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Stat of the Day: Yankees get W without HRMLB.com is keeping track of a Stat of the Day for the Yankees this season, highlighting a unique, interesting or fun nugget from each game.
How Jeimer Candelario is carrying empty Detroit Tigers offense through lossesThird baseman Jeimer Candelario snapped a 22-inning scoreless draught for the Detroit Tigers with his home run in the fourth inning.
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Jeimer Candelario - Launches second homerCandelario went 3-for-4 with a solo home run during Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Yankees.
ImpactThe 27-year-old delivered his third three-hit game of the season and went deep for the first time since April 10. Candelario has a .279/.336/.385 slash line with two home runs, five doubles, eight RBI and 11 runs through 27 games in 2021.
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Gleyber Torres - Collects three RBITorres went 2-for-4 with three RBI during Saturday's 6-4 win over Detroit.
ImpactThe 24-year-old delivered his first multi-RBI performance of the season by going 2-for-4 with RISP on Saturday. Torres was off to a slow start in 2021, but he's now riding a modest five-game hit streak and is 8-for-21 with three doubles, a walk, five RBI and two runs during that stretch.
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Aaron Judge - Drives in three runsJudge went 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI and a run during Saturday's 6-4 win against the Tigers.
ImpactThe 29-year-old has now collected eight RBI through two games versus the Tigers after sitting out the previous two contests for maintenance purposes. Judge is 10-for-25 with three home runs, two doubles, three walks, 10 RBI and eight runs across the past seven games.
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DJ LeMahieu - On bases three timesLeMahieu went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and two runs during Saturday's 6-4 win over the Tigers.
ImpactThe 32-year-old continues to serve as a strong leadoff batter for New York and notched his first stolen base of the season Saturday. LeMahieu is on a modest five-game hit streak in which he is 8-for-20 with one double, four walks and seven runs.
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Spencer Turnbull - Dealt second straight lossTurnbull (1-2) was charged with the loss Saturday against the Yankees after giving up four runs on five hits with three walks and one strikeout over five innings.
ImpactThe 28-year-old generated only two swinging strikes on 94 pitches as he eclipsed the walk total from his first two starts of the season. Turnbull missed the first three weeks of the season and has a 4.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 12:5 K:BB across 16 innings since making his 2021 debut April 21
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