1:10 pm
May 30

Yankees @ Tigers

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Yankees (29-23)

@ Detroit Tigers (21-31)

 

Starting Pitchers:

King (NYY): 0-1; 2.29 ERA

Skubal (DET) 1-7; 5.23 ERA

 

Current odds:

New York Yankees: (-125)

Detroit Tigers: (+115)

 

• The New York Yankees will require more punch from the lineup if they intend to salvage the finale of a three-game series in Detroit on Sunday. The Yankees have been held to three runs combined while dropping the first two games this weekend. Their runs have come on a Rougned Odor solo homer, a passed ball and a double play. New York has lost four of its last five overall, scoring a total of five runs in those defeats.

• Getting more from leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu would certainly help. LeMahieu batted .327 and .364 in his first two seasons with the Yankees. Through Saturday’s 6-1 loss, in which he went 1-for-4, he is hitting .263, 40 points below his career average.

• Jameson Taillon (1-3, 5.06 ERA) was originally scheduled to start on Sunday for New York, but Boone has decided to give him an extra day of rest. Taillon, who pitched five scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox last Sunday, has undergone two Tommy John surgeries. The Yankees will instead turn it into a bullpen day, with right-hander Michael King expected to open and go multiple innings.

• King (0-1, 2.29 ERA) had a six-inning relief stint against Toronto early in the season, but he hasn’t gone more than three innings in any subsequent outing. He gave up one run on six hits in three innings against the Blue Jays on Tuesday in his most recent appearance. The 26-year-old King has never faced Detroit.

• The Tigers will have rookie left-hander Tarik Skubal on the mound. Skubal (1-7, 5.23 ERA) has racked up impressive strikeout numbers in his last two starts, fanning nine in each of those five-inning stints against Seattle and Cleveland. Skubal allowed a leadoff homer against the Indians, then gave up only one more run. Skubal faced the Yankees in New York on April 30. He gave up four runs, including three homers, on five hits in three innings.

• Hinch was pleased he didn’t have to use his top two relievers, Michael Fulmer and Gregory Soto, in Saturday’s victory. A quartet of the team’s other relievers tossed 3 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings with one walk and six strikeouts.

4/10
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