Detroit — Tarik Skubal brought the fire, no mistaking that.
He was amped from the start, when struck out all three batters in the first inning around a solo home run by Randal Grichuk. He was amped when Matt Vierling stole a homer from Edgar Quero in the fourth inning. He was amped when Dillon Dingler threw a seed to second base to nab Junior Perez trying to steal.
But his emotions spilled over after he struck out Colton Montgomery with the bases loaded to end a labor-intensive fifth inning. He started yelling toward the White Sox dugout. Injured pitcher Mike Vasil starting jawing back.
Skubal had to be restrained as he stepped into the Tigers’ dugout.
Manager AJ Hinch conferred with the umpires between innings and the four umpires also conferred. It didn’t appear that Vasil or anybody else was ejected.
It also might’ve been Skubal letting off some frustration.
He gave up a pair of solo home runs, the second one to Perez. Five of the seven hits he allowed in his 5.2 innings came with two strikes. He did strike out eight, but he left with the Tigers’ down, 3-2.
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