![]() ![]() The Mariners were not kind to their old friend.īoyd, who grew up in the Seattle area, pitched out of the bullpen for his hometown team last season. Akil Baddoo lined out to shallow center and Eric Haase grounded into an inning-ending double play. There were runners on the corners with zero outs in the eighth inning, but the Tigers - trailing by five - stranded the runners. The Tigers, finishing 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position, scratched across two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts against four pitchers. It was Rogers' fifth homer - which leads the Tigers (ahead of Kerry Carpenter and Nick Maton with four apiece) - in 26 games this season. He came around to score on the 402-foot home run. Miguel Cabrera, playing in the 2,719th game of his career, worked a leadoff four-pitch walk to begin the fifth inning. Probably the biggest thing he did was throw strikes with the lead. "He rarely throws the same pitch back-to-back, and when he does, it's the changeup that moves quite a bit. "He effectively changed speeds, which is what he does," Tigers manager A.J. He tossed 60 of 89 pitches for strikes and generated 10 whiffs. Gonzales, who lowered his ERA to 4.42 in seven starts, allowed two runs on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts across five innings. The Tigers (17-20) scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning when catcher Jake Rogers tagged an up-and-in 89.8 mph fastball for a two-run home run off left-hander Marco Gonzales. LET'S PLAY A GAME: Tigers players buying into A.J. He's been really good for us, so we're not too worried about it."ĮL MAGO ON FIRE: Tigers' Javier Báez determined to continue success: 'We can surprise everyone' "I'm not really going to go into it, but we're all going to struggle. "We're all going to struggle," said center fielder Riley Greene, when asked about Boyd's performance. We're going to go out there, drill it home this week, get back to it and get ready for the next one." I said it in spring (training), and I know it right now. "This is going to be one of my best years in the big leagues. "I'm very confident with how we're going ahead," Boyd said. He gave up six runs in the Detroit Tigers' 9-2 loss to the Mariners in Friday's series opener at Comerica Park. The 32-year-old, who signed a one-year, $10 million contract in the offseason after pitching for the Seattle Mariners last season, walked four batters, struggled to control his pitches from the beginning of his outing and exited with one out in the second inning. Matthew Boyd couldn't get through two innings. ![]()
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