Tarik Skubal Puts on Sunday Night Show: 13 Ks in Tigers’ Shutout of Twins

Skubal far too dominant in shutout loss

DETROIT—Ty France remembers exactly what he thought as his soft fly ball landed just an inch or two beyond right fielder Kerry Carpenter's glove as he dove to the turf:

Highlights and lowlights from the first half of the Twins’ season

Over the weekend in Detroit, the Minnesota Twins moved past the 81-game mark, the official halfway point in their season — although manager Rocco Baldelli called it an “arbitrary halfway point.” Arbitrary or not, it’s still a fair time to assess where the Twins are in season during which they, in Baldelli’s words, “played all kinds of baseball.” They’re 40-44 and third in the American League Central Division, but a quick glance at their record d…

Detroit Ace Skubal Etches His Name Deeper in Tigers Lore, Joins Elites

On the evening June 29, mental focus, pinpoint command, and elite velocity converged as Tarik Skubal took the mound for the Detroit Tigers in a matchup against the Minnesota Twins. The result? A performance for the ages.Skubal carved through seven innings of dominance, surrendering just one hit, issuing one walk, and fanning 13 batters–all while maintaining efficiency within 93 pitches. Notably, that lone hit came off a blazingly fast 99.7 mph h…

Tigers’ Tarik Skubal began historic outing with stunning strikeout barrage

However your Sunday night may have gone, consider yourself lucky that you weren’t a Minnesota Twin facing off against Tarik Skubal.

Tigers' Tarik Skubal makes franchise history in dominant performance against Twins

Detroit Tigers star pitcher Tarik Skubal had an incredible performance in a win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday night. He had 13 strikeouts.

Twins strike out 14 times in loss to Tigers on Sunday Night Baseball

The Minnesota Twins were shutout 3-0 by the Detroit Tigers on Sunday Night Baseball in their series rubber match. The Twins only managed three baserunners with two hits and one walk. Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal struck out 13 Twins over seven scoreless innings while earning his 10th win of the season. Chris Paddack gave up three runs over 4 ⅔ innings and was tagged with the loss. Danny Coulombe recorded one out with Brock Stewa…