The Battle Cats were back on Saturday night, with Miguel Cabrera in the starring role. After a close fought game through five innings, the Tigers took the lead and poured it on while the bullpen tied up the Royals, evening the series with a 5-1 victory.
Tarik Skubal got off to a good start in this one. He got Whit Merrifield and Nicky Lopez to ground out, and then punched out Salvador Perez for his 200th major league strikeout. In the process, Skubal became the fastest Tigers’ pitcher in history to reach that mark. He needed just 10 pitches to breeze through the second inning with just three balls weakly put in play by the middle of the Royals’ order.