NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Yankees swung over slider after slider from Matthew Boyd, setting a franchise swing-and-miss record.
Even when New York connected, the damage mostly blew back in the wrong direction.
Boyd junk-balled through afternoon shadows for a career-high 13 strikeouts, Gordon Beckham hit a tie-breaking solo homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the hobbled Yankees 2-1 on Wednesday.
The Yankees struck out 18 times overall, a team record for a nine-inning game. Many of those came on breaking pitches against Boyd , a left-hander who became the first Tigers pitcher to open a season with consecutive double-digit strikeout games since at least 1908.