NEW YORK _ The possibility of another deflating defeat _ to a team with 80 losses _ confronted the Yankees on Friday night.
But this time, the Yankees overcame their bullpen's latest misstep with a three-run eighth inning.
Rookie Gleyber Torres lashed a go-ahead, two-out, two-run double off Tigers reliever Alex Wilson and the Yankees tacked on another run in a 7-5 victory before 41,026 fans.
The Yankees (85-50) went over the three million mark in attendance for the 20th straight season, extending their MLB record.
Both managers were not around for the finish.
With the Tigers (54-81) holding a one-run lead, Detroit skipper Ron Gardnehire was tossed by crew chief and first base umpire Paul Nauert after Luke Voit was ruled to have checked his swing on a 3-and-2 pitch.
That loaded the bases and extended the inning, leading to Torres' go-ahead double to left.
Not long after Yankees manager Aaron Boone's memorable tantrum, the Yankees' silent bats awakened with a bang _ and a bang and a bang _ on Friday night.
Hitless through five innings against Detroit starter Jordan Zimmerman, the Yankees launched three home runs _ by Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks and Miguel Andujar _ in the sixth to take a one-run lead.
And after the Tigers rebounded to tie the game in the seventh, they went ahead in the eighth against reliever Zach Britton.
Yankees starter Luis Severino yielded three runs in six innings, striking out 10 without issuing a walk.
A fourth-inning solo homer by Niko Goodrum and a two-run triple by Jim Adduci in the fifth gave Detroit a 3-0 lead.
And after Dellin Betances gave up three in the ninth to lose Thursday's game, David Robertson notched the save on Friday.
Zimmerman retired the first 10 Yankees he faced before walking Giancarlo Stanton in the fourth.
And after Voit struck out to open the fifth, a week's worth of frustration _ capped by the Yankees' quiet bats _ had brought Boone to a boil.
Storming out of the home dugout, Boone went bill-to-bill with plate umpire Nic Lentz, close enough that the manager's cap made contact with Lentz's _ something Lentz pointed out before tossing him out.
It was Boone's third ejection of the year, but he wasn't going quietly.
Moving behind the plate in a catcher's crouch, an enraged Boone proceeded to demonstrate how Lentz was missing pitches that Detroit catcher James McCann was framing as strikes.
As the crowd roared its approval, Boone walked back to the dugout and handed his lineup card to bench coach Josh Bard.
Yet, the benefits of that tirade weren't immediate.
Torres struck out looking, Neil Walker flied out to center and Zimmerman took a no-hitter into the sixth.
Austin Romine reached on an error by Dawel Lugo, a ball that bounced through the second baseman's legs as he backed up, to open the sixth.
With one out and the Yanks trailing 3-0, Gardner launched his 12th homer of the year, over the right-field fence _ reawakening the Friday night crowd and getting the Yanks' first hit and runs on the board.
Gardner had struck out in his first two at-bats, the continuation of a rough August.
After Stanton flied out, Hicks and Andujar hit back-to-back homers _ the 23rd of the year for each player.
Hicks crushed one to right and Andujar launched his to left, briefly giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead and setting off a celebration on the bench.
But even after Thursday night's devastating late loss to the White Sox _ "it was a kick in the stomach" Boone said _ the Yankees had turned the page by Friday afternoon.
"It's as tough a loss as we've had and personally taking it hard," Boone said before Friday's game. "But seeing the guys today and knowing what's ahead of us, I don't worry about us turning the page. I think we're really good at that.
"I know it's sometimes hard for people to really grasp on, but I know we will."
