Skubal strikes out 9 in 7 innings and Torkelson homers twice in Tigers' 7-0 win over Angels‎

Tarik Skubal pitched seven dominant innings, Spencer Torkelson homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. The Angels advanced only one runner to second base against the left-hander when Logan O’Hoppe and Mike Trout singled with one out in the sixth, but Skubal (6-5) got Vaughn Grissom to ground into an inning-ending double play. The Tigers (46-52) have won 11 of 14 games and are 24-14 since June 1 to move within 5 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games of Boston for the third AL wild card.