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The Texas Rangers scored four runs while the Miami Marlins scored three runs.

The Rangers started a ten-game, three-series road trip in the middle of a stretch of 15 games in 15 days that will take them through June and beyond during their final road trip of the season’s first half. They did not, however, have a starting pitcher.

Instead Texas opted for an opener with Tyler Alexander pitching the perpetually terrifying first inning. The lefty reliever Alexander tossed a scoreless first frame to pave the way for bulk pitcher Kumar Rocker. This was the second time that the Rangers have elected to have Rocker come in after an inning for one of his outings.

If you recall, the last time they went down this avenue with Rocker, he responded with arguably his best appearances in the big leagues. Just over a month ago back on May 19, Rocker entered following an Alexander scoreless inning in Colorado and proceeded to shut the Rockies out over 7.2 innings.

Then the Rangers went back to using Rocker as a traditional starter for the next month where he has gone winless while sporting a 6.92 ERA during the month of June. Tonight, Rocker was equipped with the elusive F U slider that made him look like a potential MORP during his ascension in the minor leagues in 2024.

Though he didn’t have the same length or leash as his tandem effort in Colorado, Rocker went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits with zero walks and nine strikeouts on just 76 pitches. Six of those strikeouts came via a swing and a miss on a slider.

Rocker left in a 2-2 game as the Rangers opened the scoring with a fourth inning via a two-run home run off the bat of Ezequiel Duran, but Miami got a run apiece in the fifth and sixth to even the score and prevent Rocker from being the pitcher of record.

Neither team scored after that until the Rangers were able to shake off a failed bases loaded opportunity the inning prior to plate a couple in the top of the eighth.

With the Ja(k)cobs Junis and Latz ready to be deployed with a two-run lead, it seemed like Texas was set up to cruise to a win but Junis let a couple reach so Skip Schumaker went to Latz for another four-out save but not before the Marlins scored a run in the bottom of the eighth to pull to within a run.

Latz made it through the ninth unscathed (though he needed 31 pitches tonight) as the Rangers started their road trip with a win to move to within two games of .500 again.

Player of the Game: Duran’s homer was obviously key in a one-run win but he also threw out a runner at the plate on a fantastic relay throw. However, it’s hard to argue with Rocker’s bulk work even if he was only used for five innings.

Rocker has now allowed two runs on eight hits and three walks with 16 strikeouts in 12.2 innings when used after an opener. Seems like something the Rangers should considering doing more often.

Up Next: The Rangers and Marlins will reconvene for the second game of this series tomorrow evening with a pitcher to be named (perhaps Jose Corniell?) for Texas opposite RHP Sandy Alcantara for Miami.

Tuesday’s first pitch from loanDepot park is once again scheduled for 5:40 pm CDT and will be telecast via the Rangers Sports Network.

There are plenty of baseball games where you can pinpoint an individual moment to being what the result hinges on. There are others where things just always feel destined for a loss. Despite a close final score, Monday’s game against the Tigers felt like one of the latter for the Yankees.

On the mound, Gerrit Cole did not have the best of days. He lasted just 4.1 innings, having given up five runs on nine hits and a walk. Some iffy defense made things a bit worse than they should’ve been, but still, when your star former Cy Young pitcher has a sloppy day, things are always going to be tough.

That’s doubly so when the offense remains in a bit of a slump. Facing Framber Valdez, the Yankees managed just one run on four hits, striking out eight times. They made a bit of a late charge to make things a bit interesting, but they didn’t do nearly enough. Add in a couple errors on defense, and not much went in the Yankees’ favor as they fell 5-3 to the Tigers on Monday night.

The Yankees struck first, picking up a run in the second inning. With two outs in the inning, José Caballero worked a walk to keep the inning alive, and then stole second base. That put him in position to score when Ali Sánchez doubled.

However, the Tigers got that run back and more a little while later. Zach McKinstry led off the bottom of the third with a triple, after he managed to split the outfielders in deep left-center field. That allowed him to come home when Kevin McGonigle grounded out. While Cole followed that ground out by getting the second out of the inning, he had trouble getting the third, allowing a Kerry Carpenter single and a Riley Greene walk. Spencer Torkelson and Colt Keith then both added RBI singles to give the Tigers a lead.

