Detroit — Tyler Alexander will be the first to tell you, he gives up home runs. It’s part of the package with him. He doesn’t have an overpowering fastball but he attacks hitters as if he does. That fearlessness is part of what makes him effective, even if it occasionally comes back to bite him.
What he can’t abide, though, is walking hitters. So when he left the mound in the fourth inning Tuesday in his inaugural start for 2020, he wasn’t kicking himself for the two home runs he allowed as much as he was for the three walks.