DETROIT, MI - JULY 09: Tarik Skubal #29 of the Detroit Tigers looks on during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park on July 9, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. The Blue Jays defeated the Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings.

Skubal works 5 scoreless innings in rehab appearance

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COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal pitched five scoreless innings Sunday in the two-time Cy Young Award winner’s first minor-league rehabilitation appearance since undergoing elbow surgery last month.

Skubal struck out six and allowed two hits for Single-A West Michigan against Dayton. Forty-four of his 54 pitches were strikes.

Skubal is so back.

5 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 6 K

The @tigers ace racked up 16 swings-and-misses while throwing 44 of 54 pitches for strikes in a rehab start with the @wmwhitecaps. pic.twitter.com/drgy4Zxr7B
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) June 7, 2026

The 29-year-old left-hander had a non-invasive procedure on May 6 to remove a loose body from his throwing elbow. Skubal last pitched for the Tigers on April 29.

Skubal is 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA in seven starts this season. He has struck out 45 and walked only six over 43 1/3 innings. Skubal has won the AL Cy Young Award each of the last two seasons.

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