Detroit picked up another run off Cole in the fourth inning. Following a lead-off single and a delay caused by a Comerica Park dirt cam, McGonigle doubled home another run to increase the Tigers’ edge. Detroit then got Cole for one more run when Greene homered in the fifth. Cole ended up departing a few batters later, ending a day where he was far from his sharpest.

Valdez kept the Yankees off the board for the next little while, but they eventually managed to get something going against him. In the top of the seventh, Sánchez reached base again, albeit painfully, as he was hit by a pitch that knocked him out of the game. However, getting that runner on base proved helpful as Amed Rosario then hit a two-run homer to get the Yankees back in striking distance.

The Yankees had a chance to further eat away at their deficit, putting a couple runners on in the eighth. They didn’t take advantage of that though, and that ended up being curtains. The offense then went down in order in the ninth, dooming the Yankees to a defeat in the opener.

With the Yankees looking to bounce back and snap a three-game losing streak, they and the Tigers will continue their series tomorrow at 6:40 pm ET. Carlos Rodón will go for the Yankees, opposite Casey Mize for Detroit.

Box score

DETROIT — Whether he was most frustrated by a few pitches left over the heart of the plate, the inability to retire leadoff hitters, the Tigers finding some holes on him, or a pair of in-game delays, the problem was that Gerrit Cole had options.

The Yankees did, too.

On a third straight day when their offense was held in check, Cole got hit around more than he had all season as the Yankees dropped their third straight in a rough 5-3 loss to the Tigers on Monday night at Comerica Park.

Cole, who came into the night holding opposing hitters to a .196 batting average in his first five starts back from Tommy John surgery, got tagged for nine hits and five runs across 4 ¹/₃ innings.

He allowed the leadoff batter to reach in all five innings, including a home run in the fifth, as the Tigers (34-44) raced out to a 5-1 lead.

“I certainly made some mistakes, but the opposition is going to put pressure on you sometimes,” said Cole, who struck out five and walked one across 89 pitches. “The reality is it’s not the try-hard league, it’s the get-it-done league, and we just didn’t get it done tonight.”

Tigers lefty Framber Valdez, meanwhile, suffocated the Yankees (46-31) after they squandered some early chances, retiring the final 10 batters he faced across six innings. Amed Rosario belted a two-run shot in the seventh inning to pull the Yankees within 5-3, but that was as close as they would get.

The Yankees threatened by putting a pair of runners on base with two outs in the eighth inning, but the Tigers brought in Will Vest — a possible trade deadline candidate for the Yankees — who struck out Jasson Domínguez and then retired the side in the ninth.

After a strong stretch, the Yankees have now scored just six runs over their past three games and three or fewer runs in four of their past five games.

“I just think it’s part of the season,” Rosario said through an interpreter. “We’ve been there before. [Tuesday], we have a really good opportunity to tie the series and hopefully win this series. You can’t really panic. You understand you go through some stretches like that, but looking forward to [Tuesday].”

Since he returned from the injured list in late May, Cole has looked like his vintage self at times and more human at others, like Monday. There was an understanding all along that there would be some ups and downs as he settled back into pitching regularly for the first time since 2024, and that the Yankees would handle him with the long run in mind — as they did this turn by inserting Elmer Rodríguez as a spot starter Sunday, giving Cole (and the rest of the rotation) an extra day’s rest during a stretch of 16 games in 16 days.

But after Rodríguez gave up three runs in four innings Sunday, Cole wasn’t much sharper Monday.

Ali Sánchez — who left the game in the seventh inning after getting drilled on the right wrist by a 98 mph fastball that required tests — roped an RBI double that put the Yankees up 1-0 in the second before the Tigers took the lead for good in the third.

Zach McKinstry led off with a triple to the gap that left fielder José Caballero was unable to cut off before it bounced all the way to the wall.

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McKinstry came in to score on a groundout that tied the game before the Tigers restarted a rally with two outs on a single and a walk.

Spencer Torkelson then blooped a single to center that made it a 2-1 game before Cole left an 0-2 fastball down the middle to Colt Keith, who lined it for a single and the 3-1 lead.

After a leadoff single in the bottom of the fourth, a six-minute delay ensued as an infield dirt camera in front of second base became exposed.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. tried to cover it up with dirt, but the grounds crew eventually came out to handle matters as Cole threw warmup pitches.

Cole retired the next batter before stud rookie shortstop Kevin McGonigle — on another 0-2 count — slapped a double to left field.

