Tarik Skubal was dominant and Emmanuel Clase was not as the Tigers took game two in Cleveland, 3-0.
Our Matt Seese will have a full recap for you but it was definitely a gut punch to see Kerry Carpenter pound a rare hanging slider from Clase into the Progressive Field seats in right field. Meanwhile, Jose Ramirez went hitless with two strikeouts and not even the lefty masher lineup rolled out by manager Stephen Vogt could solve Skubal for seven innings and then Will Vest and Beau Briske in the Tiger pen.
I do not offer this as an excuse but I suspect Clase was struggling to pitch the suddenly colder weather, a concerning development given that it will only get colder from here.