New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-2 at Comerica Park on June 24, 2026, handing the home side a loss that the DiamondIQ model had forecast as likely from the outset, assigning Detroit only a 36% pre-game win probability that fell to zero by the final out. New York scored in four of its first six innings, building the kind of incremental lead that Detroit never fully answered despite out-hitting the Yankees eight to six.

The two most decisive moments of the game came off the arm of Tarik Skubal. Paul Goldschmidt connected for a home run in the third inning, a swing that shifted win probability 10.9 points in New York's favor and gave the Yankees an early cushion. The game-breaking blow arrived in the sixth, when Jasson Domínguez launched a home run off Skubal that swung win probability by 26.2 points, by far the single largest play of the contest. Domínguez finished as the game's top performer by WPA at plus-23.2%, with a RE24 of plus-1.3, while Goldschmidt added plus-6.9% WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.6. Detroit mounted a threat in the eighth when Riley Greene singled off Fernando Cruz to push win probability 8.9 points toward the Tigers, but Spencer Torkelson's strikeout in the same frame swung it back 7.8 points toward New York. In the ninth, Dillon Dingler's flyout off David Bednar added 12.0 points to the Yankees' closing probability as the Tigers' final chance evaporated.

The bullpen work behind the Yankees' starters was central to preserving the result. Fernando Cruz led all pitchers with a WPA of plus-17.4%, navigating the late-inning pressure that Detroit generated. Jacob Waguespack contributed plus-6.0% WPA and Ryan Weathers added plus-5.6%, the three of them collectively neutralizing whatever momentum the Tigers' eight-hit output might otherwise have produced.