Caballero fielded it off the short wall but then hesitated on the throw and misfired home, his throw tipping off Rosario’s glove and bouncing to the backstop as the Tigers went up 4-1.

“They got nine hits and they just put a ton of pressure on us and played overall slightly better baseball,” Cole said. “That’s just the way it broke tonight.”

An in-ground camera at second base produced the highlight of the Detroit Tigers-New York Yankees game on Monday, June 22.

During the series opener at Comerica Park, the small camera embedded in the dirt near second base worked its way up out of the ground, exposed enough to stop play. While it took half a dozen people on the field to kick and tap the camera to figure out what to do, the Detroit broadcast duo of Jason Benetti and Roman Dirks leaned into the bizarre moment.

The broadcast showed the rogue camera's footage of the up-close view of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm trying to bury it as Benetti and Dirks hilariously narrated the standoff.

"Hey get away from me..... Quit stepping on me!"

"I'm just trying to do my job here."

As Chisholm started piling infield dirt over the camera and the view was like that of someone being buried, it got funnier.

"No! No! No! I can't see."

"This is an obstructed view seat now"

The delay paused the game with the Tigers leading 3-1 and Gerrit Cole on the mound. Detroit went on to win 5-3.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch camera delay at second base in Yankees Tigers game

Michael Wacha went seven complete innings and gave up only one run in a 2-1 win over the Rays to open the four-game series. He was quite efficient – of those 21 outs in 7 innings, 16 of them were by strikeout (5) or groundout (11, including a double play).

The only truly punished mistake was in the fifth inning. Wacha left a changeup high to Yandy Díaz, who just missed a homer off the left-center field wall. Isaac Collins played the ball off the wall pretty well, but with two outs, the runner on first, Richie Palacios, ran on contact and scored. That was the first time any Rays runner made it to or past third base the whole game. Indeed, it was actually the *only* time any runner made it to third base and beyond.

John Schreiber gave up a walk in the 8th, but that guy tried to steal second base and was thrown out by 35 feet. Or at least it seemed like it. That was the only threat the Rays mounted against the bullpen. Alex Lange handled the ninth without any sort of event, which was nice for a change.

The Royals offense managed to sequence things just right to squeak out those two runs for the win, because they actually had only four hits to the Rays’ six.

They had a chance to score in the first inning with a Maikel Garcia double off the catwalk. Jac Caglianone just barely missed bringing him in on a foul ball that was about 1 foot to the foul side of the line. Too bad. In the second, Michael Massey led off with a walk. Lane Thomas pulled a liner down the line that was just fair. About as fair as Caglianone’s foul ball. It went deep into the corner, which allowed Massey to beat the throw home for the first run. I think I heard an announcer say the left fielder, Chandler Simpson, had a weak arm. It did not look like a strong throw to the cutoff man. Lane Thomas went all the way to third, but the Royals failed to bring him in. John Rave and Nick Loftin struck out, and Isaac Collins flew out to center field to end the inning.

In the fifth inning, Nick Loftin led off with a single and stole second base. Collins walked. Carter Jensen smoked a line drive up the middle and extended his hitting streak to 13 games. The throw from the center fielder was a bit off-line. Despite the 109mph rocket, Loftin scored because of the off-line throw for the second run. Cags hit a deep fly ball to the center field warning track for the final out and just missed extending his homer streak.

The Royals are now 33-46. The Rays fall to 43-32. They play again tomorrow at the same time, 5:40pm US Central.

Atlanta Braves (48-28) at San Diego Padres (39-37), June 22, 2026, 7:10 p.m. PST

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Fresh off taking two of three games on the road against the Dodgers, the Orioles are on the verge of possibly helping people to feel a little bit better about their fortunes. What is standing between now and that possibility occurring is a series against the Angels. The Orioles need to actually keep playing well now that they are playing a much worse team.

At every other turn this season, when presented with one of these opportunities, the Orioles have largely if not entirely wasted it. That’s why they bring a 37-42 record into this game. I keep bringing this up because it keeps amazing me: They haven’t won more than three games in a row all season. They have had five separate three-game winning streaks and zero have gone to four games. That’s not even what’s at stake tonight. They’ve only won the last two. But they won’t be able to break that futility tomorrow if they don’t extend the streak today.

