New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers

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New York Yankees

73-51, 41-24 Away

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Detroit Tigers

60-64, 30-32 Home

Torkelson doubles and triples in big league return as Tigers beat Yankees 4-0

Torkelson, who turns 25 on Aug. 26, was batting .201 with four homers when he was demoted to Triple-A on June 2. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft was called up this weekend, along with Jace Jung and Trey Sweeney — two of Detroit's top infield prospects.

“That was a really fun game and, gosh, it is great to be back,” Torkelson said.

Tigers right-hander Keider Montero (4-5) struck out five in five-plus innings in his 10th career start. He allowed two hits in his third consecutive win.

“He's got really good stuff — he just has weapons,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “It's not just about his fastball and slider — his changeup has gotten better — and when you put that together, he's been very effective.”

Tyler Holton followed Montero with three innings. Jason Foley finished the four-hitter, working around Aaron Judge's leadoff double in the ninth.

“They have held us down — even yesterday, we got lucky and hit a couple balls of out of the park,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “That's a team that has done a very nice job of preventing runs, and they've had to do it in some creative ways.”

Yankees starter Carlos Rodón (13-8) surrendered four runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.

“I didn't have my A-plus stuff, but I have to be better than that,” he said. “I put the boys down 4-0 in the second.”

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Colt Keith’s RBI single, and then added three more runs in the second.

Torkelson hit a leadoff double. Rodón retired the next two batters, but Zach McKinstry hit an RBI single and Matt Vierling drew a walk. Andy Ibáñez then hit a two-run double to left.

“They really made him work with some really long at-bats,” Boone said. “He really couldn't put guys away with two strikes, so it was foul ball, foul ball, foul ball, and then they would take advantage of a mistake over the plate.”

Torkelson tripled to start the sixth, but was thrown out at home while trying to advance on an errant pitch.

“I thought I read the play perfectly, but it was wet and my hand got caught under me,” he said.

The Yankees and Tigers take a quick flight to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to finish the three-game series at Sunday night’s Little League World Series. Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (14-4, 2.53 ERA) is scheduled to face RHP Marcus Stroman (8-6, 4.01 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 40.8%

Yankees: 59.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Volpe flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Verdugo to second on passed ball by Dingler, Judge to third on passed ball by Dingler.
	9th Inning	Verdugo walked.
	9th Inning	Stanton lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Wells struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Judge doubled to center.

Statistics

NYY		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
9	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	16
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
0.5	Runs Created	5.4
.129	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.485
.129	Secondary Average	.242
.206	On Base Percentage	.343
.367	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.828
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
6.0	Batter Rating	36.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.032	Isolated Power	.182
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
0.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
60.0	MLB Rating	85.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0