DETROIT (Interstat) — Ryan Weathers pitched six innings of one-run ball, Paul Goldschmidt launched two solo home runs and Jasson Domínguez delivered a two-run homer in the sixth inning Wednesday night as the New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-2 at Comerica Park.

The victory, before a crowd of 23,567, improved the Yankees to 48-31 and gave them a split of the two-game series after the Tigers had won the opener Monday. Detroit fell to 34-46.

Weathers allowed six hits, struck out six and walked three, bouncing back from a rough start in his previous outing. On June 18 against the Chicago White Sox, he had taken a loss despite allowing only one earned run in 6 1/3 innings, and on June 12 at Toronto he had been charged with six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Wednesday, he worked efficiently, consistently keeping Detroit’s hitters off balance and stranding runners in scoring position.

David Bednar pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 16th save, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Tarik Skubal started for the Tigers and took the loss, falling to 3-4. He struck out nine batters over six innings but surrendered four earned runs on four hits, including three home runs. The left-hander matched Weathers in length but was undone by the long ball.

Goldschmidt began the scoring in the first inning, hitting Skubal’s second pitch of the game over the left-field wall for his 13th home run. The blast gave the Yankees a quick 1-0 lead. After Ben Rice grounded out, Jasson Domínguez struck out swinging, and Cody Bellinger grounded out to first base to end the inning.

Detroit’s first three batters in the bottom of the first were retired in order. Kevin McGonigle lined out to left, Dillon Dingler was called out on strikes, and Matt Vierling flied out to right.

The Yankees went quietly in the second inning. Anthony Volpe lined out to left, Jazz Chisholm Jr. popped out in foul territory, and Jose Caballero grounded out to third.

Detroit tied the game in the bottom of the second. Riley Greene flied out in foul territory for the first out, then Spencer Torkelson lined a double to left. Hao-Yu Lee walked, bringing up Ben Malgeri, who struck out. Zach McKinstry followed with a line-drive single to center, scoring Torkelson and moving Lee to second. Jake Rogers struck out swinging to end the inning, but the Tigers had pulled even at 1-1.

New York regained the lead in the third. Austin Wells struck out, Max Schuemann flied out to left, and Goldschmidt stepped in for his second at-bat. He launched another solo home run, this time to left-center field, his 14th of the season and second of the game. Rice then struck out to end the inning, but the Yankees led 2-1.

Detroit again answered in the fourth. Torkelson led off with a walk. Lee singled to right, and a fielding error by Domínguez allowed Torkelson to advance to third and Lee to second. Malgeri then hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Torkelson and tying the game at 2-2. McKinstry was called out on strikes, and Rogers flied out to right to end the inning.

Both teams put runners on base over the next two innings but failed to score. In the fifth, Detroit’s Kevin McGonigle doubled with one out, but Weathers induced a fielder’s choice groundout that erased McGonigle at third, then got Vierling to line out sharply to center. The Yankees went down in order in the top of the fifth, with Chisholm, Caballero and Wells all retired.

The game remained tied until the sixth. After Max Schuemann struck out and Goldschmidt struck out on a foul tip, Rice singled to right. Domínguez then drove a 1-1 pitch from Skubal over the left-field wall for his third home run of the season, scoring Rice and giving the Yankees a 4-2 lead. Bellinger popped out to third to end the inning.

Weathers worked a scoreless bottom of the sixth. Torkelson lined out sharply to shortstop, Lee singled, but Malgeri struck out and McKinstry lined out to left. Weathers’ night was finished after six innings, having thrown 98 pitches.

The Yankees bullpen took over from there. Fernando Cruz entered in the seventh and struck out two of the three batters he faced, allowing one hit but no runs. In the eighth, Camilo Doval retired the first two batters he faced before being replaced by Cruz, who finished the inning with a strikeout. Doval recorded two outs without allowing a hit.

Detroit mounted a threat in the bottom of the eighth. With Cruz on the mound, Riley Greene singled to right, but Spencer Torkelson struck out swinging. Hao-Yu Lee struck out, and Ben Malgeri struck out looking to end the inning. Cruz struck out four batters over 1 1/3 innings, allowing only one hit.

In the ninth, Bednar entered to close. He allowed a one-out single to Kevin McGonigle but then retired Dillon Dingler on a fly out to right to end the game.

The Yankees out-hit the Tigers 6-8, but Detroit left nine runners on base and was unable to string together timely hits. Goldschmidt finished 2 for 4 with two home runs and two RBIs. Dominguez was 1 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. For the Tigers, McGonigle went 2 for 5 with a double, and Hao-Yu Lee had two singles.

The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Yankees a 59.90 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame betting favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined run total of six went over the over/under line of 7.5.