Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal has a 50-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio with a 0.98 ERA in his last six starts, spanning 37 innings.

The Detroit Tigers have been off to one of the best starts in baseball this season. A season after making a Cinderella run to the American League Divisional series, the Tigers sit at 26-13. They lead the American League Central division by two and a half games and have won five of their last six.

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal struck out 12 batters and generated an astonishing 32 swings and misses in a dominant performance that carried the Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Comerica Park.