Game Report - July 18, 2026 - Tigers 7, Angels 0
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Steve Bielawski
Jul 21, 2026, 8:53:43 PM (8 days ago) Jul 21
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> Detroit Tigers 7, Los Angeles Angels 0 - final
Tarik Skubal shut out the Angels, with some help from the Tigers bullpen.
The Tigers got to scoring right away. In the top of the first,
Kevin McGonigle doubled,
Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch,
Colt Keith singled to drive in Mr. McGonigle,
and Spencer Torkelson homered to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Keith.
In the top of the second inning, James Outman singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, and Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Then, Colt Keith hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. Outman, and Riley Greene hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Spencer Torkelson started the top of the fifth inning with his second home run of the game.
The Tigers won the first two games of the series, and went for the sweep on Sunday. They lost by one run on Sunday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .281 .389 .418
Doubled to centre in the first and scored.
Singled to left in the second and scored.
> D. Dingler C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .263 .329 .508
Was hit by a pitch in the first and scored.
Was hit by a pitch in the second.
Doubled to left in the fourth.
What is up with hitting Dillon Dingler with pitches?
As a catcher, he gets pitches off his body often enough.
> C. Keith 3B 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 .256 .302 .399
Singled up the middle in the first
to drive in Mr. McGonigle;
he would soon score as well.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Outman.
Hit an infield single in the fourth.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Singled to right in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 .377 .460
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the second
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Grounded into a double play in the seventh.
> B. Malgeri RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .355 .346
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 .209 .304 .427
Homered to left-centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Keith.
Homered to centre in the fifth.
> K. Carpenter DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 .289 .445
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .196 .278 .299
Walked in the first.
Was safe on a throwing error by Vaughn Grissom in the third, but was caught stealing.
Doubled to centre in the eighth.
> M. Vierling RF-LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .207 .260 .333
nothing, with two strikeouts.
> J. Outman CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .323
Singled to right in the second and scored.
> team 35 7 11 7 2 1 7
Seven runs will win most ballgames.
Seven runs were enough to win this ballgame.
> 2B: McKinstry (7, Fermin); Dingler (20, Rodriguez); McGonigle (19, Rodriguez)
> HR: Torkelson 2 (18, 1st inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off Suter 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Greene (46), Torkelson 4 (47), Keith 2 (24)
> SF: Greene; Keith
> GIDP: Greene
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 3-8 (Vierling 0-1, Outman 0-1, Greene 0-2, Torkelson 1-2, Keith 2-2)
> CS: McKinstry (4, 2nd base by Rodriguez/O'Hoppe)
> DP: 2 (Keith-McKinstry-Torkelson, McGonigle-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Los Angeles Angels AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> Z. Neto SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .325 .449
Contained.
> M. Trout CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .238 .390 .472
> V. Grissom 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251 .323 .387
> J. Soler DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .209 .299 .383
> J. Adell RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .285 .387
Collared.
> N. Schanuel 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .345 .392
> D. Guzman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .252 .295 .391
> J. Siri LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .309 .461
Cornered.
Three Angels hitters were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> W. Meckler PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .305 .373 .414
> L. O'Hoppe C 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .217 .282 .309
> team 32 0 7 0 0 2 10
Seven singles, and no runs. No win, either.
> GIDP: Grissom; Neto
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 0-3 (Grissom 0-2, Neto 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Neto-Schanuel)
> E: Grissom (4, throw)
> PB: O'Hoppe
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (46-52, 19-29 road) 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 0
> Los Angeles Angels (38-61, 21-27 home) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
As good as the seven runs are, the shutout is equally good.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (W, 6-5) 7.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 87-60 2.83
A quality start, seven shutout innings, and the win.
> J. Waguespack 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 23-11 1.38
> K. Finnegan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 2.11
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18-11 3.07
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 7 0 0 2 10 0 130-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 14/24;
> Waguespack 4/5; Finnegan 0/1; Hanifee 3/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-13-19-13-15;
> Waguespack-3-2-4-1; Finnegan-0-0-0-1; Hanifee-1-1-5-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 8-2;
> Waguespack 0-1; Finnegan 0-1; Hanifee 1-2
> Game Scores: T Skubal 76
> Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> G. Rodriguez (L, 3-3) 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 1 87-54 8.23
Not a good start.
> B. Suter 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 39-25 4.55
One pitch went further than he wanted.
> J. Fermin 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 29-20 3.00
Did his job.
