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Yankees and Tigers will play in the Little League Classic on Aug. 18 next year

Detroit will be home team for the game, originally scheduled for Comerica Park, where the teams meet on Aug. 16 and 17.
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Washington Nationals' CJ Abrams (5) and Jeter Downs (3) slide down the hill overlooking Lamade Stadium while taking in a baseball game between Rhode Island and Pennsylvania at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The New York Yankees will play the Detroit Tigers in the 2024 Little League Classic on Aug. 18 at Bowman Field.

Detroit will be home team for the game, originally scheduled for Comerica Park, where the teams meet on Aug. 16 and 17. Both teams will attend Little League World Series games on Aug. 18.

Major League Baseball, which announced the game on Sunday, began playing in conjunction with the Little League World Series when Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 6-3 in 2017. That was followed by the New York Mets defeating Philadelphia 8-2 in 2018, the Chicago Cubs topping Pittsburgh 7-1 in 2019, Cleveland blanking the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 in 2021 and Baltimore beating Boston 5-3 in 2022.

Philadelphia and Washington were to play later Sunday.

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