DETROIT TIGERS NOTES:

TIGERS COMPLETE SWEEP OF WHITE SOX WITH 3-2 WIN: The Tigers posted their 30th comeback win of the season on Sunday, defeating the White Sox, 3-2, to complete a three-game sweep. Spencer Torkelson had the big blow with a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning, his 25th of the season. Carson Kelly drove in a pair of runs and went 1×4 with a double. Tarik Skubal started for Detroit and earned his fourth win of the season, giving up two runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings. Jason Foley and Alex Lange each worked a scoreless inning in relief with Lange notching his 21st save of the year.

TORK TIME: Spencer Torkelson was the hero in Sunday’s victory, hitting a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning. The homer traveled 436 feet, tied for the second longest of his career, only trailing a 440-foot blast on June 12 vs. Atlanta. Since June 27, Torkelson has hit 17 homers, which ranks third in the American League.

START ME UP: Tarik Skubal threw 7.0 strong innings on Sunday, giving up two runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. It marked the fourth straight game where a Tigers starter has thrown 6.0-or-more innings and allowed two-or-fewer runs, the longest in-season streak since another four-game stretch from August 1-4, 2014.

MIGGY MAGIC: Miguel Cabrera recorded his first four-hit game of the season and the 49th of his career on Saturday against the White Sox, finishing the game 4×5 with a double and three RBI. It marked Cabrera’s first four-hit game since September 8, 2021 at Pittsburgh. He became the second Tigers player age 40-or-older to have a four-hit game, joining Chuck Hostetler on June 18, 1944 (Game 1) vs. St. Louis. With four hits on Saturday, Cabrera now has 3,158 in his career, breaking a tie with George Brett for sole possession of 17th place on the all-time hits list.

ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 3-0 on their current six-game road trip, which includes three games at Chicago (AL) (3-0) and three games at New York (AL) (September 5-7). Detroit is 34-34 away from Comerica Park this season. As a team, the Tigers are hitting .228/.297/.378 on the road, while the pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA (588.2IP/264ER).

TIGERS AND YANKEES: The Tigers and Yankees begin their second and final series of the season tonight. The two teams met last week in Detroit with New York (AL) winning three of the four games. In 2022, the Tigers went 1-5 against the Yankees, including dropping all three games at Yankee Stadium.

INJURY REHAB UPDATE: Mason Englert continued an injury rehab assignment with Triple A Toledo on Sunday, allowing a run on one hit with a walk and a strikeout in 1.0 inning. Englert has been sidelined since July 24 with left hip tightness.

TIGERS ON THE IL:

• LHP Tyler Alexander (left lat/shoulder strain, 60-day IL on July 4, retroactive to July 3)
• LHP Matthew Boyd (left elbow sprain, 60-day IL on June 27)
• RHP Mason Englert (left hip tightness, 15-day IL on July 24, retroactive to July 23)
• OF Riley Greene (right elbow inflammation, 10-day IL on September 2)
• OF Austin Meadows (anxiety, 60-day IL on April 8, retroactive to April 7)
• RHP Casey Mize (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on February 17)
• RHP Freddy Pacheco (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on March 27)
• LHP Andrew Vasquez (left calf tightness, 15-day IL on August 29, retroactive to August 28)

TONIGHT’S TIGERS STARTING PITCHER

49 Alex Faedo • 2-5, 4.89 ERA (57.0IP/31ER)

• Faedo will make his 13th appearance and 12th start of the season tonight in the series opener against the Yankees. Last pitched on Saturday at Chicago (AL), throwing a perfect inning out of the bullpen with one strikeout…marked the first relief appearance of his big league career…over his last six outings, including five starts, he has a 1-1 record with a 2.63 ERA (27.1IP/8ER) and 20 strikeouts. Will be making his first career appearance against the Yankees and at Yankee Stadium tonight. Threw 6.0 shutout innings with one hit allowed, four walks and two strikeouts on July 23 vs. San Diego…marked his first career start with 6.0 scoreless frames. Earned his first win of the season on May 25 vs. Chicago (AL), pitching 6.0 innings and allowing two runs on three hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts…became the third pitcher in franchise history to throw 6.0 innings with three-or-fewer hits allowed, no walks and 10-ormore strikeouts, joining Denny McLain on July 21, 1965 vs. Cleveland (Game 2) and Aníbal Sánchez on August 3, 2014 vs. Colorado.

