Tarik Skubal’s long-awaited debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers did not go as anticipated.
The 2-time AL Cy Younger winner entered Tuesday night time’s recreation with a 4.12 ERA in three profession begins vs. the Chicago Cubs.
He was on the market for six strong innings at Wrigley Subject, holding the house group to simply 4 hits and two earned runs. He struck out six, issued two walks and tossed 51 strikes en path to a 5-1 defeat.
Whereas he acknowledged that he wasn’t good, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts favored what he noticed from his new weapon.
Dave Roberts favored Tarik Skubal’s Dodgers debut
“I believed Tarik was tremendous. Lot of emotion and adrenaline. He restricted the harm,” Roberts stated, by way of SportsNet LA. “Skubal’s stuff was good. Actually excellent. This was the primary time I’d seen him pitch stay, and even when it wasn’t good, he was throwing very highly effective pitches.”
