The New York Yankees' three-game series against Detroit will come with a twist. The first two games will be played in the Motor City, but they'll head to Williamsport, Pa., for the "MLB Little League Classic" on Sunday night.
The Yankees got a day off Thursday. After an embarrassing 12-2 loss to the downtrodden Chicago White Sox, New York took the last two games of that series. After a 4-1 win on Tuesday, the Yankees rolled to a 10-2 victory on Wednesday.
Aaron Judge reached a career milestone, slugging his 300th homer in his 955th game. That's easily a major league record. Ralph Kiner held the previous mark with 300 home runs in 1,087 games.
"It's a great achievement," Judge said. "I've been in the game a little while now, I guess. We've still got a long way to go.
I was hoping it would come in a win." The Yankees made sure of that by scoring nine combined runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Judge is aiming for a Triple Crown this season, entering the Tigers series with 43 homers, 110 RBIs and a .
333 average. "What Aaron is doing is among a select few in the history of the game," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "You start talking about these kinds of seasons he's having; he's a great player, great leader, and I think everyone's really pumped in there that he got it done.
" Gerrit Cole will pitch the series opener for the Yankees on Friday night. Cole (3-2, 4.70 ERA) struck out a season-high 10 batters in his last outing, against the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
He gave up.