They won the first three games of this four-game series to re-establish contact with the AL Central-leading Tigers. Asking them to beat Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal on Sunday morning to complete their first four-game sweep in Motown since 2017 would have been a bit too much.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was perfect through five innings and finished with a nearly flawless performance. He had a baserunner for the first time after Will Wilson doubled on the second pitch of the sixth.

Tarik Skubal tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in the first shutout of his career Sunday, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians.