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DETROIT — Tarik Skubal allowed one run in eight innings and struck out eight to become the fourth Detroit left-hander to strike out 200 batters in a season as the Tigers celebrated the franchise's 1984 World Series championship with a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Skubal (16-4) allowed Tyler O'Neill's first-inning homer, but Boston only managed three singles the rest of the way. Skubal joined Hal Newhouser, Mickey Lolich and Matthew Boyd as the team's only left-handers to strike out 200 in a season. He now has 201 this season. Tyler Holton pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Trey Sweeney hit a tworun double in the second for Detroit.
