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The Detroit Tigers have blown leads in each of the first two games in New York against the Yankees.
One came in heartbreaking fashion in the ninth inning on Friday, the other happened in the first inning on Saturday.
Both led to Tiger losses in the Bronx. Now, A.J. Hinch will lead his team hoping to salvage a single win in this first series of their road trip.
Oddsmakers have the Yankees priced as favorites on Sunday in the Best MLB Betting Apps.
But Detroit has Tarik Skubal on the mound, and the lefty is building a case as an early candidate for the Cy Young Award, with a 4-0 record in six starts.
Oddsmakers have the Yankees priced as favorites on Sunday in the Best MLB Betting Apps.
But Detroit has Tarik Skubal on the mound, and the lefty is building a case as an early candidate for the Cy Young Award, with a 4-0 record in six starts.
What’s the point of having an ace unless he can stop a losing streak?
That’s what an ace starting pitcher is supposed to do, and on Sunday, Tarik Skubal will try to halt a two-game skid, and escape The Big Apple with one victory.
Skubal has a 1.72 ERA and a Expected ERA of 2.19, one of the best in the American League.
Skubal is among the 90th percentile in xERA, Chase Percentage, Fastball Run Value, and Pitching Run Value.
That means his fastball is making hitters go out of the strike zone, and that pitch is producing a .143 batting average and .381 XSLG, which rates in the top three percent of all starters in baseball.
The Tigers will be tasked with keeping their eyes on the strike zone and following with their bats in a disciplined fashion.
So far this season, Nestor Cortes is using his sweeper and cutter to produce a 5.29-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio.
That’s a career-high, and helping the mustache-wearing lefty’s Fielding Independent Pitching to just 3.49 this season.
But, the Yanks have been snake-bitten when Cortes starts: NY is 2-5 in his seven starts.
