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Skubal left with runners on the corners, then
had to wait out a dramatic moment. Seiya Suzuki lifted a deep
flyball to right off Will Vest, but Kerry Carpenter reached
above the wall to keep Detroit in front.
Vest got four outs for his 10th save.
Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (3-4) permitted two runs and seven
hits in seven innings.
Spencer Torkelson and Jahmai Jones homered for the AL
Central-leading Tigers.
The Tigers jumped in front in the fifth on an RBI single by
Gleyber Torres, but the NL Central-leading Cubs responded with
Kyle Tucker’s run-scoring double in the sixth. That ended
Skubal’s scoreless streak at 20 innings, matching his career
high.
Torkelson made it 2-1 when he connected for his 15th homer in
the bottom half. Jones went deep in the eighth in his Tigers
debut, belting a pinch-hit drive off Génesis Cabrera.
The game, attended by a large contingent of Cubs fans, drew a
crowd of 40,132 for the third sellout at Comerica Park this
season.
Key moment
The Cubs lost a run due to a rare baserunning mistake in the
fifth. Pete Crow-Armstrong started the inning with a single, and
Dansby Swanson doubled to left. Third base coach and former
Tigers fan favorite Quintin Berry waved Crow-Armstrong home, but
he hesitated at third before breaking for the plate.
He quickly realized it was too late and tried to get back to the
bag, but Javier Báez’s relay throw to third was in time.
Key stat
Skubal has 105 strikeouts and seven walks in 83 1/3 innings this
season. His seven walks at the time of his 100th strikeout tied
for the second-fewest in big league history behind Clayton
Kershaw’s five in 2016, according to MLB.
Up next
Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (5-3, 3.76 ERA) faces Tigers
right-hander Keider Montero (2-1, 4.02 ERA) on Saturday.
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