Reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal didn’t have a great night on Monday. For six innings he was in vintage form, punching out seven Athletics hitters through three innings. A Zack McKinstry error led to a run in the sixth, but Skubal finished the inning with 10 strikeouts and one earned run allowed. The seventh inning was a different story.

A Colby Thomas solo shot, another McKinstry error, a missed scoop by Spencer Torkelson at first, and a Tyler Soderstrom double later and the bases were loaded with no outs and a run already in. Skubal dialed it up to punch out the next two hitters, but just as he was primed to escape the jam, Shea Langeliers got hold of a sinker and launched a grand slam that ended Skubal’s night and sent the Tigers to defeat.

In the grand scheme of the Tigers’ s

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