Live Tigers blog: Zimmermann throws 8-pitch frame

(Photo: Eric Christian Smith, Associated Press)Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann needed just eight pitches to get out of the third inning.

Zimmermann has given up one hit through three innings as the Tigers lead 2-0 at Fenway Park against the Red Sox. He’s struck out two and walked one.

In the third, Zimmermann induced three straight groundouts from Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts.

The lone single Zimmermann has allowed was a sharp line drive from Bogaerts in the first inning.

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