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Twins Batter's Home Run Was an Ironic Indicator of Tarik Skubal's Dominant Season

Tarik Skubal gave up a home run to a left-handed batter for the first time this season on Thursday | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

When Tarik Skubal toes the rubber, you rarely see the ball leave the park.

Heading into his start Thursday against the Twins, he had given up just 12 homers through 145 1/3 innings pitched this year. And each long ball was delivered by a right-handed batter. That was the case until Twins infielder Edouard Julien stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the third inning at Target Field.

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