The most-anticipated series of the Detroit Tigers' season is coming up.
The Tigers begin a three-game weekend series against the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with Game 1 scheduled for Friday, Aug. 28, at Comerica Park in Detroit. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on Detroit SportsNet (with streaming available on Fubo).
The first game of the series may also be the biggest of the regular season for Detroit, with the Dodgers starting lefty ace Tarik Skubal against the Tigers in his return to Comerica Park. The Tigers traded the back-to-back American League Cy Young Award winner to the Dodgers on Aug. 1 in exchange for three prospects, with Skubal set to pitch his first game at
Comerica Park in a visitor's uniform.
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The series is also an important one competitively for the Tigers, who have lost 10 of their past 12 games and have fallen to a distant fourth place in the AL Central standings, eight games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox. The Tigers are not mathematically out of the playoff race, but with FanGraphs giving them a 2.4% to make the playoffs as of Thursday night, the Tigers really can't afford to lose any more series' – even to a first-place team.
Here is what you need to know about Friday's game between the Tigers and Dodgers with Skubal starting:
Tigers time vs Tarik Skubal and Los Angeles Dodgers
- Date: Friday, Aug. 28.
- Time: 6:40 p.m. ET.
- Location: Comerica Park, Detroit.
Tigers channel vs Tarik Skubal and Los Angeles Dodgers
- First pitch: 6:40 p.m. ET.
- Channel: Detroit SportsNet.
- Streaming: Fubo.
- Radio: WXYT-FM 97.1, WDTW-FM 107.9 (in Spanish).
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Tigers next three games
- Friday, Aug. 28: Tigers vs Dodgers, 6:40 p.m. ET (DSN).
- Saturday, Aug. 29: Tigers vs Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. ET (DSN).
- Sunday, Aug. 30: Tigers vs Dodgers, 1:40 p.m. ET (DSN).
Tigers pitching matchups vs Los Angeles Dodgers
Here are the probable starters as listed on MLB.com:
- Aug. 28: Dodgers LHP Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.91 ERA) vs Tigers RHP Drew Anderson (4-5, 4.09 ERA).
- Aug. 29: Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (2-1, 2.57 ERA) vs Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.30 ERA).
- Aug. 30: Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow (3-0, 3.02 ERA) vs LHP Framber Valdez (8-9, 4.36 ERA).
Per The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya the Dodgers may start Shohei Ohtani for an inning on Sunday, with righty Tyler Glasnow following him in bulk relief, though the Dodgers may opt to start Glasnow instead. Ohtani has not pitched since July 3.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tarik Skubal return to Detroit channel, streaming in Tigers vs Dodgers
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