Skubal vs Braves: Tigers' Hopes Ride on Ace

0:00It's April 29th, this is MLB News Today Baseball coverage powered by AI. Tonight, Tigers A's Tariq Skubal takes the mound against the Braves at 7.15pm, Eastern Time. The two-time defending American League-Sai young winner, boasts a 2.72 ERA, over his first six starts this season, with 38. Strikeouts and just six walks and 36 in a third innings. Skubal's last outing saw him surrender four runs over six plus innings against the brewers. This marks only his second career start versus Atlanta. Last time in June of 2024, he gave up five runs in four innings, though the guys. Who homer'd then are out of the picture now? The Braves pack won a baseball's top offences, second in batting average at 274, slugging at 455 and OPS at 7.95. A few of their current hitters like Jonah Hyme and Matt Olson have seen Skubal before, but with small samples. Meanwhile, Detroit clings to first in the AL Central,

1:03up a half-game on the Guardians after dropping the series opener 5-2. That game heard bad. Casey Meyers exited early with groin tightness, Javier Baez got carted off with an ankle issue, and both face MRIs today, piling on. To other rotation woes, Skubal's the man they need to deliver his best tonight if the Tigers want to steal a road win from the league-leading Braves.