Back-to-back American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is a fiery presence on the mound by nature. On Friday night, the flames were cranked up a notch during a start against the division-rival White Sox, Skubal's first at Comerica Park since undergoing NanoNeedle arthroscope surgery.
So much so that Skubal, after a big, inning-ending strikeout with the bases loaded in the top of the fifth, engaged in a war of words with White Sox pitcher Mike Vasil as he strode off the mound and headed towards Detroit's dugout.