These Angels have lost more games than any other American League team to date. Their best hitter, a resurgent Mike Trout, recently hit the IL. They were desperate enough that they recently had former Oriole Trey Mancini around for a handful of games. He got four hits in 13 at-bats, which is nice for him. Three of their six most frequent starting pitchers are on the IL, including former Oriole Grayson Rodriguez.

The Orioles are going to have to actually play well to make something good happen here. They are capable of doing that. They are also capable of not doing that. That is the frustrating thing about them this season. I would like it to go a better way tonight. That doesn’t mean it will. It’s up to the Orioles.

Note: The schedule of this west coast road trip is not kind to the availability of Camden Chat staff. The recap for this game will not be posted until I wake up and write it on Tuesday morning. Don’t stay up waiting for it!

Orioles lineup

1. Taylor Ward – LF
2. Gunnar Henderson – SS
3. Pete Alonso – 1B
4. Coby Mayo – DH
5. Tyler O’Neill – RF
6. Blaze Alexander – 3B
7. Colton Cowser – CF
8. Jeremiah Jackson – 2B
9. Sam Huff – C

This is the lineup in support of Kyle Bradish. He was very good last time around!

Huff is catching after Samuel Basallo caught the four previous games. He’s earned the day off. Jackson Holliday remains out of the lineup. That’s probably due to ongoing concern about his groin soreness, though the fact that the Angels are starting a lefty, Sam Aldegheri, surely also contributes.

Angels lineup

1. Zach Neto – SS
2. Nolan Schanuel – 1B
3. Jo Adell – RF
4. Jorge Soler – DH
5. Wade Meckler – LF
6. Denzer Guzman – 3B
7. Donovan Walton – 2B
8. Logan O’Hoppe – C
9. Jose Siri – CF

Aldegheri, the Angels starter, was born in Verona, a location notably invoked in the opening lines of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona where we lay our scene,
From ancient blood break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean…

When I was in ninth grade, students had to memorize a 15-line portion of Romeo and Juliet and recite it in front of the class. A friend of mine read the 14-line opening sonnet that begins with the above and then, since that was only 14 of the 15 required lines, had to finish with the first non-prologue line: “Gregory, o’ my word, we’ll not carry coals.” Does that have anything to do whatsoever with this game? No, but it lives in my head forever.

The Tigers are going streaking as they took the first game of their series against the Yankees 5-3.

After sweeping the White Sox over the weekend, the Tigers were riding high as they invited the Yankees to come to town. The AL East’s top team, the Yankees weren’t planning to go down quite as easily as the White Sox. The Tigers had Framber Valdez on the mound, but the Yankees had their big gun, in Gerrit Cole. While Cole only came back from the IL somewhat recently, runs would still be coming at a premium for the Tigers hitters tonight.

In the top of the first, Valdez got two outs before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt. Cody Bellinger then walked. This could have been a bad news situation for the Tigers, but Valdez got out of the jam. Kevin McGonigle, one of the most reliable bats in the Tigers’ lineup, singled to start the home half, but three outs then followed to leave him stranded.

The Yankees made another two-out move, with Jose Caballero walking. He then stole second. Ali Sanchez doubled, sending Caballero home and putting the Yankees on the board first. A groundout ended the inning, but the Yankees were up 1-0. Spencer Torkelson hit a leadoff double to start the bottom of the inning, but three outs in a row meant no comeback for the Tigers.

Goldschmidt got another single in the third with one out. A force-out off the bat of Cody Bellinger eliminated Goldschmidt. Valdez got the final out of the inning with no runs scored. Zach McKinstry tripled (!!) to start the home half. McGonigle grounded out, but it was enough to get McKinstry home and tie up the game.

Kerry Carpenter got a two-out single, followed by a walk to Riley Greene. Torkelson then singled, bringing Carpenter home.

A Colt Keith single brought home Greene, and by the time the final out of the inning came, with Outman, Gerrit Cole had been worn down considerably, and the Tigers were up 3-1. I also take back everything I said about runs coming at a premium against Cole, because… yeah.

Valdez got the Yankees out in order for the top of the fourth. In the home half, Hao-Yu Lee got a leadoff single and then there was a unique and lengthy break while the Yankees’ infield all stared at Dirt Cam and it seemed like they might have tried to murder Dirt Cam. The ground crew had to come out and fix it. Truly gripping television, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. was invested.

Kevin McGonigle doubled, scoring Lee, and thanks to some sloppy fielding from Caballero, McGonigle reached third safely while everyone tried to find the ball behind home plate.

