Miami Marlins @ Detroit Tigers
Skubal outduels Alcántara, Tigers hit 3 homers in 8-2 win for 3-game sweep of Marlins
DETROIT -- — 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.
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.
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DET wins 3-0
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Mike Estabrook
- First Base Umpire - Willie Traynor
- Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett
- Third Base Umpire - Malachi Moore
2026 National League East Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 9 | 6 | .600 | - | L1 |
| Miami | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1.5 | L3 |
| Philadelphia | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2 | L1 |
| Washington | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2 | W3 |
| New York | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.5 | L5 |
2026 American League Central Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 9 | 6 | .600 | - | W1 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 7 | .563 | 0.5 | W2 |
| Kansas City | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2 | W2 |
| Detroit | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.5 | W3 |
| Chicago | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4 | L2 |

