Detroit – The image of Matthew Boyd dejectedly handing the ball to manager Ron Gardenhire and walking head-down off the field is becoming disturbingly common already this season.
"We have to get this thing cleaned up," Gardenhire said Wednesday after Boyd was tagged for four runs in a fatal fifth inning in a 7-5 loss to the White Sox. "He's one of our guys, one of the best we have on our staff and he's not living up to that right now.
"I think he will, just have to get it straightened out."
There were positive moments, for sure, but in the end, Boyd, the Tigers’ ace, has an ERA over 10 after four starts.