(Sports Network) - New York Yankees pitcher Darrell Rasner will make his second start of the season this afternoon, when he takes the hill in the second contest of a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Rasner was called up to the big league club on May 4th and has taken the place of Ian Kennedy in the Yanks' rotation. In his lone outing this campaign, the right-hander grabbed an 8-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Rasner tossed six strong innings, surrendering only two runs, while striking out four batters.

The 27-year-old was a dominating force for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before being called up, posting a 4-0 ledger with an outstanding 0.87 ERA. Last year, Rasner made just six starts for the Yankees, finishing with a mere 1-3 record to go along with a 4.01 ERA.

Opposing Rasner will be Jeremy Bonderman. It has been a tough start to the season for Bonderman, who has struggled with control issues. In 41 innings of duty, the right-hander has walked 25 batters, while striking out only 22 opponents.

In seven games this year, Bonderman has a 2-3 ledger with a 4.17 ERA. The 25- year-old's problems continued this past Monday, as he surrendered four runs on seven hits in six innings en route to a 6-3 setback to Boston.

However, one of the right-hander's two victories came against the Yankees back on April 30th, as he tossed 7 2/3 innings to lead Detroit to a 6-2 victory at Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately Bonderman has not enjoyed that type of success against the Bronx Bombers in his career, posting a meager 3-6 record and a 5.21 ERA in 10 starts.

Last night, Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs as Detroit held off New York, 6-5.

Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Tigers, who won for just the second time in eight games but beat New York for the fourth consecutive time this season.

Kenny Rogers (3-3) allowed just two runs on nine hits in six-plus innings to earn the win.

Jason Giambi was 2-for-4 with a home run for the Yankees, who have dropped three of four games. Chad Moeller, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu added an RBI apiece for New York, while Hideki Matsui finished 0-for-4, snapping a career-best 17-game hitting streak.

Kei Igawa (0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre before the game, made his season debut and was rocked for six runs on 11 hits in just three-plus innings of work.

The Tigers have won the last six meetings and seven of their last eight matchups with the Yankees. New York dropped three of four in the Motor City a year ago.