NEW YORK -- J.D. Martinez
wanted that fourth home run. He had never even hit two in a major
league game before, so might as well tie the record the first time he
got a chance.
In his final at-bat, Martinez swung at a pitch out of the strike zone and popped up to right field. It was just about the only time he missed Sunday, when he hit three homers and drove in six runs to lead the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees 12-4 to snap a four-game skid.
"I definitely got anxious. I just knew that I was feeling good," Martinez said. "I don't think he threw me one strike."
Victor Martinez homered and drove in four two-out runs off Masahiro Tanaka for Detroit, outscored 21-5 in the first two games of the series.
Andrew Romine hit Jose De Paula's first major league pitch for a solo shot in the sixth.
"To be able to come back after an embarrassing night ... is big for us," Romine said of Detroit's effort only hours after losing 14-3 on Saturday.
Anibal Sanchez (6-7) lost his scoreless streak at 21 2/3 innings when Brian McCann homered with one out in the second. But the Tigers' right-hander was steady for seven innings to earn his third straight win. He yielded seven hits and three runs in handing the Yankees only their second loss in 13 home games.
J.D. Martinez connected off Tanaka (4-3) with two outs in the first. He struck out looking in the third and led off the fifth with another homer against the Japanese right-hander, who allowed three long balls for the first time in his big league career.
J.D. Martinez then went deep off Danny Burawa with two on in the sixth to give the Tigers an 11-2 lead. Burawa was making his major league debut.
"It was just one of those days where you take swings and you're actually hitting the ball how you want to hit it," J.D. Martinez said. "There's not too many of those days, so you've just got to take advantage of them."
With a chance to tie the major league record for homers in a game, he flied out to right in the eighth.
It was the first three-homer game for Detroit since Miguel Cabrera did it at Texas on May 19, 2013.
J.D. Martinez became the first Tigers player to connect three times against the Yankees since Charlie Maxwell in 1959.
"It's pretty cool just to say the first time you did it was here," J.D. Martinez said. "This is the pinnacle of baseball."
Stephen Drew had his third multihomer game this year for the Yankees, connecting in the seventh off Sanchez and ninth against Joakim Soria.
Tanaka gave up a career high-tying 10 hits and seven runs in five innings. He fell to 2-2 since his return from the disabled list on June 3.
"I was missing spots and I was missing them by a far margin so I wasn't really sharp today," Tanaka said through a translator.
After Tanaka got two quick outs to open the game, Cabrera singled and Victor Martinez sent a drive into the second deck in right field. Yoenis Cespedes reached on shortstop Didi Gregorius' ninth error of the season before J.D. Martinez went deep.
Victor Martinez had a two-run single in the second after Cabrera walked with two outs.
"It was nice to see him turn on some balls," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said of the switch-hitting Victor Martinez, who was batting left-handed.
Burawa and DePaula were optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: 3B Nick Castellanos was out of the starting lineup for a second straight day. He's batting .143 (9 for 63) over his last 19 games.
Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (knee) did some straight ahead running on the outfield grass and ran some short routes to make barehanded, over-the-shoulder catches of tossed baseballs.
SANTOS SURGERY
Yankees reliever Sergio Santos is going to have Tommy John surgery after making just two appearances for the team. Santos had 30 saves for the White Sox in 2011 but has been plagued by injuries since then. He was moved to the 60-day DL after the game.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Continue their seven-game road trip in Cleveland. LHP Kyle Ryan (1-1) gave up five hits over 6 1/3 innings in his first start in place of Shane Greene, who was recently demoted. But three of the hits were home runs.
Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (8-3) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his last start. He faces the Phillies, the team that has scored the fewest runs in baseball this season, in the opener of an interleague series in New York.
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In his final at-bat, Martinez swung at a pitch out of the strike zone and popped up to right field. It was just about the only time he missed Sunday, when he hit three homers and drove in six runs to lead the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees 12-4 to snap a four-game skid.
"I definitely got anxious. I just knew that I was feeling good," Martinez said. "I don't think he threw me one strike."
Victor Martinez homered and drove in four two-out runs off Masahiro Tanaka for Detroit, outscored 21-5 in the first two games of the series.
Andrew Romine hit Jose De Paula's first major league pitch for a solo shot in the sixth.
"To be able to come back after an embarrassing night ... is big for us," Romine said of Detroit's effort only hours after losing 14-3 on Saturday.
Anibal Sanchez (6-7) lost his scoreless streak at 21 2/3 innings when Brian McCann homered with one out in the second. But the Tigers' right-hander was steady for seven innings to earn his third straight win. He yielded seven hits and three runs in handing the Yankees only their second loss in 13 home games.
