The Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Comerica Park.
Here are the key takeaways…
–Cody Bellinger was out of the lineup once again after missing Friday and Saturday with back issues. This time around, though, Bellinger was out due to food poisoning, with Aaron Boone telling reporters before the game that Bellinger was up all night after eating some questionable chicken wings.
-The wheels fell off for Carlos Carrasco in the bottom of the fourth inning. After allowing a run in the second, Carrasco was victimized by the long ball in the fourth, as Spencer Torkelson, Zach McKinstry, and Dillon Dingler all hit solo home runs.
Carrasco lasted 4.1 innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits while striking out three and walking one.
-The Yankees had a chance to get to reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal early, as Paul Goldschmidt and Ben Rice both singled throughout the game. But the Yankees failed to score in that inning, as Aaron Judge (strikeout), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (groundout), and Anthony Volpe (strikeout) all failed to bring the runners home.
Skubal was able to settle in, and he was nails from that point on, retiring 16 straight hitters after those first-inning singles. The Yankees put a pair of runners on in the sixth inning on hits from Goldschmidt and Judge, but the lefty got out of the jam by getting Chisholm to pop out to third.
Skubal went 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just four hits while striking out six without a walk.
-Right-handed reliever Ian Hamilton was activated off the 15-day IL before the game, and he made his season debut in the bottom of the seventh inning. It was a successful return to action for Hamilton, as he struck out two while allowing one hit in a scoreless inning.
-The lone bright spot offensively for the Yankees was Goldschmidt, who recorded his third three-hit game of the season. Judge also had a pair of hits in an otherwise quiet day for the Bombers. As a team, the Yankees had six hits on the afternoon, all singles.
Game MVP
Skubal, who looked like the reigning Cy Young winner after two shaky starts to begin his season.
Upcoming schedule
The Yankees close out their chilly series in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon at 1:10 PM.
Max Fried will face Jack Flaherty.
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