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Tarik Skubal stats vs. Mariners: Tigers ace strikes out playoff-record 7 straight in dominant ALDS performance

The Detroit Tigers needed Tarik Skubal to be an ace with their season on the line, and he delivered.

Skubal coasted through five innings of work in Friday's Game 5, allowing one run after Josh Naylor doubled, stole third base and was driven in on a sacrifice fly. From that point on, Skubal dominated with a playoff-record streak of seven consecutive strikeouts.

Once he got going, all that could stop Skubal was his pitch count. The Seattle Mariners made him work early on, putting his pitch count in a more difficult spot than Seattle starter George Kirby's.

Here's a look at Skubal's dominant performance against the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALDS.

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