The Detroit Tigers hit four home runs and Tarik Skubal outdueled fellow ace Zack Wheeler in a 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. The Tigers (65-47) and Phillies (62-48) have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber match in a nationally televised game on Sunday night.

Tarik Skubal beat Zack Wheeler in a very high-quality pitching matchup. The 2024 American League Cy Young winner logged seven innings and conceded three runs and five hits. Skubal notched 10 strikeouts and zero walks. Wheeler allowed four runs (three earned) and nine hits in six-plus innings. He also struck out 10 and walked no one.

Jhoan Duran’s wife almost cried when she thought he might lose his No. 59 uniform number after being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies

Manfred: “It was an individual picking a particular way to express himself. And I don’t think you need to make more out of that than that."

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred downplayed a reported tense meeting with the Philadelphia Phillies and specifically superstar Bryce Harper while speaking with reporters on Friday in Chicago, where he was in town to announce that the 2027 MLB All-Star Game will take place in Wrigley Field.

An altercation between MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper made headlines in July, with the two-time MVP reportedly standing “nose to nose” with the commissioner and telling him he could “get the [expletive] out of our clubhouse” if he was going to talk about implementing a salary cap (per ESPN’s Jeff Passan).