Tarik Skubal, Tigers look to set tone against A's

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Two teams finishing the season far better than they started get an opportunity to show off their improved product to one another when the Detroit Tigers open a four-game series against the host Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

A pair of the franchises' most promising players -- Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal (6-3, 3.25 ERA) and A's righty Luis Medina (3-9, 5.56) -- will get