Skubal pitched six scoreless innings for the Tigers, who finished a three-game sweep of the Yankees.
Detroit — The unofficial start of summer is here, Comerica Park capacity restrictions are gone, and the Yankees are swept. The weekend’s three-game meltdown by New York was a reminder of past playoff poundings, while the young Tigers continued to show promise. Starter Tarik Skubal tossed six shutout innings on Sunday, leading the Tigers to a 6-2 win against the New York Yankees. Baseball is slowly inching its way back to life in downtown Detroit, further witnessed by 8,000 fans, the final one before full capacity will be allowed for the Tigers next home game June 8. BOX SCORE: Tigers 6, Yankees 2 Skubal struck out eight batters in six scoreless innings, becoming the first Tigers rookie to strike out eight or more batters in three consecutive starts. The left-hander threw a first-pitch strike to 19 of the 23 batters he faced, including a stretch of eight straight before throwing ball one to his final batter of the afternoon. He then got Gleyber Torres to fly out on the next pitch, his 95th and final one of a solid month. “Going right at guys is something important to me,” Skubal said. “And just being able to put guys away with two strikes was big.” Meanwhile, Willi Castro continued to break out of a slump with a three-run double in the third inning. He reached base three times Sunday after a two-hit night Saturday. The Tigers have won 13 of their last 20 games heading into a six-game road trip this week against Milwaukee and the Chicago White Sox. “This has been a few weeks now where we’ve put some things together and we’ve had our stretch of good and only spurts of bad,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said.
