A high pitch count forced an early exit for Reese Olson.
But despite needing 100 pitches to get 13 outs, Olson was nasty through 4u2153 innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts against the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers' right-hander generated swinging strikeouts for his first eight outs of the game and for 10 of his 12 outs through four innings.
The Tigers lost, 4-1, to the Yankees in Monday's series opener of the four-game set at Comerica Park. The Yankees pulled away from the Tigers (59-72) by crushing back-to-back home runs off right-handed reliever Beau Brieske in the seventh inning.