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:

AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a six-game homestand tonight with the first game of a three-game set vs. Detroit (through Thurs.)…will also face Milwaukee this weekend (Fri.- Sun.)…went 7-3 on their recent 10-game road trip going 1-2 at Tampa Bay, 3-1 at Detroit and sweeping a three-game set at Houston. Have won three straight games and six of their last seven games…are 8-4 in their last 12 games (since 8/23) after losing their previous nine from 8/12-22. Have won each of their last two series after losing their previous six series.

WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Yankees clinched a series sweep over the Houston Astros with a 6-1 win on Sunday at Minute Maid Park…RHP Michael King (5.0IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K, 0HR) started and earned his fourth win of the year…1B DJ LeMahieu (1-for4, 1R, 1 double, 1RBI) hit a game-tying RBI double in the sixth inning…CF Jasson Domínguez (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) hit a goahead two-run HR in the sixth inning…2B Gleyber Torres (2- for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit a solo HR in the ninth inning…C Austin Wells (1-for-3, 1R, 1 double, 1RBI, 1BB) and 3B Oswald Peraza (1-for-4, 1 double, 1RBI) hit RBI doubles in the ninth inning… RHP Tommy Kahnle (2.0IP, 1K), RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (1.0IP, 2H) and RHP Clay Holmes (1.0IP) combined to toss 4.0 scoreless innings of relief.

STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has 399 home runs in 1,519 career games…if he homers within his next three games, would be the fourthfastest in Major League history to reach 400 career home runs in terms of games (see chart)… would be the 58th player in Major League history to hit 400HR and the 10th player to accomplish the feat as a Yankee (also Teixeira, Beltrán, A. Soriano, Rodriguez, Sheffield, Jackson, Mantle, Gehrig and Ruth).

GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres hit his 24th home run of the season with a solo HR in the ninth inning on Sunday at Houston…his 24HR this season match his second-most in a single season in his career, trailing only his 38HR in 2019 (also recorded 24HR in 2018 and 2022)…has hit 4HR in his last five games (since 8/28) and 6HR in his last 12 games (since 8/20).  10 of his last 16 hits have gone for extra bases (4 doubles, 6HR). Is batting .333/.413/.622 (37-for-111) with 18R, 8 doubles, 8HR, 14RBI, 13BB, 2HP and 5SB in 29 games since 8/1…has hit safely in 21 of those games and has reached base safely in 24 of those contests. Has multiple hits in four of his last five games, six of his last nine games (since 8/24), seven of his last 12 games (since 8/20) and eight of his last 14 games (since 8/18). His 24HR his season are the most among AL second basemen and tied for the second-most among Major League second basemen (min. 50% games at 2B), trailing only Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies (28HR). Since 7/6, is batting .317/.371/.550 (60-for-189) with 28R, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 11HR, 22RBI, 16BB, 2HP, 3SF and 6SB in 48 games…ranks fifth in the AL in hits and eighth in BA over that stretch.

BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have hit 28HR over their last 12G (since 8/23) and 34HR over their last 16G (since 8/18). Their 197HR this season rank fourth in the AL and sixth in the Majors.

FAN-TASTIC: The Yankees have averaged 41,473 fans per home gate this season, the highest home average attendance in the American League and the second-highest in the Majors, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (47,790). Their 33,066 average road attendance this season is also the highest in the Majors.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: Eight of the Yankees’ last 11R and 10 of the Yankees’ last 17R have been driven in by players age 24-or-younger. The Yankees have had six different players 24-or-younger drive in a run this season (Cabrera, Domínguez, Peraza, Pereira, Volpe and Wells)…marks just the second time in the last 51 years (since 1973) the Yankees have had at least six such players in a season (also seven in 2017: Miguel Andújar, Greg Bird, Clint Frazier, Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez, Ronald Torreyes and Tyler Wade). Ten of the Yankees’ 28 players on the active roster are 26-oryounger, nine are 25-or-younger and seven are 24-oryounger: OF Jasson Domínguez (20 years old), OF Everson Pereira (22 years old), INF Anthony Volpe (22 years old), INF Oswald Peraza (23 years old), INF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera (24 years old), RHP Randy Vásquez (24 years old), C Austin Wells (24 years old), RHP Jhony Brito (25 years old), C Ben Rortvedt (25 years old) and INF Gleyber Torres (26 years old).

