Tarik Skubal might be even better than he was last season. Considering Skubal was the runaway choice for the American League Cy Young Award last year, that's a scary thought for opposing batters.

Tarik Skubal threw a 99.9 mph fastball past Wyatt Langford for a fourth-inning strikeout, one of his 32 whiffs -- the most by a Tigers pitcher in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008) -- on Friday night.

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal struck out 12 batters and generated an astonishing 32 swings and misses in a dominant performance that carried the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Comerica Park.

Tarik Skubal struck out 12 hitters and had a perfect game through five innings in Friday's 2-1 win over Texas at Comerica Park.

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