Tarik Skubal limited Minnesota to one hit in seven innings and tied his career high with 13 strikeouts as the host Detroit Tigers blanked the Twins 3-0 on Sunday night.Skubal (10-2). who won all five of his June starts, struck out seven batters in a row from the first through the third inning. The left-hander, the American League Cy Young Award winner in 2024, is 8-0 in 10 home starts this season.Will Vest got the last three outs for his 13th save.Kerry Carpenter had a solo homer and RBI triple before leaving the contest in the fifth due to right hamstring tightness. Riley Greene supplied a solo shot.Minnesota starter Chris Paddack (3-7) gave up three runs and six hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Carpenter’s 16th homer. He blasted a 3-2 changeup from Paddack over the right field wall.Ryan Jeffers, the Twins’ No. 2 hitter, hit a routine fly ball to center. Skubal struck out everyone else in his first time through the order.Javier Baez led off the bottom of the third with a double and moved to third on a long flyout. Carpenter was retired on a fly ball to leave Baez stranded.Byron Buxton flied out leading off the fourth, snapping Skubal’s strikeout streak.
