Detroit Tigers lose to Minnesota Twins, 5-3: Game thread recap
When: 8:10 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Target Field in Minneapolis.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy, 73 degrees.
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Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (5-7, 4.35 ERA) vs. Twins RHP J.A. Happ (4-4, 6.09 ERA).
Game notes: The Tigers open their series against the last-place Twins with Skubal, a rookie lefty with great stuff, but great inconsistency. Skubal s plus pitches are exemplified with his 100 strikeouts in 82⅔ innings. His inconsistency lay bare in the form of long balls (17 home runs allowed in 15 starts) and walks (37, tied for sixth in the league). He hopes to right the ship after a rocky start to July (eight hits and five runs in five innings Saturday vs. the Chicago White Sox) following a strong June (2-0, 3.14 ERA over 28 2/3 innings). Minnesota s disappointing season continued with a series loss to the Wh
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