DETROIT - The Yankees and Detroit Tigers will play a doubleheader at Comerica Park on Thursday due to Wednesday’s rainout.
First pitch for Game 1 is scheduled for 1.10 p.m. The second game will begin about 30 minutes after the final out of the opener.
Left-hander J.A. Happ (12-8, 5.0) will start the opener for the Yankees, while lefty Matthew Boyd (8-10, 4.57) will start for the Tigers, who won Tuesday night’s series opener 12-11 on a ninth-inning walk-off single by Jordy Mercer.
Here is the Yankees’ lineup:
1. DJ LeMahieu, 2B
2. Aaron Judge, RF
3. Edwin Encarnacion, DH
4. Luke Voit, 1B
5. Didi Gregorius, SS
6. Gio Urshela, 3B
7. Cameron Maybin, CF
8. Clint Frazier, LF
9. Austin Romine, C
J.A. Happ, LHP
Here is the Tigers’ lineup:
1. Victor Reyes, CF
2. Jeimer Candelario, 1B
3. Miguel Cabrera, DH
4. Ronny Rodriguez, 2B
5. Dawel Lugo, 3B
6. Christin Stewart, LF
7. Travis Demeritte, RF
8. Jake Rogers, C
9. Willi Castro, SS
Matthew Boyd, LHP
Here are notes for Thursday’s game provided by the Yankees’ media relations department:
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Yankees lost their opener of a three-game series in Detroit 12-11. ... Yankees led 6-0 after two innings. ... SS Didi Gregorius (2-for-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI) and CF Brett Gardner (2-for-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI) had multi-HR games, part of the Yankees’ six-homer night...2B Gleyber Torres (1-for-5, HR, RBI) and DH Edwin Encarnacioon (1-for-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI). This was the Yankees’ third walk-off loss of the season.
FOR STARTERS: Yankees starting pitchers have turned in scoreless outings in four of their last seven starts and six of their last 13 (since 8/27)...have allowed more than 2ER just twice in the last 13 starts, posting a 2.51 ERA (64.2IP, 43H, 20R/18ER, 28BB, 67K, 6HR) and a .192 opponents’ BA (43- for-224) in that span.
BRONX BOMBERS: The Yankees hit six homers on Tuesday and have 20 in the last seven games. ...Their 276 homers are a franchise record and the second-highest total in major league history behind Minnesota’s 277 this season. ... Yankees are on pace to hit 306 homers.
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