Overview

• Tarik Skubal allowed one run across 7.2 innings, scattering eight hits and striking out six in Detroit’s victory.
• Spencer Torkelson’s 15th home run in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Tigers the lead.
• Kerry Carpenter’s leaping catch at the right-field wall in the eighth inning denied the Cubs a go-ahead hit.
• Pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones homered on his first major-league at-bat after being called up from Triple-A Toledo.
• Chicago’s lineup, which led MLB in runs per game, was held to a single run by Detroit’s pitching and defense.