Overview
- Tarik Skubal struck out 10 batters over seven innings while yielding three runs to earn the win.
- The Tigers hit four home runs, including solo shots by Colt Keith, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres, and a two-run blast by Javier Báez.
- Zack Wheeler allowed a season-high nine hits and three homers in six-plus innings, dropping his fifth decision in his last six starts.
- Reliever Kyle Finnegan secured his first save for Detroit by retiring the final two hitters in the ninth inning.
- Sunday night’s rubber match will decide which club gains interleague momentum with postseason implications for both teams.