Detroit— Tarik Skubal lying on his back on the Comerica Park mound with his arms behind his head trying to will away the pain.
That will be the indelible image from the Tigers' 6-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs in the series finale Wednesday afternoon.
"It hurt him," manager AJ Hinch said. "You don't see players on their back on the field very often."
Skubal was drilled in the left thigh by a line drive in the fourth inning, a sizzler that left Yan Gomes’ bat at 102 mph.
"I just couldn't feel my leg," Skubal said.