OUT OF THIS WORLD: OF Jasson Domínguez hit a go-ahead two-run HR in the sixth inning on Sunday at Houston…became the fourth Yankee in franchise history to homer in two of his first three career games, joining Aaron Judge (two of first three career games in 2016), Joe Lefebvre (two of first three career games in 1980) and Yogi Berra (two of first three career games in 1946)…no Yankee has ever homered in three of his first four career games…Shelley Duncan is the only Yankee in franchise history to hit 3HR through his first four career games (2007). According to ESPN Stats & Info, he is the first Major League player age 20-or-younger since 1900 to hit a HR in two of his first three career games. Has hit safely in each of his first three career games…is just the fifth Yankee in the last 33 years (since 1991) to hit safely in each of his first three career games, joining Estevan Florial (2020-21), Aaron Judge (2016), David Adams (2013) and Hideki Matsui (2003)…if he were to record a hit tonight, he would be just the fourth Yankee in the last 43 years (since 1981) to hit safely in each of his first four career games (also Estevan Florial from 2020-21, Hideki Matsui in 2003 and Oscar Azocar in 1990). Has 4RBI through his first three games, matching the most by a Yankee through his first three career games in the last 40 years (since 1984)…joins Miguel Andújar (2017) and Yangervis Solarte (2014).

COLE TRAIN: RHP Gerrit Cole will make his 29th start of the season tonight…is 12-4 with a 2.95 ERA (174.0IP, 57ER) and 188K in 28 starts this season…owns the second-lowest ERA in the American League and the fourth-lowest in the Majors, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell (2.50), Chicago-NL’s Justin Steele (2.55) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray (2.92)…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 21 of his 28 starts this season, tied with San Diego’s Blake Snell for the most such starts in the Majors. Also ranks third in the Majors in WHIP (1.04, third in AL), fourth in innings pitched (174.0, first in AL), tied for fourth in starts (28, tied for first in AL), fifth in strikeouts (188, third in AL), sixth in opponents’ BA (.214, first in AL) and tied for ninth in wins (12, tied for fourth in AL) and winning percentage (.750, fifth in AL). According to Elias, his 2.95 ERA is the second-lowest by a Yankees starter through his first 28 starts of a season in the last 26 years (since 1998) and the fourth-lowest in the last 39 years (since 1985), trailing only Nestor Cortes’ 2.44 ERA in his first 28GS in 2022, Mélido Pérez’s 2.82 ERA in his first 28GS in 1992 and David Cone’s 2.84 ERA in his first 28GS in 1997… the last time a Yankees starter finished a 162-game season with as low of an ERA was 1997 when David Cone recorded a 2.82 ERA and Andy Pettitte recorded a 2.88 ERA (Cole had a 2.84 ERA during the shortened 2020 season). Is just the second Yankees pitcher in the last 45 years (since 1979) to allow 2R-or-fewer in at least 21 starts in a single season, joining Nestor Cortes (21 in 2022)…matches the second-most by a Yankees starter in the last 54 years (since 1970), trailing only Ron Guidry’s 26 such starts in 1978. Has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 22 of his 28 starts, the most such starts in the AL and the second-most in the Majors, trailing only San Francisco’s Logan Webb (23)…has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 10 of his last 11 starts (since 7/2) and in 15 of his last 17 starts (since 5/28). Needs 12K to reach 200 strikeouts on the year…would mark his sixth 200K season (also 2015, ’18-19, ’21-22) and third straight such season…would be the first Yankee in franchise history to record at least 200K in three different seasons (previous: twice by Luis Severino in 2017 and 2018, David Cone in 1997 and 1998, and Ron Guidry in 1978 and 1979)…would be just one of two Major League pitchers since 2015 to record at least six seasons with at least 200K…would join Max Scherzer (six).

