The Los Angeles Dodgers gained the Tarik Skubal trade-deadline sweepstakes, and the southpaw didn’t disappoint in his Dodgers debut. Nonetheless, even Skubal could not preserve the Dodgers from dropping their fifth consecutive recreation.
With a 5-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday evening, Los Angeles has now misplaced 5 straight for the primary time since Sept. 2-6, 2025.
Making his first profession begin at historic Wrigley Area, Skubal regarded each bit like a pitcher who might be a power within the postseason, permitting 4 hits and two runs over 6.0 innings in opposition to the Cubs. He threw 85 pitches, with 51 going for strikes.
Nonetheless, thanks largely to a quiet Dodger offense, Skubal nonetheless took the loss, his first since July 12 when he gave up 4 hits and two runs over 5.0 innings in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies in Detroit.
Whereas he could have had some points with the Cubs up to now (posting a 4.12 ERA in 19.2 innings over three begins in opposition to them), Skubal was in command for almost all of the time on Tuesday.
With a nationwide tv viewers watching on TBS and loads of followers voicing their opinions (even in distinctive methods) about Skubal’s commerce to the Dodgers, the two-time American League Cy Younger Award winner was spectacular. He began the evening by hanging out Pete Crow-Armstrong and completed the primary two innings by whiffing three of the six batters he confronted.
Nonetheless, Skubal made a mistake to Dansby Swanson within the third inning that ended up within the left subject bleachers to tie the sport 1-1.