J.D. Martinez connected off Tanaka (4-3) with two outs in the first. He struck out looking in the third and led off the fifth with another homer against the Japanese right-hander, who allowed three long balls for the first time in his big league career.
J.D. Martinez then went deep off Danny Burawa with two on in the sixth to give the Tigers an 11-2 lead. Burawa was making his major league debut.
"It was just one of those days where you take swings and you're actually hitting the ball how you want to hit it," J.D. Martinez said. "There's not too many of those days, so you've just got to take advantage of them."
With a chance to tie the major league record for homers in a game, he flied out to right in the eighth.
It was the first three-homer game for Detroit since Miguel Cabrera did it at Texas on May 19, 2013.
J.D. Martinez became the first Tigers player to connect three times against the Yankees since Charlie Maxwell in 1959.
"It's pretty cool just to say the first time you did it was here," J.D. Martinez said. "This is the pinnacle of baseball."
Stephen Drew had his third multihomer game this year for the Yankees, connecting in the seventh off Sanchez and ninth against Joakim Soria.
Tanaka gave up a career high-tying 10 hits and seven runs in five innings. He fell to 2-2 since his return from the disabled list on June 3.
"I was missing spots and I was missing them by a far margin so I wasn't really sharp today," Tanaka said through a translator.
After Tanaka got two quick outs to open the game, Cabrera singled and Victor Martinez sent a drive into the second deck in right field. Yoenis Cespedes reached on shortstop Didi Gregorius' ninth error of the season before J.D. Martinez went deep.
Victor Martinez had a two-run single in the second after Cabrera walked with two outs.
"It was nice to see him turn on some balls," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said of the switch-hitting Victor Martinez, who was batting left-handed.
Burawa and DePaula were optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: 3B Nick Castellanos was out of the starting lineup for a second straight day. He's batting .143 (9 for 63) over his last 19 games.
Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (knee) did some straight ahead running on the outfield grass and ran some short routes to make barehanded, over-the-shoulder catches of tossed baseballs.
SANTOS SURGERY
Yankees reliever Sergio Santos is going to have Tommy John surgery after making just two appearances for the team. Santos had 30 saves for the White Sox in 2011 but has been plagued by injuries since then. He was moved to the 60-day DL after the game.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Continue their seven-game road trip in Cleveland. LHP Kyle Ryan (1-1) gave up five hits over 6 1/3 innings in his first start in place of Shane Greene, who was recently demoted. But three of the hits were home runs.
Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (8-3) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his last start. He faces the Phillies, the team that has scored the fewest runs in baseball this season, in the opener of an interleague series in New York.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Davis popped out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| V. Martínez homered to right (406 feet), Cabrera scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Céspedes safe at first on error by shortstop Gregorius. | 2 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez homered to left center (428 feet), Céspedes scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Holaday struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Rodriguez grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Romine singled to right center. | 4 | 0 |
| Iglesias grounded into fielder's choice to third, Romine out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| Davis singled to left center, Iglesias to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Kinsler flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Cabrera walked, Iglesias to third, Davis to second. | 4 | 0 |
| V. Martínez singled to center, Iglesias scored, Davis scored, Cabrera to second. | 6 | 0 |
| Céspedes flied out to left. | 6 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Teixeira grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| McCann homered to right (428 feet). | 6 | 1 |
| Jones grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 1 |
| Young singled to left center. | 6 | 1 |
| Young stole second. | 6 | 1 |
| Drew walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan singled to center, Young scored, Drew to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Gardner grounded out to first. | 6 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| J.D. Martinez struck out looking. | 6 | 2 |
| Holaday struck out swinging. | 6 | 2 |
| Romine walked. | 6 | 2 |
| Iglesias reached on infield single to shortstop, Romine to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Davis flied out to right. | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 6 | 2 |
| Rodriguez struck out swinging. | 6 | 2 |
| Teixeira singled to left. | 6 | 2 |
| McCann singled to center, Teixeira to third. | 6 | 2 |
| Jones lined out to third. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Kinsler flied out to center. | 6 | 2 |
| Cabrera singled to right center. | 6 | 2 |
| V. Martínez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Cabrera out at second. | 6 | 2 |
| Céspedes struck out swinging. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Young fouled out to first. | 6 | 2 |
