Every time Tarik Skubal is on the mound, the Tigers have their best chance of winning a baseball game; that's just a fact. On Tuesday in Game 1 of the Wild Card series against the Guardians, he just reminded everyone of it.
Skubal went 7 2/3 innings, threw a career high 107 pitches, and struck out a career high 14 batters while allowing just a single earned run. Cy Young voting doesn't take the postseason into account, but if it did, his afternoon could turn even the most faithful Garrett Crochet supporters.
We are all witnesses.