DETROIT — The New York Yankees, who hadn’t won a single one of their previous 10 series, finally did, thanks to Gleyber Torres, who homered for the third straight game Wednesday in a 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.
DJ LeMahieu and Giancarlo Stanton also homered for New York, which has won the first three games of the four-game series. The Yankees hadn’t won a series since a three-game sweep of Kansas City from July 21-23.
They haven’t won a road series since winning two of three in Oakland from June 27-29.
Stanton hit 20 homers for the 12th time in 14 seasons. He is the player who has reached the figure the most times in the majors since 2010.
Accumulate 398 home runs in his major league career.
Gerrit Cole (12-4) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings to win consecutive starts, something he hadn’t done since May 28 and June 3.
Ian Hamilton finished a combined four-hitter for his second save.
The defeat went to Brendan White (2-3).
For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres 4-2 with two runs scored and one RBI, Everson Pereira 3-1 with two RBIs, Oswald Peraza 4-0.
For the Tigers, Cuban Andy Ibáñez 1-0.
2023-08-31 02:09:56
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