SEATTLE — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal unleashed three fastballs in a row to Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh with two outs in the sixth inning during Game 5 of the ALDS.
The result?
Skubal flexed and roared, then backpedaled off the mound in celebration of a three-pitch swinging strikeout. For the final pitch, Skubal fired his fastest fastball at 100.6 mph down the middle of the strike zone, but Raleigh couldn't touch it.
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The ferocious strikeout ended Skubal's incredible start in Game 5 of the ALDS, but the Tigers ended up losing, 3-2 , to the Mariner