> team 9.0 11 7 7 1 7 2 155-99
> HBP: Dingler 2 (by Rodriguez 2)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Suter 5/10; Rodriguez 15/22; Fermin 4/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Suter-8-4-5-7; Rodriguez-11-11-16-16; Fermin-5-4-5-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Suter 3-3; Rodriguez 3-6; Fermin 2-2
> Game Scores: G Rodriguez 26
> Venue: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
> Attendance: 32,003
> Weather: 78 degrees, clear
> Wind: 6 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:29
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Skubal strikes out 9 in 7 innings and Torkelson homers twice in Tigers' 7-0 win over Angels
By AP
Jul 19, 2026, 12:58 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- — Tarik Skubal pitched seven dominant innings, Spencer Torkelson homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Skubal, winner of the past two AL Cy Young Awards, gave up five hits and struck out nine without issuing a walk. He induced 19 swinging strikes for the third straight start. Of his 87 pitches, 60 were strikes.
The Angels advanced only one runner to second base against the left-hander when Logan O’Hoppe and Mike Trout singled with one out in the sixth, but Skubal (6-5) got Vaughn Grissom to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The Tigers (46-52) have won 11 of 14 games and are 24-14 since June 1 to move within 5 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games of Boston for the third AL wild card. Detroit was 22-38 and 11 1/2 games back in the division on May 31.
It took only five batters for the Tigers to build a 4-0 lead. Kevin McGonigle opened the game with a double, Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch, Colt Keith hit an RBI single and Torkelson crushed a three-run homer to left-center with one out.
Detroit tacked on two runs in the second after loading the bases with no outs on singles by James Outman and McGonigle and another Dingler hit by pitch, his third in two games. Keith and Riley Greene followed with sacrifice flies for a 6-0 lead.
Torkelson led off the fifth with 18th homer, a 420-foot shot to center off left-hander Brent Suter for a 7-0 lead. That gave the Tigers first baseman his first multihomer game since Sept. 7, 2023, at Yankee Stadium.
Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) lasted only four innings, giving up six runs and seven hits in a shaky start that sent the last-place Angels to their fourth straight loss and 12th in 14 games.
Up next
Tigers RHP Casey Mize (4-6, 2.79 ERA) opposes RHP Ryan Johnson (1-4, 6.75) in Sunday’s series finale.
Tarik Skubal shut out the Angels, with some help from the Tigers bullpen.
The Tigers got to scoring right away. In the top of the first,
Kevin McGonigle doubled,
Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch,
Colt Keith singled to drive in Mr. McGonigle,
and Spencer Torkelson homered to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Keith.
In the top of the second inning, James Outman singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, and Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Then, Colt Keith hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. Outman, and Riley Greene hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Spencer Torkelson started the top of the fifth inning with his second home run of the game.
The Tigers won the first two games of the series, and went for the sweep on Sunday. They lost by one run on Sunday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .281 .389 .418
Doubled to centre in the first and scored.
Singled to left in the second and scored.
> D. Dingler C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .263 .329 .508
Was hit by a pitch in the first and scored.
Was hit by a pitch in the second.
Doubled to left in the fourth.
What is up with hitting Dillon Dingler with pitches?
As a catcher, he gets pitches off his body often enough.
> C. Keith 3B 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 .256 .302 .399
Singled up the middle in the first
to drive in Mr. McGonigle;
he would soon score as well.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Outman.
Hit an infield single in the fourth.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Singled to right in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 .377 .460
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the second
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Grounded into a double play in the seventh.
> B. Malgeri RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .355 .346
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 .209 .304 .427
Homered to left-centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Keith.
Homered to centre in the fifth.
> K. Carpenter DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 .289 .445
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .196 .278 .299
Walked in the first.
Was safe on a throwing error by Vaughn Grissom in the third, but was caught stealing.
Doubled to centre in the eighth.
> M. Vierling RF-LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .207 .260 .333
nothing, with two strikeouts.
> J. Outman CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .323
Singled to right in the second and scored.
> team 35 7 11 7 2 1 7
Seven runs will win most ballgames.
Seven runs were enough to win this ballgame.
> 2B: McKinstry (7, Fermin); Dingler (20, Rodriguez); McGonigle (19, Rodriguez)
> HR: Torkelson 2 (18, 1st inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off Suter 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Greene (46), Torkelson 4 (47), Keith 2 (24)
> SF: Greene; Keith
> GIDP: Greene
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 3-8 (Vierling 0-1, Outman 0-1, Greene 0-2, Torkelson 1-2, Keith 2-2)
> CS: McKinstry (4, 2nd base by Rodriguez/O'Hoppe)
> DP: 2 (Keith-McKinstry-Torkelson, McGonigle-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Los Angeles Angels AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> Z. Neto SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .325 .449
Contained.
