Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal brings former Tigers clubhouse espresso machine to Los Angeles
Pitcher Tarik Skubal said he took an espresso machine he had purchased for the Detroit Tigers clubhouse to the Dodgers at his wife’s request, and he delivered a strong outing in his latest start against his former team.
Tarik Skubal, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers, said he brought an espresso machine he had bought for the Detroit Tigers clubhouse to his new team after the trade, citing his wife Jessica’s insistence that it was too costly to discard. > "That was my wife (Jessica)," Skubal said, adding that she would not let him leave the machine behind.
Skubal faced the Tigers on Friday, allowing one earned run and striking out seven over six innings, though the Dodgers fell 2-1, ending a three-game losing streak. Since joining Los Angeles, he has made five starts, posting a 3.00 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 37 strikeouts in 30 innings. The trade, completed in the offseason, is expected to bolster a Dodgers rotation that includes Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow as the team approaches the playoffs.