Valdez was really in his groove at this point, perhaps egged on by a need to avenge Dirt Cam. He got the Yankees out in order in the fifth. In the bottom of the inning while a crew of precocious 11-year-olds showed off their genuinely very fun signs (“No sad backstory, I just want a signed ball.”) Riley Greene hit a solo home run.

The Tigers called for a review, citing catcher interference on Torkelson. This led to another lengthy game pause. It was interference, putting Torkelson on first. After getting the first out of the inning, Cole’s night was over. Paul Blackburn replaced him, and got the final two outs of the inning.

Valdez, in likely his last inning for the game, showed how killer his curveball was tonight, striking out two of the three outs for the inning, and leaving Anthony Volpe looking silly in an ABS challenge. The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the home half.

The day was over for Valdez after six, with a final line of 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K on 94 pitches. A really strong outing for him. Drew Anderson came out of the pen to replace him. With two outs, Ali Sanchez got hit in the wrist with a pitch and it looked incredibly painful. He was pulled from the game and Austin Wells came on to replace him at first. Amed Rosario then homered, and the game was suddenly uncomfortably close. The Tigers got the final out but the score was now 5-3. Ryan Yarbrough was the new Yankees pitcher in the bottom of the inning. He gave up a one-out walk to Riley Greene, but two outs followed.

With one out in the top of the eighth A.J. Hinch did the classic Drew-for-Drew bullpen swap, pulling Anderson for Sommers. Volpe singled with two outs, though the Tigers called for a review. The safe call was upheld. Chisholm Jr. hit a single right back to Sommers, nearly beheading him, and ultimately chasing him from the game. Hinch apparently decided to go for Vest to get the final out for… reasons? Vest came through in a pinch, though, and got the final out of the inning. In the bottom of the inning, James Outman walked. Lee then singled on a bunt back to the pitcher, to an empty first base and Yarbrough chased him down. The Yankees challenged the safe call, but it was really, really hard to see when the tag was applied. The dark uniform pants made it really hard to see, but the call was overturned and Lee was out. Volpe made a pretty impressive play to get the second out of the inning at first. The Tigers weren’t able to bring home Outman, but they retained their lead heading into the ninth.

Vest was back out for the ninth. The third out of the inning was a called third strike on what was very clearly a ball, but the Yankees had no challenges left and thus lost the game. Sorry not sorry.

Final: Tigers 5, Yankees 3

Gerrit Cole got knocked around for five runs and the Yankees hitters couldn't solve Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez in a 5-3 loss in Detroit on Monday night.

New York fell to 46-31 on the season, dropping its third straight game. Detroit improved to 34-44 and has now won four straight.

Here are the takeaways...

- Cole, who worked around a leadoff single that flicked off his foot for in the first, left a fastball right down the pike to Spencer Torkelson, who crushed it for a double into the left-center gap to start the second. But the right-hander recovered to strikeout the next three: blowing a couple of fastballs (the second at 98 mph) past Colt Keith, buckling James Outman's knees with a curveball, and overpowering Hao-Yu Lee with a heater at 99 mph. 

Cole allowed the leadoff man to reach for a third straight inning as Zach McKinstry lined a ball into the left-center gap that Jose Caballero took a terrible route to, seemingly losing it in the sun, and it went for a three-bagger as the ball trickled to the wall. After an RBI groundout and another strikeout, an infield hit and a walk kept the inning going. That set up Torkelson to muscle a ball off his hands into center for an RBI hit that put runners at the corners and brought pitching coach Matt Blake out for a visit. Keith, down in the count 0-2, got a 98 mph heater in and cracked it to center to drive in the third run of the frame before a strikeout left two stranded.

Aaron Boone was hoping to get some length out of Cole with the bullpen taxed, but he was facing a conundrum as the veteran was at 66 pitches after nine outs, needing 27 in the third alone

Cole surrendered another leadoff hit to start the fourth, and with one down, surrendered an RBI double down the right field line to Kevin McGonigle to make it 4-1 Detroit. In the fifth, Riley Greene stung Cole for a leadoff home run to right, and after a catcher’s interference and a flyout to deep left-center, Boone made the call to the bullpen.

Cole’s final line: 4.1 innings, five runs on nine hits with a walk and five strikeouts on 89 pitches (62 strikes).