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP GERRIT COLE (12-4, 2.95 ERA) RHP Gerrit Cole will make his 29th start of the season in tonight’s series opener vs. Detroit, his second straight start vs. the Tigers…the 32-year-old will start on extended five days’ rest due to Monday’s team off day…last started on Wednesday at Detroit and earned the win after allowing just 2ER in 6.0IP (4H, 2BB, 7K, 2HR)…is 12-4 with a 2.95 ERA (174.0IP, 57ER) and 188K in 28 starts this season…owns the second-lowest ERA in the American League and the fourth-lowest in the Majors, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell (2.50), Chicago-NL’s Justin Steele (2.55) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray (2.92)…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 21 of his 28 starts this season, tied with San Diego’s Blake Snell for the most such starts in the Majors…started for the American League in the 93rd Midsummer Classic on 7/11 and retired all 3BF, becoming the 12th pitcher in franchise history (20th time) to start an All-Star Game…was named to his sixth career All-Star team via the player ballot…reached 10 years of Major League service on 5/29…recorded his 2,000th career strikeout on 5/23 vs. Baltimore (Jorge Mateo swinging), becoming the third-fastest pitcher in Major League history to reach the milestone (in terms of games and innings pitched)…his Major League-leading 257K last season were the most by a Yankees pitcher in a single season in franchise history, surpassing Ron Guidry’s previous record of 248K in 1978…the six-time All-Star (2015, ’18-19, ’21-23) has finished in the top-five of Cy Young Award voting five times (second in 2021, fourth in 2020, second in 2019, fifth in 2018, fourth in 2015)…his career 10.45 K/9.0IP ratio (2,118K/1,824.0IP) is the eighth-highest in Major League history (min. 1,000.0IP)…in 103 starts with the Yankees, is 48-23 with a 3.19 ERA (629.0IP, 223ER) and 782K…since 2018, leads the Majors in wins (83) and strikeouts (1,384), ranks second in K/9.0IP (11.96) and innings pitched (1,041.2), third in opponents’ BA (.205), fourth in winning percentage (.716, min. 60 decisions), WAR among pitchers (26.9 – FanGraphs) and WHIP (1.00), fifth in K/BB (5.22) and sixth in ERA (2.99)…was originally selected by the Yankees in the first round (28th overall) of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft but did not sign and went on to play at UCLA for three seasons (2009-11)…was the first overall pick of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, the 15th pitcher (and 11th right-hander) to be chosen first…is the fifth player selected first overall to play for the Yankees, joining Alex Rodriguez, Darryl Strawberry, Tim Foli and Ron Blomberg…signed a nine-year contract extending through the 2028 season with a player opt-out following the 2024 season on 12/18/19.

LAST START: Earned his 12th win of the season on Wednesday at Detroit after allowing just 2ER over 6.0IP (4H, 2BB, 7K, 2HR)…allowed both runs via the HR: a solo HR to Jake Rogers in the third inning and a solo HR to Spencer Torkelson in the sixth inning.

STRIKEOUT MACHINE: Needs 12K to reach 200 strikeouts on the year…would mark his sixth career 200K season (also 2015, ’18-19, ’21-22) and third straight such season…would be the first Yankee in franchise history to record at least 200K in three different seasons (previous: twice by Luis Severino in 2017 and 2018, David Cone in 1997 and 1998, and Ron Guidry in 1978 and 1979)…would be just one of two Major League pitchers since 2015 to record at least six seasons with at least 200K…would join Max Scherzer (six). Has recorded at least 8K in 12 starts this season and has notched five double-digit strikeout games this year…his five such games are tied for the fifth most in the Majors this season. Has recorded double-digit strikeouts in 47 games since the start of 2019, marking the most in the Majors over the span (next: Max Scherzer-31)…his 55 games with at least 10K since the beginning of 2018 are also the most in the Majors over that stretch (next: Max Scherzer-49). Recorded his 2,000th career strikeout on 5/23 vs. Baltimore (Jorge Mateo swinging)…became the third-fastest pitcher (in terms of games and innings pitched) in Major League history to reach the milestone (278th career game and 1,714.2IP). Recorded 11K and 0BB on 8/25 at Tampa Bay…marked his 22nd career game with at least 10K and 0BB, the fifth-most such games in Major League history, trailing only Randy Johnson (36), Max Scherzer (30), Curt Schilling (27) and Clayton Kershaw (27)…was his ninth such start as a Yankee, the most in franchise history.

