The starting pitchers for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game are set. Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes will open the game on the mound for the National League, while Detroit Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal will start for the American League. Both Skenes and Skubal are making their second consecutive All-Star appearances.

Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes will start for the National League and Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal will start for the American League in Tuesday's Midsummer Classic.

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal will be the American League’s starting pitcher in Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game. Skubal will become the first Tigers pitcher to start the Midsummer Classic since Max Scherzer in 2013.

Before Friday's 12-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners, it had been a long time since Tarik Skubal had a bad game for the Detroit Tigers.

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal suffered his first loss in more than three months as the Detroit Tigers fell to the Seattle Mariners, 12-3, on Friday night at Comerica Park. The Tigers (59-36) will play two more this weekend against the Mariners (49-45) in their final series before the All-Star break.

Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs to move within one of Barry Bonds' 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break, and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 12-3 on Friday night to end Tarik Skubal's three-month unbeaten streak.