| Drew popped out to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Ryan walked. | 6 | 2 |
| Gardner lined out to center. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| J.D. Martinez homered to center (433 feet). | 7 | 2 |
| Holaday singled to left. | 7 | 2 |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Iglesias flied out to left. | 7 | 2 |
| Davis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Holaday out at second. | 7 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Gregorius singled to right. | 7 | 2 |
| Rodriguez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Gregorius out at second. | 7 | 2 |
| Teixeira lined out to second. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Danny Burawa pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Burawa relieved Tanaka. | 7 | 2 |
| Kinsler grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 2 |
| Cabrera walked. | 7 | 2 |
| V. Martínez singled to right, Cabrera to second. | 7 | 2 |
| Céspedes singled to center, Cabrera scored, V. Martínez to second. | 8 | 2 |
| J.D. Martinez homered to right (378 feet), V. Martínez and Céspedes scored. | 11 | 2 |
| Holaday struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| De Paula relieved Burawa. | 11 | 2 |
| Romine homered to left (352 feet). | 12 | 2 |
| Iglesias walked. | 12 | 2 |
| Davis flied out to center. | 12 | 2 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| McCann flied out to center. | 12 | 2 |
| Jones struck out swinging. | 12 | 2 |
| Young struck out looking. | 12 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jose De Paula pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Flores in left field. | 12 | 2 |
| Young in center field. | 12 | 2 |
| Kinsler walked. | 12 | 2 |
| Cabrera lined out to center. | 12 | 2 |
| V. Martínez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Kinsler out at second. | 12 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Drew homered to right (374 feet). | 12 | 3 |
| Ryan flied out to center. | 12 | 3 |
| Flores grounded out to second. | 12 | 3 |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 12 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jose De Paula pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Murphy catching. | 12 | 3 |
| McCann at first base. | 12 | 3 |
| Céspedes grounded out to shortstop. | 12 | 3 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to right. | 12 | 3 |
| Holaday singled to left center. | 12 | 3 |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 12 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| J. Wilson at third base. | 12 | 3 |
| Romine at first base. | 12 | 3 |
| Hardy relieved Sánchez. | 12 | 3 |
| Rodriguez singled to left. | 12 | 3 |
| Murphy flied out to center. | 12 | 3 |
| McCann struck out looking. | 12 | 3 |
| Jones grounded out to pitcher. | 12 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jose De Paula pitching for New York | DET | NYY |
| Iglesias walked. | 12 | 3 |
| Davis walked, Iglesias to second. | 12 | 3 |
| Kinsler flied out to left. | 12 | 3 |
| J. Wilson struck out swinging. | 12 | 3 |
| V. Martínez flied out to right. | 12 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joakim Soria pitching for Detroit | DET | NYY |
| Davis in left field. | 12 | 3 |
| Castellanos at third base. | 12 | 3 |
| J. Wilson at second base. | 12 | 3 |
| Gose in center field. | 12 | 3 |
| Soria relieved Hardy. | 12 | 3 |
| Young flied out to right. | 12 | 3 |
| Drew homered to right (355 feet). | 12 | 4 |
| Ryan flied out to left. | 12 | 4 |
| Flores grounded out to first. | 12 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Davis CF-LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .277 | .341 | .439 |
| Kinsler 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .263 | .336 | .346 |
Castellanos 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .267 | .328 |
| Cabrera 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | .346 | .450 | .593 |
J. Wilson 3B-2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .412 | .412 | .471 |
| V. Martínez DH | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .228 | .315 | .301 |
| Céspedes LF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .300 | .332 | .487 |
Gose CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .317 | .373 |
| J.D. Martinez RF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .275 | .333 | .516 |
| Holaday C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .278 | .278 | .444 |
| Romine 3B-1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .278 | .339 | .333 |
| Iglesias SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .323 | .377 | .390 |
| Totals | 42 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 178 | |||
| BATTING HR: V. Martínez (2, 1st inning off Tanaka 1 on, 2 Out); J.D. Martinez 3 (16, 1st inning off Tanaka 1 on, 2 Out; 5th inning off Tanaka 0 on, 0 Out; 6th inning off Burawa 2 on, 1 Out); Romine (1, 6th inning off De Paula 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: V. Martínez 4 (19), J.D. Martinez 6 (41), Céspedes (36), Romine (4) 2-out RBI: V. Martínez 4, J.D. Martinez 2, Romine GIDP: V. Martínez Tigers RISP: 3-9 (Céspedes 1-2, Davis 0-1, J. Wilson 0-1, J.D. Martinez 1-1, V. Martínez 1-2, Kinsler 0-2) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Romine-Kinsler-Cabrera). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 38,691 (77.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:01 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 17 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Ed Hickox, Third Base - Mike Estabrook |
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