Tarik Skubal excels as Tigers complete sweep of Orioles

Tarik Skubal struck out 11 in six dominant innings and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.Skubal (3-2) held the Orioles to four hits without a walk in a 91-pitch effort. Sean Guenther had three strikeouts in two innings. Kenta Maeda pitched the ninth for Detroit, which has four shutout victories this season.Gleyber Torres drove in three runs while Javier Baez scored two runs and knocked in two more as Detroit won its fourth straight game. Jace Jung and Dillon Dingler had the other Tigers RBIs.Baltimore starter Dean Kremer (2-4) gave up five runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. The Orioles have dropped six of their last seven games.Skubal struck out the side in the second inning. The Tigers then gave him some run support in the bottom of the inning.Spencer Torkelson and Trey Sweeney drew walks. With two out, Baez lined a Kremer curveball for a double to left field, scoring both runners.In the third, the Orioles had a threat when Jorge Mateo led off with a single. Shortstop Sweeney dove to snare Jackson Holliday’s liner. Mateo then stole second and moved to third on a groundout. Skubal struck out Gunnar Henderson to leave Mateo stranded.

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