Tigers host the Yankees in first of 3-game series

Updated Aug. 16, 2024 4:00 a.m. ET

Associated Press

New York Yankees (72-50, second in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (59-63, fourth in the AL Central)

Detroit; Friday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Gerrit Cole (0-0); Tigers: TBD

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -189, Tigers +160; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers host the New York Yankees to open a three-game series.

Detroit is 29-31 at home and 59-63 overall. The Tigers have a 28-16 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

New York has a 72-50 record overall and a 40-23 record in road games. Yankees hitters have a collective .337 on-base percentage, the highest percentage in the AL.

The matchup Friday is the fourth time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Aaron Judge leads New York with 43 home runs while slugging .707. Juan Soto is 11-for-36 with seven home runs and 10 RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, .250 batting average, 2.44 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs

Yankees: 6-4, .282 batting average, 5.00 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Wenceel Perez: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Brendan White: 60-Day IL (elbow), Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Riley Greene: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Reese Olson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (groin)

Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: 10-Day IL (elbow), Trent Grisham: day-to-day (hand), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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