Casey Mize matches career high with 10 strikeouts as Tigers beat sloppy Yankees 7-3

by | Jun 30, 2026 | Sports

NEW YORK — Casey Mize matched a career high with 10 strikeouts over seven innings and the Detroit Tigers capitalized on shoddy defense by the slumping New York Yankees in a 7-3 victory Monday night.The only baserunner Mize (3-5) allowed came on rookie Spencer Jones’ leadoff double in the third. He struck out 10 for the third time in his major league career and mowed through the Yankees after they tagged him for four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings last Tuesday at Detroit.Missing injured sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees lost their fifth straight and have been held to three hits or fewer in four consecutive games during a single season for the first time in franchise history.New York’s .098 batting average is the club’s lowest in a four-game span.In the longest start of his career, Mize threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of 22 batters and struck out five of his final six.Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.Lee hit a two-run single off Ryan Weathers (3-6) during a four-run second inning f …

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