Game Highlights: Skubal Reaches 200 Season Strikeouts, Trey Sweeney RBI Double | 8/31/2024

There, you see some of the 84 Tigers coming out of the field, many of them came into town yesterday and enjoyed last night's game today. Over 20 members of that great team are here today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that record setting run to the World Series title. A team that won a franchise best 104 games featured six all stars and three future Hall of Famers. Some no longer with us, but their contributions and memories will be celebrated here today as well. Has had a spectacular year. There's no question. He is the favorite to win the Cy Young. He's an ace, right. He, he, he's going to win the Cy Young in the American League. I think there's no way around that. I mean, you look at the numbers there, 15 wins and don't worry about wins that much when we're talking about pitchers success. But the, er, A is there, the strikeouts, 193 strikeouts doesn't walk many guys and very quickly two down brings up Tyler o'neal. He's in right field tonight. 252 with 24 bombs, there's a drive out to left field hit hard Green going back, turning around and she is out of here home run. Tyler o'neill number 25 Red Sox jump out in front on ball one to nothing. That's just the 14th homer allowed all year by SBA. That is nick Pata five and nine of 461. Er, a star number 21 for Pata. They don't have anybody hitting better than 260 in the lineup as this is popped. A fouled Gonzalez, a lengthy run. He will bobble and make the catch, try to make a basket catch. It came free but he grabbed it a Harlem Globetrotter to it right. He did that on purpose. Riley Green 258 with 19 home runs pitch swing and a miss. He got him with a great slider and they're two away. Green down hacking will be next to two, is swung on and missed. That was a great sweeper and Patta rolls through the Tigers in the first three up, three down one nothing Sox on the first pitch of chopper deep short that will get by Sweeney and Karam off into left field Gonzalez has taken off for second. Here's the throw the tag. He is out at second base. He got a little bit greedy on that one. Will the red Sox think to challenge that they will not. He is out at second base. He went away and despite the leadoff single ends up getting the side in order thanks to some good defense behind them. We're on to the bottom of the second one. Red Sox trying to get something started one single here in the second inning. Mckinstry had a really good stretch, a career best 10 game hitting streak of multi hit game yesterday with two knocks, the swing of the line drive down the right extra bases for Mistry over to third goes to in zack. Mistry just keeps on it on an 02 Tigers have runners at second and third. Red Sox will bring the infield in as Trey Sweeney has a chance to put the Tigers ahead here in the second inning. They trail one nothing fly ball to left. This will tie the game deep and off the top of it. Torkelson will score Mistry on his way to the plate night throws Tigers take a 21 lead west with the misplay and Then Rafaella, the hesitation on the throw home. It's a two run double for Trey Sweetie and the Tigers have a 2 to 1 lead two fast outs here in the third inning. Durant is over one. He's swinging it chopper with a backhand throws off balance to it Lowe and it gets away from down to second goes. Durant speed kills and he's in scoring position with two down swing and a miss got him climb the ladder at 98. It's his second strikeout of the day and the Red Sox Strand a runner in scoring position. We go to the last of the 3rd 2 to 1. Tiger. Tiger is in business with one out runners on 1st and 2nd consecutive singles brings up past him, made a good pitch and he struck him out Keith down for the second time on strikes. That was 95 to a base hit in the second innings, scored a run and in there for strike three, buried it 95 again with that four seamer and does pitch out of the jam. We go to the top of the fourth to one Tigers in the fourth inning. Tyler o'neil is the 22 pitch strike three. Got him with a fastball up at 97 has three strikeouts. He is four away from 200 on the season. Here's Roy Gonzalez, he singled in the second swing and a miss, he got him. He gets him with a tough change up 123. They go leadoff single and the leadoff man aboard for the second time in five innings against skubal. Here's Tristan Casas swing and a bouncer up the middle. Give me a tough play. Mckinsey has it flips the second for one. Sweeney quick exchange to first and that's a double play. How about that? That's an outstanding play right there. 463 on the double play. So nobody aboard for Jansen. Nice slider on the back door wipes out. Danny Jansen fifth strikeout after a beautifully turned double plays ball has Cruz through five can't make the play that's going to roll into center field. So Jake Rogers will reach to begin the inning. That's a really good bat for Parker Meadows. He saw nine pitches and drew a walk. Two men stranded Pata gets out of a nice jam here in the fifth. The Sox still trail this 12 to 1. We're going to head to the sixth and this guy, I mean, he's unbelievable. Just spinning sliders down fastballs going up, changeup, wipes out. Rafael curveball change up, change up. No chance. Here's o'neill, a home run and a strikeout change up is strikeout number 200 for Tarik S ball seventh of the night and we head to the bottom of the sixth Tigers two Red Sox one and there's one away and he's, you know, he's still, the pitch count is still very efficient ground ball at first. Costas gets the out going to need to tag here. They do for the double play. Red Sox turn two. We go to the seventh inning Tigers lead 2 to 1 more s ball after this two outs in the seventh counts at a very low 82. S has not gone more than seven this season. Will he come out for the eighth inning for the first time? That's an 83 pitch, seven innings start so far for Tarik S for the first time in his career. Terris is taking the mound in the eighth pitch. Count at 84. How about that through seven deep third jump throw, ryan grind to make a play. Yes, sir. That's a shortstop playing at third base game hit in the air center field. He was swinging on 30. Not very deep meadows. Is there two outs routine. Fly to center seven and two thirds longest start of his career skipper letting him spread his wings a little bit here. They'll wind up in the 12 swing and a miss. Yeah. Listen to this crowd, eight strikeouts, eight innings, a career high as he leaves this field to a standing ovation with a 2 to 1 lead over the Red Sox after the ninth inning tremendous outing by Tarik Skubal. Eight innings pitched AJ Hinch goes to the bullpen for the ever reliable Tyler Holton and lefty deals and he will walk him. So the Red Sox have a heartbeat with two down in the ninth and Devers coming up 22 soft line drive Tigers win on a night when the 84 champions were honored. Tarik Skubal has a 1984 like dominant start honoring Jack Morris. No, Wilcox, Dan Petrie Tyler Hulton closes it out perfect night for baseball and the Tigers come away with a win to even up the series at a game apiece. What a night.