Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire speaks Tuesday, August 4, 2020, about the COVID-19 pandemic and postponement of four games against St. Louis. Detroit Free Press
Nine consecutive strikeouts sure did the trick.
Detroit Tigers left-hander Tyler Alexander entered the 2020 season with hopes of making the starting rotation, but manager Ron Gardenhire went a different direction, using openers in the fourth and fifth spots during the season's first two runs through the rotation.
"Personally, I think I'm physically in a good spot," Alexander said July 29, "and I can start if they want to give me the chance.