After a blowout loss on Friday and a narrow defeat on Saturday, could the Tigers salvage one measly game out of a weekend three-game series, with their nominal “stopper” on the mound? The answer was a resounding yes as the Tigers took the finale 10-2 on a pleasant but breezy Sunday afternoon.
Said stopper, Tarik Skubal, was coming off two starts in which, combined, he gave up one run in 13 innings, struck out 14 and walked three. Somewhat unusually though, in his previous start against Texas, he gave up seven hits, although he limited the damage to one run and the Tigers came away with a 2-1 victory.