Detroit – Alex Faedo, out since June 3 with a finger injury, returned to the Tigers’ rotation Friday night.
It didn’t go well.
The hard-hitting Toronto Blue Jays tagged him for six runs in the fourth inning and rode that to a 12-2 romp in front of a heavily Blue Jays-flavored crowd of 30,029 at Comerica Park.
It was curious that manager AJ Hinch stuck with Faedo so long, especially since he said before the game that his workload would be restricted in his first start back. Faedo made only one rehab start at Triple-A Toledo, throwing 57 pitches in 3.