Tigers ace Tarik Skubal avoids injury
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Skubal, 28, is a strong candidate to win his second straight American League Cy Young Award. He's 13–5 with a 2.26 ERA and 224 strikeouts in 183 1/3 innings this season, and he leads all AL hurlers in bWAR for the second consecutive year.
Tigers starter Tarik Skubal left Friday’s 8-2 loss to the Marlins at loanDepot park with tightness in his left side after facing two batters in the bottom of the fourth inning. He underwent further evaluations after being removed.
Garrett Crochet has been outstanding in his first year in Boston, but he's running out of time to pass Tarik Skubal in the Cy Young race.
For the second straight night, the Detroit Tigers saw their magic number to clinch the American League Central Division title remains stuck at eight.