Top 3rd: Yankees 3, Tigers 0
Jacoby Ellsbury notched a leadoff single to center field and Ronald Torreyes followed with a base hit to left field that put the first two men on for the top of the Yankees order. Brett Gardner's fly out to center field moved the runners to second and third, and Aaron Hicks was walked to load the bases for Gary Sanchez, who dropped a single into center field that scored two and made it 3-0.
Aaron Judge continued the onslaught with an RBI double to center field. 4-0.
Bottom 2nd: Yankees 1, Tigers 0
Victor Martinez beat the shift with a single to right field, but John Hicks became Luis Severino's third strikeout victim of the night to end the inning.