It was a "déjà vu" situation for Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal, and not in a good way.
In his MLB debut Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox, he gave up a leadoff home run to Tim Anderson on a 94 mph fastball. Likewise, in Skubal's outing Sunday against the Cleveland Indians, Cesar Hernandez went deep on a 95 mph fastball to start the first inning.
Two starts, two leadoff homers by established big-league hitters off the 23-year-old.
But the way he responded this time was much different.
Setting the tone for a 7-4 win and series victory against the Indians at Progressive Field, Skubal fired 2u2153 innings of one-run ball.