Scubal has been outstanding and has been blessed by his team-mates defensively

Tarik Skubal ended his streak without conceding rounds, but his ability to stop was even sharper. The American League Young Award winner scored 7.2 innings and conceded one point at the sold-out Comerica Park on Friday night (June 7 morning, Beijing time), and set the stage for Spencer Torkelson's lead home run to help the Tigers beat the Cubs 3-1.

Skubal started three consecutive innings to end a pitching battle with Ben Brown Jr. The first four innings were deadlocked, with Skubal not as strong as the first two, but he was able to do a lot of help on the defensive end, with left fielder Riley Greene receiving a high fly ball from Pete Crow-Armstrong in front of the fence, and shortstop Javier Báez and third baseman Zach McKinstry making a series of precise long passes.

Schubal tackled 12 of Chicago's top 13 hitters and defused the full-base crisis in the fifth inning: Crowe-Armstrong ignored third base coach Quintin Berry and rushed across second base and was killed. Former Cubs rookie Gleyber Torres hit a well-timed hit in the last two of five innings to give him the lead.

Kyle Tucker's right-sided second base hit not only equalized the score, but also ended Skubal's 21-innings run against the Cardinals on May 20. However, the tie lasted only a few minutes, and Toksen ignored Brown's back-to-back curl ball at full balls and blasted a 97-mile speedball deep into the left outfield – his 15th of the season.

Skubal was expected to finish another shot, but was forced out by three hits in the eighth inning. Will Vest came on to complete the four-man rescue and the defence was back in action: right fielder Kerry Carpenter leaped onto the wall to deny Seiya Suzuki a possible lead shot.

Jahmai Jones, who was recalled from tripledo in the morning, hit a home run on his behalf to score a home run — just steps away from Ford's Field (football field) where his brother T.J. Jones played for the Lions in 2015-18.