mlb Game Recap
Tarik Skubal vs Matthew Boyd Battle Sees Detroit Fall 7-3
Cleveland's Lane Thomas was a wrecking crew on Saturday, driving in 5 runs to lead the Guardians to a 7-3 result against Detroit.
The Guardians were a -105 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.
Tim Herrin earned the victory for the Guardians, throwing 1.1 innings of work, striking out 1, walking 1, and allowing 1 hits and 1 earned runs. That effort was supported by 5 RBIs from Lane Thomas in the win.
Detroit got a 6-inning outing from Tarik Skubal in the loss. He gave up 5 earned runs, 1 walks and 6 hits in his time on the mound, while Spencer Torkelson had 2 hits in the loss for the Tigers.
The battle of the bats favored Cleveland as they had 11 hits, while Detroit only had 7.
Emmanuel Clase pitched the final 2 innings for the save. He struck out 2 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.