Skubal outduels Alcántara, Tigers hit 3 homers in 8-2 win for 3-game sweep of Marlins

Q: What were Tarik Skubal's stats in the game against the Marlins?

Tarik Skubal allowed one run and two hits with seven strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings.

Q: Who hit home runs for the Tigers in their win over the Marlins?

Dillon Dingler, Kevin McGonigle, and Kerry Carpenter each hit home runs in the game.

Q: What is the next game for the Miami Marlins after their loss to the Tigers?

The Miami Marlins will face the Atlanta Braves, with Eury Perez scheduled to start on Monday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal outpitched Sandy Alcántara in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners, Dillon Dingler, Kevin McGonigle and Kerry Carpenter homered and the Detroit Tigers earned a three-game sweep with an 8-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday. Detroit has bounced back from a stretch of losing nine of 11 with its three-game winning streak. Skubal retired the first nine batters he faced and the two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner had a no-hit bid broken up by Austin Slater's bloop single with two outs in the sixth. Skubal (2-2) allowed a run and a season-low two hits with seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Alcántara (2-1) allowed seven runs and 10 hits after allowing a total of two earned runs and 10 hits over his first three starts of the year. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed Dingler's three-run homer in the first inning. McGonigle hit his first career homer in the fifth inning to make it 4-0 and Carpenter added a two-run homer run in a three-run sixth inning. Miami's Otto Lopez had a sacrifice fly in the seventh to drive in Jakob Marsee and added a solo homer in the ninth. The Marlins dropped to .500 with their seventh loss in 10 games.

Up next

Miami RHP Eury Perez (1-1, 5.06 ERA) opens a series at Atlanta on Monday night when the Braves' Grant Holmes (1-1, 2.55) makes a scheduled start. Detroit is off Monday before hosting Kansas City on Tuesday. LHP Framber Valdez (1-1, 4.76) and Kansas City LHP Cole Ragans (0-3, 5.93) are the scheduled starters. \\\_ AP MLB: