Sure, the Yankees are without Gerrit Cole for the season, missing Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt right now, but if they can keep scoring runs at will, they can get away with an early-season dip in run prevention.

By that point Carlos Carrasco had an outing similar to the one by Milwaukee’s Nestor Cortes on Opening Day. The 1-2 punch of Skubal and the long ball sank the Yankees, 5-0, on a 34-degree afternoon at Comerica Park.

Carlos Carrasco served up three home runs in a span of four batters in the fourth inning, which along with Tarik Skubal carving up the Yankees, sent them to a third straight loss, 5-0 to the Tigers on a frigid Tuesday afternoon at Comerica Park.