Left-handed pitcher Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres was voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for September/October, and left-hander Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for September/October.

Snell earned his fourth career Pitcher of the Month Award and second of the season after last winning in June. He joins Michael Wacha, who won in April, as the Padres winners this season. Snell is the first Padres pitcher to win multiple awards in a single season since Jake Peavy won in May, August, and September of his Cy Young Award-winning 2007 season.

Skubal earned his first career Pitcher of the Month Award, marking the first time a Tigers pitcher has taken the award since Justin Verlander in July of 2016. Skubal is the first left-hander from Detroit to win monthly honors since relief pitcher Willie Hernandez won during his Cy Young campaign in July of 1984.

Blake Snell, San Diego Padres

• The 30-year-old went 3-0 with a 0.58 ERA in five starts in September. In 31 innings, he permitted 13 hits and 14 walks with 41 strikeouts, while holding opposing hitters to a .123 batting average.

• The Washington native led Major League pitchers in ERA and opponents’ average; ranked fourth in strikeouts and sixth in WHIP (0.87). He led NL pitchers in ERA, strikeouts, opponents’ average and WHIP.

• The 2018 AL Cy Young tossed 6.0 innings in each of his starts, holding opponents scoreless in four of his five starts. He allowed no hits over 7.0 innings on September 19th against Colorado, punching out 10 batters for his sixth 10+ strikeout game of the year.

• With his fourth inning strikeout of J.D. Davis on September 2nd, Snell recorded his 200th strikeout of the year, marking the second time in his career that he eclipsed 200 strikeouts with the other coming in 2018 as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. His 238 strikeouts this season marked a career high.

• Across the board, his 2023 totals were all the highest marks since his 2018 AL Cy Young season, and he set a new career-high with 32 starts, falling just two outs shy of his career-high 180.2 innings pitched from 2018.

• The 2018 All-Star struck out seven batters in each of his starts last month and struck out eight batters on September 2nd against San Francisco, September 8th at Houston and September 13th at Los Angeles (NL). Overall, he recorded a 11.90 strikeouts per 9.0 innings last month, the best mark of any NL pitcher and fourth-best in all of Baseball. On the year his 11.70 strikeouts per 9.0 innings were second-best in the big leagues behind Atlanta’s Spencer Strider who registered 13.55 strikeouts per 9.0 innings.

Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers

• The 26-year-old went 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA in five starts in September. In 30.0 innings, he permitted 14 hits and four walks with 43 strikeouts, holding opposing hitters to a .135 batting average.

• The California native led Major League pitchers in WHIP (0.60); tied for the lead in wins; ranked second in ERA and opponents’ average; and tied for second in strikeouts.

• The Seattle University product earned a win in each of his first four starts of the month, marking the first time that a Tigers starting pitcher earned a win in four straight starts since Michael Fulmer in 2017.

• Skubal tossed 7.0 innings in three of his first four starts last month, including a scoreless 7.0 innings on September 21st at Oakland. He allowed just two hits and one walk, and struck out 10 batters, marking his fourth career 10+ strikeout game and first since August of 2021.

• The ninth-round selection in the 2018 Draft posted a 12.90 strikeouts per 9.0 innings, the second-best mark in Baseball behind only Tyler Glasnow of Tampa Bay who had a 12.96 SO/9.0. Skubal struck out the side in the third inning on September 27th against Kansas City. He finished the year with 102 strikeouts and fell one win shy of tying his career-high eight wins from 2021.

Others receiving votes for NL Pitcher of the Month:

— Starting pitcher Max Fried (3-0, 1.88 ERA, 4 GS, 24.0 IP, 27 SO) of the Atlanta Braves.

— Closer Tanner Scott (3-1, 1.65 ERA, 14 G, 9 SV, 16.1 IP, 20 SO) of the Miami Marlins.

— Starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff (2-0, 1.67 ERA, 4 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 27.0 IP, 25 SO) of the Milwaukee Brewers.

— Rookie starting pitcher Kodai Senga (2-0, 2.10 ERA, 5 GS, 30.0 IP, 38 SO) of the New York Mets.

Others receiving votes for AL Pitcher of the Month:

— Starting pitcher Gerrit Cole (3-0, 1.03 ERA, 5 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 35.0 IP, 34 SO) of the New York Yankees.

— Starting pitcher Kyle Bradish (3-1, 2.18 ERA, 5 GS, 33.0 IP, 33 SO) of the Baltimore Orioles.

— Starting pitcher Nick Pivetta (1-2, 2.43 ERA, 6 G, 5 GS, 1 SV, 33.1 IP, 43 SO) of the Boston Red Sox.