The Yankees welcomed Andrew McCutchen to the lineup and welcomed back Gary Sanchez, but the best performance in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Detroit came from a more familiar face.
Masahiro Tanaka shook off a shaky first inning to deliver his best start in more than a month. He allowed just one run in seven innings, which helped make Gleyber Torres’ two-run homer in the fifth enough for the victory.
The bullpen, which has had issues without Aroldis Chapman, got a scoreless eighth from Jonathan Holder before Dellin Betances bounced back from his nightmarish performance in Friday’s loss and closed it.