When Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal walked into the clubhouse following his first MLB win, his teammates greeted him with a celebratory beer shower.
Don't worry.
They all wore face masks.
"Yeah, that happened," Skubal said Saturday. "Socially distanced, but yeah. Awesome feeling."
The last two weeks have been quite the emotional roller coaster — from getting on a fancy charter plane to making sense of league-wide strikes to protest racial inequality. Called up on Aug. 17, he was shelled the next day in his MLB debut but has improved in each of his two appearance since.