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How Detroit Tigers' Matthew Boyd responded when his team needed him most

Matthew Boyd knows the Detroit Tigers don't always get to write the script.

He knows the 28-man roster could not chang what happened last weekend with the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Neither could manager Ron Gardenhire or franchise front office leaders. They can't force everyone to understand the importance of equality because that's an individual choice to make.

But the Tigers were able to decide how to respond.

"With that, we responded accordingly," Boyd said. "We just keep going. It was just time to play today."

It was Boyd's job to get the Tigers (15-16) back to baseball after games were boycotted Thursday and postponed Friday because of a league-wide protest and inclement weather, respectively, to force Saturday's doubleheader.