Royals Cover in Tight 2-1 Loss as Skubal Rust Shows, Tigers Escape by a Run

The Royals fell 2-1 in Detroit, but DarkHorse's Royals +1.5 cashed comfortably in a game that validated every concern about Tarik Skubal's return from the IL. The Tigers ace looked mortal coming off elbow issues, and while he kept Kansas City's bats mostly quiet, he clearly wasn't the dominant 2.83 ERA version we've…