The Yankees went into tonight's game really needing a victory with tough matchups against David Price and Anibal Sanchez coming up while the underwhelming Kyle Lobstein pitched for Detroit. If there was a game to win in this series, this was the one. They didn't really do that much against the lefty Lobstein, but fortunately, the Tigers bullpen that didn't really live up to its horrid reputation on Monday night emerged in full force to put the game mostly out of reach.
To get in the position to beat the bullpen though, the Yankees needed a big start from newcomer Nathan Eovaldi after a couple up-and-down appearances of under six innings each.