Overview

• Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown are slated to start opposite each other Tuesday night at Comerica Park in the Tigers–Astros series.
• The head-to-head is being discussed as a potential factor in this season’s AL Cy Young voting.
• Skubal joked that Brown’s Detroit roots would be cooler if he were wearing a Tigers jersey, underscoring local interest.
• Brown, who trains in nearby Madison Heights, expects a large turnout of family, friends and former Wayne State teammates.
• The Astros right-hander enters at 10–5 with a 2.45 ERA and 164 strikeouts in 143 innings, and both pitchers voiced mutual respect after meeting as All-Stars.