Carlos Correa takes hilarious jab at Tarik Skubal after dominant start in Twins vs. Tigers game

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal is arguably the toughest pitcher to face in the major leagues, and the reigning American League Cy Young winner demonstrated his dominance against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.

Tarik Skubal made a fiery start with eight strikeouts in his first three innings. During the game, Twins shortstop Carlos Correa was on the mic for an interview with ESPN’s crew.

However, the Twins star directed a hilarious remark at the Tigers ace, asking the crew to interview Skubal instead in an attempt to distract him.

"You should be interviewing Skubal, see if you guys can distract him a little bit," Correa said.

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The Tigers ace, one of the front-runners for the Cy Young award along with New York Yankees ace Max Fried, struck out nine batters in the first four innings. His no-hit bid ended in the fifth inning after Ty France’s single.

However, Skubal finished with seven scoreless innings to help the Tigers to a 3-0 shutout win. He ended the game with just one hit and a career-high 13 strikeouts, a feat he has achieved twice in his career. He also became the second pitcher to reach 10 wins this season, joining AL rival Max Fried on the list.

Tarik Skubal joins former Tigers pitchers on elite list

When Tarik Skubal reached 11 strikeouts in the game, he became only the fourth Tigers pitcher to reach that mark five times in a season. Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Mickey Lolich are the other three.

However, Skubal could surpass them, as the Cy Young winner has nearly half the season remaining to record one more game with 11 strikeouts or more. Skubal is also the first pitcher to register 11 or more strikeouts in a game five times this season. Boston Red Sox starter Garrett Crochet and Atlanta Braves’ Spencer Schwellenbach have three each.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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