2023: Is 12-4 with a 2.95 ERA (174.0IP, 57ER) and 188K in 28GS this season…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 21 of his 28GS this year, tied with San Diego’s Blake Snell for the most in the Majors…is just the second Yankees pitcher in the last 45 years (since 1979) to allow 2R-or-fewer in at least 21 starts in a single season, joining Nestor Cortes (21 in 2022)…matches the second-most by a Yankees starter in the last 54 years (since 1970), trailing only Ron Guidry’s 26 such starts in 1978. Ranks third in the Majors in WHIP (1.04, third in AL), fourth in ERA (2.95, second in AL) and innings pitched (174.0, first in AL), tied for fourth in starts (28, tied for first in AL), fifth in strikeouts (188, third in AL), sixth in opponents’ BA (.214, first in AL) and tied for ninth in wins (12, tied for fourth in AL) and winning percentage (.750, fifth in AL)… also ranks fifth in the AL in K/9.0IP (9.72), sixth in BB/9.0IP (2.33) and seventh in K/BB (4.18). According to Elias, his 2.95 ERA is the second-lowest by a Yankees starter through his first 28 starts of a season in the last 26 years (since 1998) and the fourth-lowest in the last 39 years (since 1985), trailing only Nestor Cortes’ 2.44 ERA in his first 28GS in 2022, Mélido Pérez’s 2.82 ERA in his first 28GS in 1992 and David Cone’s 2.84 ERA in his first 28GS in 1997…the last time a Yankees starter finished a 162-game season with as low of an ERA was 1997 when David Cone recorded a 2.82 ERA and Andy Pettitte recorded a 2.88 ERA (Cole had a 2.84 ERA during the shortened 2020 season). Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 23-of-28 starts, the second-most such starts in the AL and the third-most such starts in the Majors, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell (25) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray (24)…has allowed 1R-or-fewer in 10 of his 28 starts and has recorded five scoreless starts. Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 14 of his last 16 games (since 6/3), including 11 consecutive starts from 6/3-8/2. Has started after a Yankees’ loss 13 times this season…the Yankees are 10-3 in those games with Cole going 7-2 with a 2.95 ERA (82.1IP, 27ER) in those stats. 27 of his 60R allowed have come in five starts: 6R on 5/7 at Tampa Bay, 5R on 5/23 vs. Baltimore, 6R on 5/28 vs. San Diego, 4R on 8/7 at Chicago-AL and 6R on 8/19 vs. Boston. 13 of his 20HR allowed this season have been solo home runs. Has received 3R-or-fewer of support in 18 of his 28 starts…has received 2R-or-fewer of support in 13 of his starts. Has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 22 of his 28 starts, the most such starts in the AL and second-most in the Majors, trailing only San Francisco’s Logan Webb (23)…has tossed at least 6.0 innings in 10 of his last 11 starts (since 7/2) and in 15 of his last 17 starts (since 5/28). Has tossed at least 7.0 innings in four of his last seven starts (since 7/28), five of his last 10 starts (since 7/8) and six of his last 13 starts (since 6/20)…his eight starts of at least 7.0IP are the fourth-most in the AL. Has left just five of his 28 starts this season with the Yankees trailing…four of those five games were one-run games when Cole left the mound. Has allowed 4H-or-fewer in 13 of his 28 starts. The Yankees are 18-10 in his starts this season…the Yankees’ 18 wins in Cole’s starts match the seventh-most by any team in the Majors in a pitchers’ starts. Started for the American League in the 93rd Midsummer Classic on 7/11 and retired all 3BF…was the 12th pitcher in franchise history (20th time) to start an All-Star Game…was named to his sixth career All-Star team via the player ballot.