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Guardians score vs. Tigers: Tarik Skubal pitches 2-hitter with 13 K's to beat Cleveland
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Tarik Skubal tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in the first complete game shutout of his career, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday.
Skubal (5-2), the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, retired the first 15 batters he faced and gave up only two hits without issuing a walk. Skubal had never thrown a complete game in his previous 113 starts.
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Zach McKinstry hit a two-run homer to spark a five-run fourth inning for the Tigers, who salvaged the finale of a four-game series with their Central Division rival. Gleyber Torres reached base three times, scored a run and knocked in another.
Cleveland Guardians' José Ramírez (11) hits a single against the Detroit Tigers on May 25, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.
Jose Ramirez extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a single in the seventh inning.
Cleveland starter Logan Allen (2-3) gave up five runs (four earned) and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. Nic Enright, making his major-league debut, struck out three in two scoreless innings of relief.
Detroit squandered a scoring opportunity in the second inning, leaving the bases loaded.
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Allen walked Torres and Riley Greene in the third but Spencer Torkelson bounced into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
The floodgates opened in the fourth. Justyn-Henry Malloy reached on an infield single and scored on McKinstry's two-run shot. McKinstry's third homer came on a full count.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal pitches against the Cleveland Guardians on May 25, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.
Javier Baez followed with a double and moved to third on a flyout. Torres' double to left scored Baez and Torres scored on Andy Ibanez 's single. Another throwing error by Allen on a Greene bouncer allowed Ibanez to score.
Will Wilson became the first Guardians baserunner when he ripped an opposite field double to lead off the sixth. Nolan Jones was hit by a pitch with one out, but Skubal got out of trouble as Angel Martinez bounced into a double play.
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Skubal struck out two batters in the seventh, fanning Kyle Manzardo with a 101-mph fastball. He set down Austin Hedges with a changeup to finish off the eighth.
Skubal blew a 103-mph fastball past Gabriel Arias to complete the shutout.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Guardians' Jose Ramirez extends hitting streak to 18 games in loss
