Tarik Skubal allowed four hits and four runs with nine strikeouts and zero walks across six innings in a loss to the Yankees on Wednesday.
Only one of the four hits Skubal gave up stayed in the yard. Paul Goldschmidt got him to lead off the game and then again in his next at-bat. Then, Jasson Domínguez did too on the ninth pitch of a great battle as the second-to-last batter Skubal would face. Besides those three homers, Skubal forced 21 swings-and-misses and looked completely elite for most of his outing. His velocity is on par where it’s always been, his stuff looked crisp, and his command was mostly on point. Those homers were weird, but he looks back to the ace we know. Next up is a two-start week with another date against the Yankees and then the Rangers with both starts on the road.
