Detroit Tigers lose to Chicago Cubs, 4-2: Game thread replay
When: 7:10 p.m. Friday.
Where: Comerica Park.
First-pitch weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy.
Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (0-5, 5.67 ERA) vs. Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta (3-3, 4.31 ERA).
Games notes: This is the first of a three-game set, which is the last of three straight home series for the Tigers. They swept the Kansas City Royals over a trio of games thanks to strong starting pitching. Spencer Turnbull twirled 6⅓ innings of one-run ball Thursday. The Cubs come into town after being swept in a two-game series vs. Cleveland.