Tarik Skubal wasn't perfect.
But he was close.
The reigning American League Cy Young winner set the tone for the AL-best Detroit Tigers in their return home from a 10-game road trip, dominating the Texas Rangers for seven blazing innings May 9 in the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park.
The Tigers won, 2-1.
More notably, Skubal took a perfect game into the sixth inning before a baserunner finally reached safely. The first hit: Josh Smith sent a two-strike fastball through the hole on the left side of the infield for a leadoff single.