​Anaheim, Calif. — Tarik Skubal was punching out hitters and dancing off the mound after innings. Spencer Torkelson was sending baseballs out to the lovely landscaping beyond the center-field wall at Angel Stadium. Kevin McGonigle was doing Ty Cobb-type stuff.The Tigers had themselves a grand time Saturday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels, 7-0, and inching up in both the AL Central Division standings (5½ games back) and the wild-card race (three games back).McGonigle set the tone. He worked an eight-pitch at-bat against Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez, finishing it off with a sinking liner to center. The ball bounced away from Mike Trout and McGonigle alertly turned it into a hustle double.It sparked a four-run first inning, capped by the first of two monster home runs by Torkelson.McGonigle singled again the second inning and has 101 hits in 95 games in his rookie season. He’s only the second player in Tigers history to have 100 hits in fewer than 100 games.The other: Ty Cobb.BOX SCORE: Tigers 7, Angels 0Torkelson was kicking himself Friday night for missing a couple of center-cut fastballs. He made no mistake on the a first-pitch middle heater from Rodriguez, sending it 415 feet into the rocks in center field. The three-run homer was his 17th.When he came up again to lead off the fifth, the Tigers were up 6-0 and Rodriguez was out of the game. Torkelson greeted lefty reliever Brent Suter by sending an 87.6-mph sinker 420 feet to center, this time clearing the bushes and landing on the berm.LATE NIGHT TORK 💣 pic.twitter.com/qOAWeVjrM3— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 19, 2026Torkelson has 18 homers and 47 RBIs. And getting it to the rocks and the berm at Angel Stadium in one game — impressive.Colt Keith had a four-hit night, scoring a run and knocking in a run with a sacrifice fly.And then there was Skubal. After two straight frustrating (for him) five-inning starts, he seemed hellbent on some efficient domination. And that’s exactly what he providedHe struck out nine over seven innings in 87 pitches.He had everything working, evidenced by the 19 whiffs he got on 47 swings. He got 13 whiffs on 20 swings at his changeup. It was the third straight start that he got 19 whiffs.He was dancing by the fourth inning. And why wouldn’t he after he struck out Trout (for the second time), Jorge Soler (for the second of three times) and Jo Adell (first of two).He allowed five hits, all singles, with no walks and allowed two runners in the same inning just once. That was in the sixth when Logan O’Hoppe (who had two hits) and Trout singled. But Skubal ended that by inducing a fast 6-4-3 double play from Vaughn Grissom.Skubal didn’t allow a single hard-hit ball and the 15 balls the Angels put in play had an average exit velocity of 76.4 mph.The Tigers (46-52) have won four of their last five series and are 24-14 since June 1.This story will be updated.chris.mccosky@detroitnews.com@cmccoskyThis article originally appeared on The Detroit Ne