Detroit – The worst pitch Matt Boyd threw Monday night ended up in left field.
Fortunately, it was after he snared a line drive by Joe Mauer leading off the sixth inning. As he was trying to start the around the horn, he flung it past third baseman Nick Castellanos into left field.
“I think I made myself look real athletic and then five seconds later I made myself look like a dunce,” he said, laughing.
Far from it. Boyd pitched the best game of his young big-league career, blanking the Twins in six strong innings in the Tigers 1-0 win at Comerica Park.