All-Star starter Tarik Skubal won his first game since June and Javier Baez homered, doubled and knocked in four runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies and ace Zack Wheeler 7-5.

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal offered perspective on his argument with home plate umpire Tom Hanaman in the first inning of his last start.

Last season, when Skubal won the Cy Young Award, he gave up just one home run to a left-handed batter and 14 against righties. As one of the best pitchers in baseball, a slip against a lefty only happens once in a blue moon. Julien should remember this one for a long time.

That’s why Friday night at Comerica Park felt so strange. The Tigers’ ace didn’t make it through five innings for the first time all season, leaving after Mike Trout ’s chopper up the middle rolled past the mound in the fifth. Skubal’s line: 4 2/3 innings, four runs on six hits, two walks and six strikeouts against the Angels.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is doing something that Major League Baseball hasn't seen since Clayton Kershaw in 2016.

MLB players' weekend is underway, and it allows players to wear any swag they would like while they are on the field. For Detroit Tigers' ace Tarik Skubal, it came in the form of cleats during his start on Thursday.

Yet Skubal set a career high with 12 strikeouts and became the first Tiger in this decade to fan 12 without a walk. He mostly silenced the Yankees after their early 2-0 lead, retiring 13 of the ...

Familiar voice Jason Benetti, the Tigers' full-time play-by-play announcer filling in on football for the day, called in a favor to get Hinch in for a quick call about the manager's thoughts on the team rocking Honolulu blue.