In the finale and rubber match of a three-game weekend series against the Twins in Detroit, and in front of a national TV audience and a standing-room-only crowd on Sunday night, a magnificent starting pitching performance dominated the evening’s proceedings as the Detroit Tigers beat the Twins 3-0.
Your defending American League Cy Young Award winner, Tarik Skubal, made his 17th start for the Tigers this year. His last pair of outings have been somewhat un-Skubalish, coughing up four runs against the A’s in his previous start; the one before that saw him walk three (!