Overcoming injury scare, Tigers' Tarik Skubal getting double plays, garnering early three-peat AL Cy Young vibes
Detroit's ace has induced nine double plays this season, one shy of 2025.
Overcoming injury scare, Tigers' Tarik Skubal getting double plays, garnering early three-peat AL Cy Young vibes originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Tarik Skubal pinpointed a 2-1 slider Wednesday night, forcing Atlanta Braves slugger Matt Olson to swing and miss.
The Detroit Tigers ' ace then signaled for catcher Dillon Dingler to come to the mound at Truist Park. The back-to-back Cy Young award winner started shaking his left pitching arm, grasping his forearm near his elbow. GASP!
Tigers manager A. J. Hinch and a trainer made a trip to the mound , assured by Skubal that he was fine.
After a few warmup pitches, Skubal proved it, striking out Olson on the next pitch, a 96-mph fastball. He also struck out Austin Riley and Mauricio Dubon, capping his seven-inning effort with a swinging strike on his first curveball of the outing. Facing one of MLB's hottest teams, Skubal overcame the injury scare and continued to induce key double plays to limit the Braves, who had won five of their past six games, to two earned runs on five hits in seven innings.