Skubal controls with season-high 12 strikeouts as streaking Tigers edge

DETROIT (AP)– Tarik Skubal set out a season-high 12 and brought an ideal game into the sixth inning as the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to 5 games with a 2-1 triumph over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.Skubal (4-2),

whose strikeout overall was one shy of his profession high, limited Texas to one run on 2 hits in 7 innings.Advertisement Tommy Kahnle pitched the 8th and Will Vest got the last 3 outs for his 4th save.Dillon Dingler drove in Detroit’s first run with a double in the 2nd inning.Colt Keith had two hits, scored a run and drove in a fourth-inning run for the Tigers, who have actually won eight of their last 9 games.Rangers starter Patrick Corbin( 2-2)gave up two runs and three hits while strolling four and striking out three in 7 innings. Sam Haggerty, who had his contract chosen from Triple-A Round Rock earlier in the day, drove Texas’run with a single in the 6th inning. The Rangers have actually lost 12 of their last 16 games.Advertisement Key minute The Rangers had runners on first and second with one out after Haggerty’s run-scoring single. Skubal responded by starting out Wyatt Langford and retiring Jonah Heim on a fielder’s choice.Key stat Skubal has struck out 50 batters over the last 37 innings while releasing just one walk. His strikeout overall on Friday was the ninth time in his profession he’s reached double digits.Up Next Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom(2-1,

2.61 AGE)

will seek his third straight success in the 2nd game of the three-game series on Saturday, while Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty( 1-4, 3.79 ERA) will want to snap a four-game losing streak. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB