Tarik Skubal was mostly cruising through six innings of the Tigers' opener against the Athletics on Monday night. He gave up an (unearned) run in the sixth on an RBI groundout for Jacob Wilson, after Gleyber Torres and Wenceel Pérez provided three runs of support in the top half. Up until that point, it was pitcher's duel for Skubal and A's starter JT Ginn as they traded strikeouts and mostly singles.
Things got shaky for Skubal in the bottom of the seventh, though, when rookie Colby Thomas homered to put the A's within one. A single and a double put two men in scoring position, and Zach McKinstry's second error of the night loaded the bases with no outs.