Stanton hits his 400th home run to lead Cole and the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the Tigers

NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton’s milestone homer resembled so many of the 399 that came before.

A line-drive rocket off his bat.

Stanton smashed his 400th home run, Gerrit Cole burnished his Cy Young Award credentials and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Tuesday night.

DJ LeMahieu hit his second leadoff homer in four games and Gleyber Torres had a two-run double for the last-place Yankees (69-69), who have won four straight and seven of eight to get back to .500 for the first time since Aug. 15.

“I’m glad that…