The Detroit Tigers are going for a sweep of the New York Yankees on Thursday night. The Tigers (84-62) and Yankees (80-65) concluded their three-game series at 7:05 p.m. at Yankee Stadium.

Is there anything like early afternoon baseball on a Saturday? Something seen rarely outside of The Bronx these days, the New York Mets played their third of four versus the Boston Red Sox yesterday and learned a valuable lesson every New York Mets fan ...

The Yankees (80-63) dropped two of three at Detroit in April when the gametime temperature was never higher than 42 degrees. New York won the final game of the series and took a seven-game lead in the AL East through May 28 before experiencing a two-month slump. The Yankees went 25-34 from May 30-Aug. 5 but have since recovered.