Cam Schlittler allows four home runs in Yankees' 9-3 loss to Tigers

Cam Schlittler was tagged for four home runs and the Yankees bats continued their week-long slump in their 9-3 loss to the Tigers on Tuesday night.

The Yankees have lost six in a row and end June with a 12-14 record.

Here are the takeaways...

-Schlittler had a rocky start. After getting the first two outs quickly, Kerry Carpenter hit a ball deep into right-center field. Spencer Jones timed it perfectly and had the ball in his glove, but the ball dislodged over the wall when he hit the wall to give the Tigers the lead. Riley Greene followed up with a no-doubt 424-foot bomb into the second deck in right field.

Two batters later, Spencer Torkelson took Schlittler deep (405 feet) over the left field wall to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead. It took Schlittler 36 pitches to get out of the first inning.

Greene would get Schlittler again in the third, with a two-run shot. Schlittler would pitch into the fifth and, after allowing a leadoff double to Dillon Dingler, manager Aaron Boone pulled his young star.

Schlittler allowed six runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five batters across four-plus innings.

It's the first start this season that Schlittler has allowed more than one home run. He allowed six in his first 17 starts. It's also a career high in earned runs (6).

-Ryan Yarbrough was the first man out of the pen for the Yankees. After getting out of Schlittler's trouble in the fifth, the defense betrayed him. Jose Caballero, starting at second with Jazz Chisholm Jr. out after Monday's collision with Jasson Dominguez, threw a would-be double play into left field. James Outman followed with a three-run shot, putting Detroit up 9-1.

-In his first game after being recalled, Yovanny Cruz struck out three in his two perfect innings of work. Jake Bird worked in and out of trouble in his one inning of work.

-Going up against Tarik Skubal down four runs is difficult, but Ben Rice got the Yankees on the board with a two-out solo shot in the first. The only other run the Yankees would get off of Skubal would be in the sixth. After Max Schuemann was hit by a pitch to lead off, Ali Sanchez hit a grounder to Zach McKinstry, but the shortstop whiffed on the groundball, putting runners at the corners with no outs. Paul Goldschmidt hit into a double play, but Schuemann scored.

The Yankees' third run came in the ninth. After Amed Rosario walked, he scored on a Dominguez fly ball single that fell in front of a diving Karpenter in right field.

The Yankees had four hits, the first time they eclipsed three in five games.

Game MVP: Riley Greene

Greene's two home runs accounted for three of the Tigers' nine runs.

Highlights

Spencer Jones nearly robs Kerry Carpenter at the wall, but the ball pops out of his glove for a home run pic.twitter.com/eOkW9qUovr

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Ben Rice homers off Tarik Skubal! 🍚 pic.twitter.com/tQkzsubzGQ

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What's next

The Yankees and Tigers wrap up their three-game set in the Bronx on Wednesday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m.

Will Warren (7-3, 3.75 ERA) will take the mound against Troy Melton (4-1, 2.39 ERA).