Mariners 9, Tigers 2: Bad Boyd, bad Boyd, whatcha gonna do?

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty ImagesJust when everyone was starting to let themselves feel good about the Detroit Tigers, Matthew Boyd provided a bit of a reality check on Friday night with one of the worst outings of his career. We’ve seen some bad ones, but the left-hander was knocked out of the game with only four outs recorded and the rest went as you’d expect as the Mariners rolled over the Tigers 9-2 in this best-of-three at Comerica Park.

From the start, Boyd had little idea where anything was going and grew ever more shy of the strike zone as his outing progressed. He walked J.P. Crawford on four straight fastballs to start the game. Ty France ripped a single to center field, moving…