Jalen Beeks struck out the first major league batter he faced. But most of the rest of his Thursday night outing (4-7-6-3-4, 88) was far from smooth. He was tagged for five runs in the first inning, all of them scoring with two outs. (Beeks had not allowed five runs in any of his 10 starts for Pawtucket.)
After JaCoby Jones fanned, Nick Castellanos doubled off the Wall in left. Beeks walked Miguel Cabrera, but got Victor Martinez to fly to right on an 0-2 pitch. Then Jeimer Candelario doubled to left for one run, John Hicks singled to right-center for two more, and Leonys Martin cracked a two-run dong.