ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Tarik Skubal struck out nine over seven shutout innings as the Detroit Tigers routed the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 Saturday at Angel Stadium.

Skubal (6-5) allowed five hits and no walks in a 2-hour, 29-minute game before an announced crowd of 32,003. He improved to 2-1 in his past three starts after a loss to Philadelphia on July 12.

Detroit (46-52) jumped on Grayson Rodriguez (3-3) early, scoring four runs in the first inning. Spencer Torkelson’s three-run homer, his 17th, highlighted the outburst after Colt Keith’s RBI single. The Tigers added two more in the second on sacrifice flies by Keith and Riley Greene. Detroit’s final run came in the fifth.

Keith finished 4-for-4 with two RBIs, and Torkelson went 2-for-4 with four RBIs. The Tigers collected 11 hits. The Angels (38-61) managed seven hits but could not score. Rodriguez took the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits in three innings.

Brent Suter worked three innings of relief for Los Angeles, surrendering one earned run. José Fermin tossed two scoreless innings. Detroit’s Kyle Finnegan, Brenan Hanifee and Jacob Waguespack combined for two scoreless relief innings.