The game was effectively over before Yankee Stadium had settled in. Detroit scored four times in the first inning and added runs in the third and sixth to pull away for a 9-3 victory over New York on Tuesday, extending the Yankees' losing streak to five games.
Tarik Skubal was the story on the mound. He held New York to 1 hit over 6.0 innings, striking out 9 and walking none on 87 pitches. He allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, and picked up his fourth win of the season against four losses, carrying a 3.15 ERA. It was the kind of outing that made the Tigers' offensive outburst feel almost secondary.
Riley Greene led the Detroit attack, going 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI. He opened the scoring in the first when Kerry Carpenter homered to center — 410 feet — to put Detroit ahead immediately. Greene followed with a solo shot to right, 424 feet, to make it 2-0. Spencer Torkelson then homered to left, 405 feet, with Keith scoring ahead of him to push the lead to 4-0 before the Yankees had recorded three outs. Ben Rice answered with a solo homer to right center in the bottom of the first, but the damage was done. In the third, Greene struck again, a 404-foot shot to right center with Dillon Dingler scoring, extending the lead to 6-1. James Outman capped the scoring with a three-run homer to right center in the sixth — 368 feet — as Torkelson and McKinstry scored ahead of him, pushing Detroit to 9-1.
Cam Schlittler absorbed the loss for New York, allowing 6 runs on 7 hits over 4.0 innings with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk. He falls to 8-5 on the season with a 2.08 ERA. The Yankees managed just 4 hits on the night. Max Schuemann scored in the sixth on a Goldschmidt groundout, and Rosario crossed the plate in the ninth on an infield single by Domínguez, but the rallies were cosmetic against a lead that had been established from the opening frame.
Detroit improves to 36-49 with the victory. New York drops to 48-36, sitting second in its division and now having lost five consecutive games.