Detroit — As Matthew Boyd said afterward, hindsight is 20-20 and it's certainly easier to second-guess than it is to first-guess. But there was no ducking the bottom-line Monday after the Tigers were beaten by the scorching-hot Texas Rangers, 5-0, in the first of three at Comerica Park.
"I threw the pitch I wanted," he said. "I just didn't execute it perfectly."
He's talking about the first-pitch curveball he threw to left-handed hitting Corey Seager with two outs and two on in a scoreless game in the fifth inning. He hung it and Seager smoked it, 400 feet into the seats in right field.