off the 15-day disabled list to start against New York RH Phil Hughes in the nightcap. … The Yankees acquired OF Fernando Martinez from the Houston Astros in exchange for minor-league RHP Charles Basford. Martinez, 24, is expected to report to Triple-A.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   NY Yankees
Hyun-Jin Ryu Player Hiroki Kuroda
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.2
4 Strikeouts 2
5 Hits 8
4.50 ERA 2.70
Hitting
LA Dodgers   NY Yankees
Hanley Ramirez Player Ichiro Suzuki
4 Hits 3
2 RBI 3
1 HR 1
8 TB 6
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 10 1 15 .294 18 5 4 3 0 4
NY Yankees 8 1 12 .242 16 5 5 2 0 0