1:05 pm
May 2

Tigers @ Yankees

Who will WIN this matchup?

Detroit Tigers (8-20)

@ New York Yankees (13-14)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Urena (DET): 1-3; 3.77 ERA

Kluber (NYY) 1-2; 4.15 ERA

 

Current odds:

Detroit Tigers: (+215)

New York Yankees: (-245)

 

Aaron Judge’s return from lower-body soreness is going extremely well. Since Tuesday, Judge’s average has increased 28 points to .291, and he enters Sunday with seven homers and 18 RBIs. He hit two homers and drove in five runs Friday in New York’s 10-0 win over Detroit, then followed it up by hitting a tiebreaking double and a two-run single in a 6-4 win on Saturday.

Detroit is attempting to snap a four-game losing streak and hopes some of the better at-bats it produced in the late innings Saturday continue. After entering Saturday with a .199 average, the Tigers finished with seven hits while taking their 14th loss in 16 games. Jeimer Candelario homered and had three hits as the Tigers ended a 22-inning scoreless drought. Niko Goodrum also homered for Detroit, which hit multiple home runs for the third time in their 16-game skid while deploying its 28th lineup on the season.

Corey Kluber (1-2, 4.15 ERA) will start for New York on Sunday coming off his best outing of the season. He is seeking his 100th career win. He lowered his ERA from 5.40 by allowing one run on six hits in 6 2/3 innings during a 5-1 win at Baltimore on Tuesday. Kluber had not lasted longer than 4 2/3 innings in his first four outings in a New York uniform.

The Tigers’ Sunday starter, Jose Urena (1-3, 3.77 ERA), hopes for a better experience this time around at Yankee Stadium. On Sept. 27 while pitching for the Miami Marlins in a 5-0 win, Urena fractured his forearm by a line drive from DJ LeMahieu in the third inning. Urena is 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA in two career starts against the Yankees.

5/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
New York Yankees