Another day, another loss to Cleveland. Matthew Boyd was left out on the mound one inning too long, Shane Bieber allowed just a single hit, and the Tigers drop the fourth game in this interdivision series, 5-2.
The first five innings of today’s ballgame were very much reminiscent of yesterday’s game with a relative lack of offense and strong pitching and fielding on display. After Matthew Boyd retired the first two hitters of the day, the Jose and Harold Ramirez 1-2 punch delivered a single and double to give Cleveland an early 1-0 lead. From there, Boyd worked through relatively calm second, third, and fourth innings, allowing just one hit in the second inning in that span and striking out the side in the fourth.