Tigers dominate Yankees opener.
Detroit Tigers defeat New York Yankees 7-3 in opener, led by Casey Mize's 10 strikeouts.
The Detroit Tigers crushed the New York Yankees 7-3 on Monday at Yankee Stadium, scoring seven runs in the first four innings to hand New York its fifth straight loss. Casey Mize was nearly untouchable, striking out 10 batters over seven innings while allowing just one hit, according to AP News.
The win was also a personal milestone. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch earned his 1,000th career win, a number that had been stuck at 999 through a recent series loss to Houston, The Alpena News reported.
Tigers Score Seven Runs Before Yankees Wake Up
Detroit wasted no time. In the first inning, Dillon Dingler doubled and scored on a Spencer Torkelson ground-ball single to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead, per FOX Sports. The second inning got messier for New York. Yankees third baseman José Caballero threw the ball away, opening the door for a big Detroit rally. Dingler added a sacrifice fly, and rookie Hao-Yu Lee drove in two more with a single. Detroit led 5-0 before most fans had settled in.
The Tigers piled on again in the fourth. Kevin McGonigle, another rookie, ripped a two-run single after left fielder Cody Bellinger botched a play in the outfield. The lead ballooned to 7-0. Yankees starter Ryan Weathers lasted just 1â…” innings, giving up five runs on seven hits, according to AP News.
Casey Mize's Dominant Redemption on the Mound
Just six days earlier, these same Yankees had tagged Mize for four runs. On Monday, he looked like a different pitcher. Mize threw 88 pitches, 58 for strikes, and allowed only one hit — a double to Spencer Jones in the third inning. He walked nobody. MLB.com noted the performance as a clear personal redemption outing for the right-hander.
The Yankees have now been held to three hits or fewer in four straight games — the first time that has happened in franchise history, per AP News. Their batting average over that stretch sits at a dismal .098, a historic offensive collapse for one of baseball's most storied lineups.
Jazz Chisholm Exits After Frightening Collision
The game took a scary turn in the fourth inning. Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and right fielder Jasson Dominguez both chased a shallow pop-up and collided hard. Chisholm took an elbow to the head and stayed on the ground for several minutes. He was pulled from the game and entered concussion protocol, replaced by Oswaldo Cabrera, according to NBC Sports.
Chisholm had already been at the center of a clubhouse story this week. Manager Aaron Boone had initially said, "That pisses me off," after Chisholm was spotted sucking on a green apple Blow Pop during play. Boone later softened after Chisholm homered in a later game. Now the team faces a bigger problem — with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton already hurt, losing Chisholm further strips the lineup of its best players, per CBS Sports.
Yankees Fall Out of First Place in AL East
The loss dropped the Yankees to 48-36 and pushed them behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East, per Ground News. New York had led the division for much of June but was swept in four games by the Boston Red Sox just before this series. The Tigers, meanwhile, came in at 35-49 with a 12-28 road record — yet controlled every inning of this game.
For Detroit, the story is about youth. Rookies Lee and McGonigle each drove in two runs against an established big-market roster. Field Level Media framed the win as another sign of a "youth movement" building in Detroit, with young players consistently outperforming expectations. The Tigers will look to build on this momentum in game two of the series.
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