Skubal faced the Yankees twice last season, coming away with a pair of no-decisions. He held New York to two runs in six innings while striking out 12 on May 5. Skubal then limited the Yankees to one run in six innings while recording five strikeouts on Aug. 18.

Andy Ibañez homered, Casey Mize pitched six effective innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 for their fourth consecutive victory.

Tigers third. Colt Keith called out on strikes. Jake Rogers walks. Ryan Kreidler walks. Jake Rogers to second. Justyn-Henry Malloy strikes out swinging. Andy Ibanez homers to left field. Ryan Kreidler scores. Jake Rogers scores. Spencer Torkelson flies out to deep center field to Trent Grisham. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 3, Yankees 0. Yankees fifth. Austin Wells lines out to left field to Riley Greene. Trent Grisham singles to right field. Oswaldo Cabrera grounds out to second base, Colt Keith to Spencer Torkelson. Trent Grisham to second. Ben Rice walks. Aaron Judge singles to center field. Ben Rice to second. Trent Grisham scores. Cody Bellinger strikes out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 3, Yankees 1. Tigers fifth. Colt Keith reaches on error. Fielding error by Oswaldo Cabrera. Jake Rogers walks. Colt Keith to second. Ryan Kreidler out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Carlos Rodon to Paul Goldschmidt. Jake Rogers to second. Colt Keith to third. Justyn-Henry Malloy singles to center field. Jake Rogers scores. Colt Keith scores. Andy Ibanez hits into a force out to shallow infield. Justyn-Henry Malloy out at second. Spencer Torkelson strikes out swinging. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Tigers 5, Yankees 1. Tigers seventh. Colt Keith singles to left field. Jake Rogers walks. Colt Keith to second. Ryan Kreidler strikes out swinging. Kerry Carpenter pinch-hitting for Justyn-Henry Malloy. Kerry Carpenter walks. Jake Rogers to second. Colt Keith to third. Trey Sweeney pinch-hitting for Andy Ibanez. Trey Sweeney hits into a force out to second base. Kerry Carpenter out at second. Jake Rogers to third. Colt Keith scores. Spencer Torkelson grounds out to shallow infield, Tim Hill to Paul Goldschmidt. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 6, Yankees 1. Yankees eighth. Ben Rice grounds out to first base to Spencer Torkelson. Aaron Judge pops out to right field to Colt Keith. Cody Bellinger singles to shallow infield. Paul Goldschmidt singles to shallow left field. Cody Bellinger to second. Jazz Chisholm reaches on error. Paul Goldschmidt to third. Cody Bellinger scores. Fielding error by Colt Keith. Throwing error by Colt Keith. Anthony Volpe flies out to right field to Zach McKinstry. 1 run, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 6, Yankees 2.