Mark Canha, Tarik Skubal propel Tigers past Twins

Mark Canha homered and drove in two runs, Tarik Skubal pitched five scoreless innings and the host Detroit Tigers cruised past the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Friday night.Skubal (2-0) allowed only two hits and struck out five. Spencer Torkelson and Matt Vierling had two hits and two RBIs apiece.The game was delayed for more than an hour due to inclement weather.Twins starter Pablo Lopez (1-2) gave up five runs and six hits in four-plus innings. Kyle Farmer’s RBI double in the ninth broke up Detroit’s shutout bid.Canha clubbed his third home run over the left-center field fence with one out in the first. Kerry Carpenter and Colt Keith had two-out singles later in the inning, but centerfielder Byron Buxton threw out Carpenter at third.Skubal set down the first eight batters he faced. The next two reached on an infield single and walk. He then struck out Carlos Correa, who was removed in the bottom of the inning in favor of Willi Castro.Correa was diagnosed with a right oblique strain.The top of the fourth followed a similar pattern. Jose Miranda reached on a two-out infield hit and Farmer walked. Skubal then retired Austin Martin on a comebacker.

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