Thanks to the rain out on Tuesday, the Tigers played a double-header against the Pirates on Wednesday and the teams actually managed to split the series evenly with a game apiece.
As fun as a Paul Skenes/Tarik Skubal matchup would have been to watch, the first outing was Skubal vs. Jared Jones.
The most vital thing to know about this outing is that the Pirates did not score a single run, which is a lot more fun to watch when it’s not happening to your team. Skubal went 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K on 93 pitches, which isn’t going to quiet down Cy Young chatter any time soon.