- Caballero worked a two-out walk in the second and then stole second base, his 17th theft of the campaign. Ali Sánchez cashed in, ripping a ball through the right side of the infield (105.5 mph off the bat) and hustling into second for an RBI double.

Caballero finished 0-for-3 with a walk, a strikeout, and a run scored. 

Sánchez, who went 1-for-2 on challenges behind the plate, exited the game with two outs in the top of the seventh when he got hit by a 98 mph heater from Drew Anderson on the right hand. He finished 1-for-2 with a strikeout and HBP. Austin Wells, fresh off the IL, replaced him and grounded out for the second out in the ninth in his only time up.

- Amed Rosario, who was in the leadoff spot and went hitless with a strikeout in three chances against Valdez, got just enough of a changeup from Anderson to inside-out it 373 feet to right for a two-run homer to cut the deficit to 5-3 in the seventh. He finished 1-for-5, striking out looking at a ball that was well off the plate, but the Yanks were out of challenges.

- Anthony Volpe got the Yanks’ first RBI chance of the night with runners on first and second and two down in the first, but bounced out to short on the first pitch he saw. He adjusted his second time up, sharply lining a sinker the other way for a single. Volpe finished 2-for-4, with a strikeout looking, losing the Yanks' last challenge on a curveball that was completely within the strike zone in the sixth and hustling out an infield hit on a chopper to third in the eighth.  

- Jazz Chisholm Jr. got the visitor’s fourth RBI chance of the night with runners on first and second and two down in the third, but went down flailing at a breaking pitch well off the outside corner. He was hitless in three at-bats with two strikeouts before he followed Volpe's infield single in the eighth. He went 1-for-4.

- Jasson Domínguez, hitless in his first three times up, got the Yankees' fifth chance with a runner in scoring position and first since the third inning with runners on first and second and two down in the eighth. But reliever Will Vest got Dominguez on three pitches, getting him to chase a 97 mph heater at the letters to end the threat.

New York finished 1-for-5 with RISP, leaving seven on base.

- Paul Goldschmidt got the best of the left-handed starter early, bouncing a single up the middle with two down in the first and repeated the feat with one down in the third. Valdez won round three with a strikeout swinging on a curveball. He finished 2-for-4 with two strikeouts.

Against lefties on the year, the 38-year-old is now batting .397 (29-for-73) with six home runs and a 1.222 OPS against lefties this season.

- Ben Rice went down looking at a 93 mph sinker on the outside corner and swinging through a breaking pitch in his first two times up. He finished 0-for-4.

- Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 with a walk.

- Paul Blackburn was the first man called upon in relief, and retired the first five men he faced with a pair of strikeouts. Ryan Yarbrough, who got stung for four runs in Saturday's loss, issued a one-out walk in a clean seventh. After Yarbrough issued a leadoff walk to start the eighth, some fine defense kept the deficit at two. First, the big lefty made a hustle play to field a bunt and, with a dive, get the out at first. Then Volpe stole a basehit up the middle for the second out to keep the runner from scoring from second. The two relievers covered the final 3.2 innings without allowing a hit or a run on 49 pitches (26 strikes).

- There was a six-minute delay during the bottom of the fourth as Chisholm and the Yankees’ infield wanted a camera in the dirt by second base to be better covered. Chisholm’s peculiarities were on display as he played the bottom of the fifth while eating a green Blow Pop.

Game MVP: Framber Valdez

The Tigers' starter allowed scoring chances in each of the first three innings, but then retired 10 straight to take the wind out of the Yanks' sails. His final line: 6.0 innings, one run, four hits, two walks, and eight strikeouts on 94 pitches (59 strikes).

Highlights

Ali Sanchez opens the scoring! pic.twitter.com/OOwKpEtxai

— SNY Yankees (@snyyankees) June 22, 2026

Gerrit Cole with 3 strikeouts in the 2nd! pic.twitter.com/3fpeE62lJe

— SNY Yankees (@snyyankees) June 22, 2026

Amed Rosario cuts it to 5-3 with a two-run homer pic.twitter.com/0PLNokfoNX

— SNY Yankees (@snyyankees) June 23, 2026

What's next

The three-game series continues on Tuesday with a 6:40 p.m. first pitch. 

Carlos Rodon (3.50 ERA, 1.25 WHIP in 36.0 innings) gets the ball for the visitors. The home side is sending out righty Casey Mize (2.58 ERA, 1.013 WHIP in 52.1 innings).