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Tigers Avoid Sweep in Miami With 2-0 Win as Skubal Tests Come Back Clean

Detroit's division lead has shrunk to 6½ with 12 games to play.

Overview

  • Keider Montero tossed five scoreless innings before José Urquidy, Tommy Kahnle and Will Vest combined to finish the shutout.
  • Detroit scored in the second on a rare sequence featuring three Marlins errors, then added Dillon Dingler’s RBI single for the final margin.
  • A. J. Hinch said Tarik Skubal’s imaging was clean and the ace remains on track for his next start against Cleveland.
  • Saturday’s 6-4 loss featured Marlins rookie Troy Johnston’s second homer of the day, a two-run walk-off in the 11th after Detroit stranded the bases loaded.
  • The win halted Miami’s four-game streak as the Tigers’ AL Central lead held at 6½ games with 12 to play, trimming their magic number to seven.