The Detroit Tigers began their Sunday night nationally-televised game, the finale of a three-game weekend series in Texas, desperate to end their six-game losing streak. That they did, with a nail-biting 2-1 win that featured some mighty fine clutch pitching and hitting.
There aren’t too many pitchers you can throw out there to stop a losing streak who are more suited for the task than Tarik Skubal. Fresh off his All-Star start — remember, he got blooped-and-BABip’d to death out there — he’s been a little up-and-down lately. He’ll either give you six or seven shutout innings, or he’ll cough up four runs.