16-07-2025
How did Tigers' Tarik Skubal pitch in 2025 MLB All-Star Game? Stats, highlights
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal started for the American League on Tuesday, July 15, at the 2025 MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta.
This was Skubal's second All-Star appearance and first as a starter, after the 2024 AL Cy Young Award winner made an appearance in the 2024 All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Skubal pitched the second inning of that game following then-Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes in the first. Skubal pitched a clean second inning, getting Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich to ground out, Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm to fly out to center field and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández to fly out to right field.
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How did he do this time around? Here's the log of Skubal first-inning performance in the MLB 2025 All-Star Game:
Tarik Skubal stats in 2025 All-Star Game
Innings: 1
Runs: 2
Hits: 3
Strikeouts: 2
Pitches: 19 (16 strikes)
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First batter: Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani
Skubal started the reigning NL MVP Shohei Ohtani with a 99 mph fastball, which the slugger fouled off. While mic'd up, Skubal revealed he would try to get Ohtani to swing through an 0-2 changeup, but Ohtani eventually poked a 1-2 outside corner slider to center field for a leadoff single.
Second batter: Braves LF Ronald Acuña Jr.
Skubal got Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña down to an 0-2 count, but Acuña made contact on a 1-2 pitch and sent a slow roller down to Gleyber Torres at second base. The ball was hit so softly, however, and Torres playing for the double play Acuña reached first base on an infield single without a throw, putting the first two runners on base.
Third batter: Diamondbacks 2B Ketel Marte
Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte sent an opposite field double down the right field line, which scored both Ohtani from second and Acuña from first to give the NL an early 2-0 lead over the AL.
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Fourth batter: Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman
On his 13th pitch of the game, Skubal recorded his first out when he got Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman to ground out to third baseman Junior Caminero.
Fifth batter: Padres 3B Manny Machado
There was a bit of a scary moment with Padres third baseman Manny Machado up to bat as Machado fouled Skubal's first pitch off Raleigh's mask. Machado immediately checked in before resuming.
Skubal then struck out Machado on a 1-2 changeup that clipped the bottom of the strike zone, though the pitch was initially called a ball. Since the All-Star Game is using an automatic ball/strike system (ABS), a review from the booth was called that reversed the initial call, giving Skubal his first strikeout of the game.
Sixth batter: Dodgers C Will Smith
Three pitches later, he struck out Dodgers catcher Will Smith to end the inning.
Skubal's final stat line: One inning pitched, three hits, two earned runs and two strikeouts.
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