Detroit Tigers (21-32, fourth in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (38-15, first in the AL East)
New York; Sunday, 11:35 a.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Rony Garcia (0-1, 4.70 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Yankees: Jordan Montgomery (1-1, 3.04 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 41 strikeouts)
LINE: Yankees -308, Tigers +251; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep their seven-game home win streak intact when they face the Detroit Tigers.
New York has a 38-15 record overall and a 22-7 record in home games. Yankees hitters are batting a collective .244, which ranks fourth in the AL.
Detroit has a 21-32 record overall and a 7-17 record in road games. The Tigers have a 4-2 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.
Sunday's game is the sixth time these teams meet this season. The Yankees are ahead 4-1 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 21 home runs while slugging .689. Gleyber Torres is 9-for-33 with two doubles, three home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.
Jonathan Schoop leads Detroit with five home runs while slugging .330. Harold Castro is 8-for-29 with a home run and three RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 8-2, .259 batting average, 1.23 ERA, outscored opponents by 35 runs
Tigers: 6-4, .215 batting average, 4.09 ERA, outscored by 15 runs
INJURIES: Yankees: Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (right shoulder), Aroldis Chapman: 15-Day IL (achilles), Ben Rortvedt: 60-Day IL (oblique), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Domingo German: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Britton: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Tigers: Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robbie Grossman: 10-Day IL (neck), Eduardo Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (ribcage), Victor Reyes: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Austin Meadows: 10-Day IL (vertigo), Michael Pineda: 15-Day IL (finger), Tyler Alexander: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Funkhouser: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Manning: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Rogers: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Cisnero: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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