Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

81-54, 41-28 Away

Final
2 - 1

Detroit Tigers

62-72, 33-34 Home

Tarik Skubal throws 6 solid innings in 1st start against former team, helping Dodgers top Tigers 2-1

Ohtani (knee) 'not 100%'; mound return uncertain

Skubal allowed one run on four hits and struck out seven. He was welcomed back with mostly cheers, and a smattering of boos, from fans in his first game as a visitor at Comerica Park since being traded this month.

In a crowd that had mixed emotions about Skubal’s return, a couple young fans had fitting outfits sporting white Tigers jerseys with 29 and Skubal on the back — and a blue Dodgers hat.

Evan Phillips (2-2), Brock Stewart and Alex Vesia combined for three innings of scoreless relief and Tanner Scott pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 22 chances.

Jacob Waguespack (1-2) gave up one run on two hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Skubal allowed a leadoff double to Gleyber Torres and the two-time Cy Young Award winner went on to retire the next 12 batters, including striking out the side in the third inning.

Eduardo Valencia led off the fifth with a double against Skubal and Max Clark followed with a two-out triple in the inning to break a scoreless tie.

The Dodgers tied it in the next inning on Miguel Rojas' RBI single off left-handed reliever Drew Sommers and they went ahead in the eighth. Freeman hit a two-out single to center that scored Teoscar Hern ndez for a 2-1 lead.

The 29-year-old Skubal was drafted by Detroit out of Seattle University in the ninth round of the 2018 draft and spent his entire career with the Tigers until they dealt him for prospects earlier this month.

Up next Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (2-1, 2.57 ERA) is scheduled to face Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.30) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Malgeri struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Julks grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Julks hit for Keith
	9th Inning	Dingler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Vesia
	9th Inning	Call in left field.

Statistics

LAD		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	12
2	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
9	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
178	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	3
2	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	9
44	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
5.1	Runs Created	1.3
.273	Batting Average	.161
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.273	Slugging Percentage	.290
.303	Secondary Average	.194
.442	On Base Percentage	.212
.715	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.502
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
18.0	Batter Rating	15.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.000	Isolated Power	.129
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.205	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.8	MLB Rating	66.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0