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Probable pitchers: Tigers TBD vs. Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (3-2, 4.70 ERA). Weather at first pitch: High of 81 degrees, chance of thunderstorms. • Box score. Tigers lineup: TBD.
This was the third postseason meeting between the Yankees and the Tigers, but the first in the ALCS. The Tigers previously beat the Yankees in the 2006 ALDS (3–1) and the 2011 ALDS (3–2). The last appearance for each team in the ALCS resulted in a loss to the Texas Rangers; the Yankees in the 2010 ALCS and the Tigers in the 2011 ALCS.
This was the third postseason meeting between the Tigers and Yankees. They previously met in the Division Series in 2006 and 2011, which were both won by the Tigers. The Tigers swept the Yankees to advance to the World Series for the first time since 2006 (in the process denying a rematch of the 1962 World Series between the Yankees and Giants).
Vinnie Pasquantino then hit an RBI double off Gerrit Cole to score Bobby Witt Jr., cutting the Yankees' lead to 3–1. Luke Weaver closed out the game and series with a perfect ninth for his third save of the series, sending the Yankees to their fourth ALCS appearance in eight years.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run double that snapped a seventh-inning tie and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Sunday to finish a weekend sweep with a rain-shortened win.
The Yankees and Orioles were meeting in the postseason for the second time; the Yankees had beaten the Orioles 4–1 in the 1996 ALCS, which witnessed the controversial Jeffrey Maier incident in Game 1. The Tigers went on to defeat the Yankees in the ALCS, then lose the 2012 World Series to the National League champion San Francisco Giants.
Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (14-4, 2.53 ERA) vs. Yankees RHP Marcus Stroman (8-6, 4.01 ERA). Weather: Cloudy and mid 70s with 39% chance of thunderstorms. • Box score