> M. Trout CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .238 .390 .472
> V. Grissom 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251 .323 .387
> J. Soler DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .209 .299 .383
> J. Adell RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .285 .387
Collared.
> N. Schanuel 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .345 .392
> D. Guzman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .252 .295 .391
> J. Siri LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .309 .461
Cornered.
Three Angels hitters were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> W. Meckler PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .305 .373 .414
> L. O'Hoppe C 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .217 .282 .309
> team 32 0 7 0 0 2 10
Seven singles, and no runs. No win, either.
> GIDP: Grissom; Neto
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 0-3 (Grissom 0-2, Neto 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Neto-Schanuel)
> E: Grissom (4, throw)
> PB: O'Hoppe
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (46-52, 19-29 road) 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 0
> Los Angeles Angels (38-61, 21-27 home) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
As good as the seven runs are, the shutout is equally good.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (W, 6-5) 7.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 87-60 2.83
A quality start, seven shutout innings, and the win.
> J. Waguespack 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 23-11 1.38
> K. Finnegan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 2.11
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18-11 3.07
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 7 0 0 2 10 0 130-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 14/24;
> Waguespack 4/5; Finnegan 0/1; Hanifee 3/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-13-19-13-15;
> Waguespack-3-2-4-1; Finnegan-0-0-0-1; Hanifee-1-1-5-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 8-2;
> Waguespack 0-1; Finnegan 0-1; Hanifee 1-2
> Game Scores: T Skubal 76
> Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> G. Rodriguez (L, 3-3) 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 1 87-54 8.23
Not a good start.
> B. Suter 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 39-25 4.55
One pitch went further than he wanted.
> J. Fermin 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 29-20 3.00
Did his job.
> team 9.0 11 7 7 1 7 2 155-99
> HBP: Dingler 2 (by Rodriguez 2)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Suter 5/10; Rodriguez 15/22; Fermin 4/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Suter-8-4-5-7; Rodriguez-11-11-16-16; Fermin-5-4-5-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Suter 3-3; Rodriguez 3-6; Fermin 2-2
> Game Scores: G Rodriguez 26
> Venue: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
> Attendance: 32,003
> Weather: 78 degrees, clear
> Wind: 6 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:29
This game report is brought to you by Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Now a part of TCL Theatres.
It has been renovated for IMAX.
https://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/
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Skubal strikes out 9 in 7 innings and Torkelson homers twice in Tigers' 7-0 win over Angels
By AP
Jul 19, 2026, 12:58 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- — Tarik Skubal pitched seven dominant innings, Spencer Torkelson homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Skubal, winner of the past two AL Cy Young Awards, gave up five hits and struck out nine without issuing a walk. He induced 19 swinging strikes for the third straight start. Of his 87 pitches, 60 were strikes.
The Angels advanced only one runner to second base against the left-hander when Logan O’Hoppe and Mike Trout singled with one out in the sixth, but Skubal (6-5) got Vaughn Grissom to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The Tigers (46-52) have won 11 of 14 games and are 24-14 since June 1 to move within 5 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games of Boston for the third AL wild card. Detroit was 22-38 and 11 1/2 games back in the division on May 31.
It took only five batters for the Tigers to build a 4-0 lead. Kevin McGonigle opened the game with a double, Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch, Colt Keith hit an RBI single and Torkelson crushed a three-run homer to left-center with one out.
Detroit tacked on two runs in the second after loading the bases with no outs on singles by James Outman and McGonigle and another Dingler hit by pitch, his third in two games. Keith and Riley Greene followed with sacrifice flies for a 6-0 lead.
Torkelson led off the fifth with 18th homer, a 420-foot shot to center off left-hander Brent Suter for a 7-0 lead. That gave the Tigers first baseman his first multihomer game since Sept. 7, 2023, at Yankee Stadium.
Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) lasted only four innings, giving up six runs and seven hits in a shaky start that sent the last-place Angels to their fourth straight loss and 12th in 14 games.
Up next
Tigers RHP Casey Mize (4-6, 2.79 ERA) opposes RHP Ryan Johnson (1-4, 6.75) in Sunday’s series finale.
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