Tarik Skubal doesn't finish fifth inning in Tigers' loss to Twins
Tarik Skubal allowed eight hits and four runs and didn't finish the fifth inning in loss against Twins.
Minneapolis – The Tigers aren’t panicking, not this early in the season. But they aren’t having much fun, either. “Losing sucks,” Spencer Torkelson said before the Tigers lost their third straight and second in a row to the division-rival Twins 4-2 Tuesday at Target Field.
“You can tell yourself it’s early, just keep going. But we want to win. This is a results-driven industry and we understand that.
” The loss is the Tigers’ sixth straight on the road and the second straight with ace Tarik Skubal starting. Unlike his previous loss, when he pitched seven strong innings in Phoenix, Skubal seemed to be walking the highwire from the start on another chilly night in Minneapolis. He stranded runners at the corners with one out in the second.
He stranded a runner at third in the third inning. He pitched around an error and a single in the fourth. In the fifth, he lost his balance and fell off the wire.