Brewers Fall to Cy Young Winners Skubal, Skenes in Back-to-Back Games

The Milwaukee Brewers suffered back-to-back losses to the reigning American League and National League Cy Young Award winners, Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers and Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates, in a rare matchup spanning Thursday and Friday.

On Thursday in Detroit, the Brewers rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh inning against Skubal but ultimately fell 5-4 on Spencer Torkelson's walk-off home run. Skubal, the two-time AL Cy Young recipient, started strong by retiring the first 11 batters and throwing strikes on 24 of his first 26 pitches. He allowed four runs on seven hits over his outing, striking out five and earning no decision as the Tigers' bullpen faltered. Milwaukee tied the game when Blake Perkins doubled to score Gary Sánchez and Luis Matos, then took a 4-3 lead on David Hamilton's single that brought home Perkins off reliever Tyler Holton. Brewers manager Pat Murphy highlighted his team's resilience despite key injuries. "I was really proud of our club with our three main guys down and to still compete the way we did," Murphy said. "You never like to lose, and I'm not into moral victories, but it certainly said something that they got Skubal out of...