Detroit — As of right this minute, manager AJ Hinch has every intention of sending Tarik Skubal to the mound Wednesday for his scheduled start in the finale against the Orioles.
Trade deadline rumors be damned.
“We’re trying to win the series so it puts us in a better position to be a playoff team,” Hinch said. “The information I have is, win the series. We obviously need to win tonight (Tuesday) to put us in that position. But I fully expect him to start.”
Skubal, who is coming off a 12-strikeout performance against the Royals, fully expects the same thing.
“I’m pitching tomorrow,” he told reporters. “I got something cool that I want to accomplish at home, so that won’t change.”
That something cool is 1,000 strikeouts. He is sitting at 999.
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