NEW YORK -- Somewhere, Andrew McCutchen, his face freshly shaven for the first time in a decade, had to be cheesing.
Sure, he was set to meet his new teammates Saturday, and that would be exciting. But he'd be doing it fresh after their riveting, late-game win.
Gleyber Torres' bases-loaded single to left field -- misplayed badly by the Tigers -- in the eighth inning gave the Yankees a 7-5 victory at Yankee Stadium on a cool Friday night.
Torres hit a hard, low liner to left field. Niko Goodrum dived forward.
It one-hopped off his glove and went spinning into the air, leaving plenty of time for two runs to score and for a 5-4 deficit to turn into a one-run lead for the Yankees, who watched manager Aaron Boone get ejected in the fifth inning for doing something ridiculous and Luis Severino being simply OK against a team that's 27 games under .