DETROIT — Just as the Yankees thought they might keep beating up on the Tigers and get out of town, their series finale on Thursday devolved into a bench-clearing brawl, two other on-field stare-downs, four hit batters — including one who took a 98-mile-per-hour fastball to the head — and the ejection of eight players and coaches.
If that didn’t leave the Yankees sore enough, they also lost the game, 10-6.
The flash point of the tension was a fight between Yankees catcher Austin Romine and the Tigers star Miguel Cabrera that touched off a full-scale brawl between the teams.