Tigers ace Skubal throws 1st CG of career, K’s 13
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DETROIT —
Skubal (5-2) gave up only one more hit and hit one batter in a masterful, 94-pitch outing that included just 22 balls. He’s the first player in franchise history to have a complete game without a walk, two or fewer hits and 13 strikeouts.
Skubal also became the first Tiger to have 10-plus strikeouts in four straight home games, and his game-ending pitch was the team’s fastest since at least 2015.
“I don’t know what to say because you don’t see it very often,” Hinch said. “When he’s got full intensity and full throttle, the sky is the limit.”
Skubal pitched the eighth complete game in the major leagues this season and fifth individual shutout.
That didn’t give him any sort of retribution, though, after Cleveland’s Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off Skubal in a 7-3 win that eliminated Detroit in Game 5 of their AL Division Series in 2024.
“There’s no story there,” Skubal said. “I got a ton of respect for a log of guys in that dugout, including their manager.”
Likewise, the Guardians admire Skubal a lot.
“He’s the best pitcher in baseball and he showed it today,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.
