Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal Set to Ignite All-Star Game Showdown—Who Will Steal the Spotlight?

Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal Set to Ignite All-Star Game Showdown—Who Will Steal the Spotlight?

ATLANTA (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game for the National League and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal will open for the American League on Tuesday night at Truist Park.

Major League Baseball made the announcement Saturday night.

Skenes will become the first pitcher to start consecutive All-Star Games since Washington’s Max Scherzer and Boston’s Chris Sale in 2017 and ’18. Sale started three in a row beginning in 2016.

Skenes and Skubal are 1-2 in average four-seam fastball velocity among those with 1,500 or more pitches this season, Skenes at 98.2 mph and Skubal at 97.6 mph, according to MLB Statcast.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Post Comment

RSS
Follow by Email