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Tigers defense falters as Yankees complete sweep

New York — The Tigers found a different way to lose a baseball game here Sunday.

On a day when they got solid pitching and, for a change, some timely hits, the defense let them down and the Yankees completed a three-game sweep in the Bronx, beating the Tigers 5-4 on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Josh Donaldson in the 10th inning.

On the strength of clutch hits by Miguel Cabrera and Javier Baez, the Tigers took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning.

Reliever Michael Fulmer, who had struck out Aaron Judge to end the seventh, hit Anthony Rizzo with a 1-2 pitch.