Can 2020 First-round Tackle Mekhi Becton Find A Permanent Home With Eagles?
DETROIT -- — Tarik Skubal struck out seven batters in seven scoreless innings as the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Tuesday night.
“He's a dude,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He hit 100, but he also did a much better job of mixing in his other pitches. He did everything tonight.”
Skubal (9-3) allowed three hits and a walk while hitting one batter.
“That's one of the better performances we've seen this season,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “He's got really good stuff and he comes right after you. He should be an All-Star.”
Andy Ibáñez had two hits, including a two-run single in Detroit's four-run fifth inning, as the Tigers ended a seven-game losing streak to the Phillies.
Bryce Harper homered off Tigers closer Jason Foley in the ninth. He has three doubles and two homers — good for six RBI — in the first two games of the series.
The game was expected to be a pitcher's duel between probable All-Stars — Skubal and Ranger Suárez.
Suárez (10-2) held Detroit scoreless for four innings but gave up four runs in the fifth.
“He was fine, but I've seen him better,” Thomson said. “There have been a lot of games where he was ahead a lot more than he was tonight, but he battled.”
Philadelphia, which had won its last three games by a combined 24-3, had the best chance to score before the Tigers broke through.
Harper's double gave the Phillies runners on second and third with two out in the third, but Skubal retired Alec Bohm on a grounder to second.
Justyn-Henry Malloy and Jake Rogers started the fifth with singles. Ryan Kreidler failed to get down a bunt, but got an infield single when Trea Turner couldn't cleanly field his slow grounder.
“I think (Turner) was looking to flip it to (Bohm) for the out at third, and he just rushed it,” Thomson said. “It just popped out of his glove.”
Matt Vierling, who hit into a triple play on Monday, drove in the game's first run with a groundout to short.
Ibáñez made it 3-0 with a line drive through the drawn-in infield. Mark Canha grounded out, but Riley Greene hit a hard grounder that got past Harper for an RBI triple.
“(Suárez) is a tough pitcher — he's always one pitch away getting out of a situation with a double play and you can't run on him,” Hinch said. “We had some timely hits, we had some soft hits and we ran the bases a little bit.”
Seranthony Dominguez replaced Suárez for the seventh and immediately walked Kreidler, ending Philadelphia's streak of 140 batters without a base on balls.
NOT QUITE DARK
The game's first pitch was at 6:40 pm, meaning it is officially classified as a night game. However, with the game being played in just 2:04, the last out was recorded 29 minutes before Tuesday's 9:13 sunset in Detroit.
UP NEXT
The teams finish the three-game series on Wednesday afternoon, with RHP Spencer Turnbull (3-0, 2.63) facing his former team. The Tigers are expected to pitch several relievers.
------
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Kitchen Public 657ecc5d667529e272a2df8769097dd0 150653959b5747fae6ac22fdbf23c8af Kitchen E1456139781153 71TdPjfz9YL. AC SL1500 Kitchen Sets For College Students 768x432 F210da26c98fa4eff4bc223def8d1099 Noah Kitchen Set 0001362 Classroom Kitchen Set 2 Up 8d18634dc1e64776b41fb729c6b1d1cb Teamson Kids Little Chef Chelsea Modern Play Kitchen C1f772ed1d8a42b6a7442960427718ae 17c83ffa410c4ec779e7e3060c7ead51 Equipment And Design Planning Of Educational Kitchen 20238e2f663705224d82febd0f5e60bf9f66 Kitchens 1200x1200 ?v=1626429374Kitchen Bundles 756869 ?v=1675330990Sf200sa Thumbnail 14 ?v=1692881442&width=12002078jc ?ver=24035153f85ce7f7c9c937bec89bf41e19de School Age Kitchen Set Kitchen FS39 Kitchen Set Informa Rekomendasi Kitchen Set Terbaik Delano ECKTCHN 1024x512 Kitchen Dramatic Play A6dd90b29e80cc7dd85cd3ac090fe6acDishes Canopyandkitchen1400 768x411 7499 994x994 ?v=1582249876Student Kitchen Sets 3 Kitchen School Copy